Apr 01, 1959
103 min
Full-HD

Compulsion (1959)

Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

Category

Crime Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 20th Century Fox

Orson Welles

Jonathan Wilk

Diane Varsi

Ruth Evans

Dean Stockwell

Judd Steiner

Bradford Dillman

Arthur A. Straus

E.G. Marshall

District Attorney Harold Horn

Martin Milner

Sid Brooks

Richard Anderson

Max Steiner

Robert F. Simon

Police Lt. Johnson

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