Compulsion
70.52 %|Apr 1, 1959|Crime, Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Meyer Levin
Novel
Richard Fleischer
Director
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
William Reynolds
Editor
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Richard Murphy
Screenplay
Cast
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
Robert Burton
Charles Straus
Wilton Graff
Mr. Steiner
Louise Lorimer
Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'
Gavin MacLeod
Padua - Horn's Assistant
Edward Binns
Tom Daly
Colin Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)