Compulsion [DVD] / Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. presents a Cinemascope Picture ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck ; screenplay by Richard Murphy ; directed by Richard Fleischer.
Title from container. Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner. Based on the novel by Meyer Levin. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Summary:
Chicago, 1924. Two young men, one bossy and intimidating, the other sensitive and introverted, thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off "The perfect crime." The result is a sensational case with defense attorney Jonathan Wilk putting capital punishment itself on trial.
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