Director: Richard Fleischer

Writer: Richard Murphy

From novel: Compulsion by Meyer Levin

Music: Lionel Newman

Producer: Richard D. Zanuck

Keywords: True Crime, Roman à Clef, Courtroom

Two young law students, Judd Steiner and Arthur Strauss, decide to demonstrate they are above the law by committing a perfect crime. They kidnap and murder a young boy, demanding a ransom they have no intention of trying to collect. However, Judd's glasses were left at the scene and lead to their unraveling. Mirrors the Leopold & Loeb murder case of the 1920s, defended by Clarence Darrow, with names changed. Richard Fleischer's best work; compare Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948).

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Anderson	Actor	8-Aug-1926	31-Aug-2017	Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man
Edward Binns	Actor	12-Sep-1916	4-Dec-1990	12 Angry Men
Bradford Dillman	Actor	14-Apr-1930		Sudden Impact
Wilton Graff	Actor	13-Aug-1903	13-Jan-1969	Bloodlust!
Gavin MacLeod	Actor	28-Feb-1931		Capt. Stubing on Love Boat
E. G. Marshall	Actor	18-Jun-1910	24-Aug-1998	Juror #4, 12 Angry Men
Martin Milner	Actor	28-Dec-1931	6-Sep-2015	LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12
Dean Stockwell	Actor	5-Mar-1936		Blue Velvet
Diane Varsi	Actor	23-Feb-1938	19-Nov-1992	Peyton Place
Orson Welles	Actor	6-May-1915	10-Oct-1985	Citizen Kane

CAST

Starring
Orson Welles	...   Jonathan Wilk
Diane Varsi	...   Ruth Evans
Dean Stockwell	...   Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman	...   Artie Straus
Co-Starring
E. G. Marshall	...   DA Harold Horn
Martin Milner	...   Sid Brooks
with
Richard Anderson	...   Max Steiner
Robert Simon	...   Lt. Johnson
Edward Binns	...   Tom Daly
Robert Burton	...   Mr. Straus
Wilton Graff	...   Mr. Steiner
Louise Lorimer	...   Mrs. Straus
Gavin MacLeod	...   Padua

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