Compulsion
THEIRS WAS THE PERFECT CRIME they thought! They were too sure...too smart...too careful to leave a clue -- but they did! and it exploded -- The shocking story of two teenagers out for kicks...looking for thrills...and finding them!
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.
- Year : 1959
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Crime, Drama
- Studio : Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Keyword : death penalty, based on novel or book, police, philosophy, child murder, alibi, based on true story, lawyer, courtroom, glasses, arrogance, superiority
- Director : Richard Fleischer
- Cast : Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, E.G. Marshall, Diane Varsi, Martin Milner