Compulsion

Compulsion

1959 · 103 min · EN · 7.1 (174 votes)
Dir. Richard Fleischer · Starring Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, E.G. Marshall, Diane Varsi, Martin Milner · Music Lionel Newman

“Sometimes murder is just a way to pass the time.”

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Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

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A chillingly detached examination of privileged sociopathy and the legal system's struggle with capital punishment. It's a stark, intellectual descent into the minds of killers, framed by a gripping courtroom drama.

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