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7.4/10

70/100

Biography Crime

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Rated: 18+ (R)19591h 43mOn: Rent or Buy Only Tags: Based on Books Adaptation Based On True Story Country: America

Two close friends, arrogantly and without remorse, kidnap and murder a young boy. They are caught and put to trial where their larger-than-life defense lawyer blames the Establishment for their actions.Compulsion featuring Orson Welles and Diane Varsi is available for rent or purchase on iTunes, available for rent or purchase on Google Play, available for rent or purchase on Prime Video, and 3 others. It's a biography and crime movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.4 (5,638 votes) and was very well received by critics.

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Cast & Crew

Richard Fleischer

Director

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)

Richard D. Zanuck

Producer

Meyer Levin

Writer

Richard Murphy

Writer

Lionel Newman

Composer

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#5,461 Ranked Movie

#408 Ranked in Based On True Story Movies

#530 Ranked in History Movies

#563 Ranked in Based on Books Movies

Compulsion has a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.4 (5,638 votes) and was very well received by critics. The movie is somewhat popular with Reelgood users lately.