Compulsion

Drama 2006 1 hr 43 min

Thriller based on the real-life case of Leopold and Loeb, the law students who murdered a young boy in the 1920s for the purposes of proving their higher intelligence. Orson Welles plays their lawyer in this story which was also the basis for Alfred Hitchock's movie `Rope'.

Drama 2006 1 hr 43 min

12

Starring Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman

Director Richard Fleischer

Compulsion

Orson Welles

Jonathan Wilk
Dean Stockwell

Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman

Artie Straus
Diane Varsi

Ruth Evans
E.G. Marshall

District Attorney Harold Horn

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Compulsion

DRAMA

Thriller based on the real-life case of Leopold and Loeb, the law students who murdered a young boy in the 1920s for the purposes of proving their higher intelligence. Orson Welles plays their lawyer in this story which was also the basis for Alfred Hitchock's movie `Rope'.

Average 7.8
Reviews 10
Fresh 10

Information

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Released: 2006
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Rated: 12
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.