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!"
1959-04-01
7.1
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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.
Director
Richard Fleischer
Screenplay
Richard Murphy
Novel
Meyer Levin
Producer
Richard D. Zanuck
Original Music Composer
Lionel Newman
Director of Photography
William C. Mellor
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Status
ReleasedRevenue
$1,800,000Budget
$1,345,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- 20th Century Fox
