Compulsion

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

Cast

Dean Stockwell

as Judd Steiner

Bradford Dillman

as Arthur A. Straus

Orson Welles

as Jonathan Wilk

E.G. Marshall

as District Attorney Harold Horn

Diane Varsi

as Ruth Evans

Martin Milner

as Sid Brooks

Richard Anderson

as Max Steiner

Robert F. Simon

as Police Lt. Johnson

Robert Burton

as Charles Straus

Wilton Graff

as Mr. Steiner

Louise Lorimer

as Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

Gavin MacLeod

as Padua - Horn's Assistant

Edward Binns

as Tom Daly

Colin Kenny

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Crew

Richard Fleischer

Director

Richard D. Zanuck

Producer

William C. Mellor

Director of Photography

William Reynolds

Editor

Meyer Levin

Novel

Richard Murphy

Screenplay

Lionel Newman

Original Music Composer