Directed by:
Richard FleischerScreenplay:
Richard MurphyCinematography:
William C. MellorComposer:
Lionel NewmanCast:
Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Ina Balin, Edward Binns, Gavin MacLeod (more)VOD (1)
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Richard Fleischer's stylish and compelling thriller sees two law students murder a young boy in cold blood to prove their intellectual superiority. Sadistic bully Artie Straus (Bradford Dillman) and timid introvert Judd Steiner (Dean Stockwell) commit the 'perfect crime', but their arrogance leads to their arrest. Loosely based on the notorious 1924 murder trial of thrill-killers Leopold and Loeb, this outstanding film also features cinema legend Orson Welles as the criminal defence lawyer who takes on their case. (Signal One Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Orson Welles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267527_357cbf.jpg)
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Diane Varsi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371121_834597.jpg)
Diane Varsi
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Compulsion (1959)
![Dean Stockwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/810/165810081_8fec24.jpg)
Dean Stockwell
USA
Best movies:
Paris, Texas (1984)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Blue Velvet (1986)
![Bradford Dillman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/122/164122707_644c5a.jpg)
Bradford Dillman
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Compulsion (1959)
![E.G. Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467363_3efde8.jpg)
E.G. Marshall
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
![Martin Milner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410427_45e66e.jpg)
Martin Milner
USA
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Compulsion (1959)
Life with Father (1947)
![Richard Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269152_d35d4f.jpg)
Richard Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Ina Balin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505268_b38a6c.jpg)
Ina Balin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Compulsion (1959)
From the Terrace (1960)
![Edward Binns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256254_26bc5f.jpg)
Edward Binns
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Gavin MacLeod](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/455/158455135_f83b35.gif)
Gavin MacLeod
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Compulsion (1959)
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008)
![William H. O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000169_7ce976.jpg)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Graduate (1967)
![Peter Brocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883000_972dce.jpg)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Robert F. Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318039_04d2d9.jpg)
Robert F. Simon
USA
Best movies:
One Man Mutiny (1955)
Compulsion (1959)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Colin Kenny
Ireland
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
![Arthur Tovey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/376/159376088_84a67d.jpg)
Arthur Tovey
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Back to the Future (1985)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Hal Taggart
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Dayton Lummis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/936/159936051_7e8eae.jpg)
Dayton Lummis
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
One Man Mutiny (1955)