| Compulsion | |
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| Directed by | Richard Fleischer |
| Screenplay by | Richard Murphy |
| Based on | Compulsion 1956 novel by Meyer Levin |
| Produced by | Richard D. Zanuck |
| Starring | Orson Welles Diane Varsi Dean Stockwell Bradford Dillman E. G. Marshall Martin Milner |
| Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
| Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
| Music by | Lionel Newman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 103 minutes 99 minutes (FMC Library Print) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,345,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.8 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
Compulsion is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film is based on the 1956 novel by Meyer Levin, which in turn was a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder trial. It was the first film produced by Richard D. Zanuck.
Although the principal roles are played by Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman, top billing went to Orson Welles.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34