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!"

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Ratings & Reviews

7.1/10

159 votes

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$1.3M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$1.8M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$455,000

ROI: +34%

Budget Recovery134% of budget

$0|Budget: $1.3M|Revenue: $1.8M

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10.5K

Daily Avg

175

7-Day Trend

+3%

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Compulsion

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Los Angeles

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Story Setting

Set In

Chicago

Themes & Subjects

#capitalpunishment

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

William C. Mellor

Film Editing

William H. Reynolds

Music / Score

Lionel Newman

Production Companies

20th Century Studios

Distributors

20th Century StudiosNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

black-and-white

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Compulsion

Available in 30 countries

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Production

Director

Richard Fleischer

Writers

Meyer Levin, Richard Murphy

Production Companies

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions20th Century Fox

Cast

Dean Stockwell

Judd Steiner

Bradford Dillman

Arthur A. Straus

Orson Welles

Jonathan Wilk

E.G. Marshall

District Attorney Harold Horn

Diane Varsi

Ruth Evans

Martin Milner

Sid Brooks

Richard Anderson

Max Steiner

Robert F. Simon

Police Lt. Johnson

Robert Burton

Charles Straus

Wilton Graff

Mr. Steiner

Louise Lorimer

Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

Gavin MacLeod

Padua - Horn's Assistant

Tags & Keywords

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