Compulsion (1959 film)

Compulsion
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Fleischer
Screenplay byRichard Murphy
Based onCompulsion
1956 novel
by Meyer Levin
Produced byRichard D. Zanuck
StarringOrson Welles
Diane Varsi
Dean Stockwell
Bradford Dillman
E. G. Marshall
Martin Milner
CinematographyWilliam C. Mellor
Edited byWilliam H. Reynolds
Music byLionel Newman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • April 1, 1959 (1959-04-01)
Running time
103 minutes
99 minutes (FMC Library Print)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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 of the same name 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.

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34

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