![Compulsion Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//fdYoG4uxbTbQ8Wv4BLxWiP7rrkm.jpg)
Compulsion
70.00%
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April 1, 1959
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Crime, Drama
Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.
Featured Crew
Meyer Levin
Novel
Richard Fleischer
Director
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
Cast
![Orson Welles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//e9lGmqQq3EsHeUQgQLByo275hcc.jpg)
Orson Welles
Jonathan Wilk
![Diane Varsi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//qRfkpnM5WaRRFVUxt3UqtBbF10J.jpg)
Diane Varsi
Ruth Evans
![Dean Stockwell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//gdHo8LNElMf1XxoRYgi0UUzbJuB.jpg)
Dean Stockwell
Judd Steiner
![Bradford Dillman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//o86FOgoC3gWy44KFMdyKb8G4O0F.jpg)
Bradford Dillman
Arthur A. Straus
![E.G. Marshall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//psimeVoRk64DV7UNm4cLQylRFy2.jpg)
E.G. Marshall
District Attorney Harold Horn