Compulsion (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Fleischer |
| Producer(s) | Richard D. Zanuck |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation, Film Noir, Historical |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, College, LBGT |
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Compulsion (1959) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Richard Fleischer and produced by Richard D. Zanuck.
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The Leopold and Loeb case is the basis for “Compulsion”
By Stephen Reginald on Mar 5, 2021 From Classic Movie ManThe Leopold and Loeb case is the basis for “Compulsion” Compulsion (1959) is an American crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, and Brandford Dillman. The film is based on a novel written by Meyer Levin, which was a fiction... Read full article
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Quotes from
Judd Steiner:
Please, Artie - I'll do anything you say.
Arthur Straus: Anything?
Judd Steiner: Not tomorrow afternoon.
Arthur Straus: Oh, you got another date?
[in disbelief]
Arthur Straus: Are you ditching me for some girl?
Judd Steiner: I haven't been able to find you for three days.
Jonathan Wilk: If there is any way of destroying hatred and all that goes with it, it's not through evil and hatred and cruelty, but through charity, love, understanding.
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Arthur Straus: Anything?
Judd Steiner: Not tomorrow afternoon.
Arthur Straus: Oh, you got another date?
[in disbelief]
Arthur Straus: Are you ditching me for some girl?
Judd Steiner: I haven't been able to find you for three days.
Jonathan Wilk: If there is any way of destroying hatred and all that goes with it, it's not through evil and hatred and cruelty, but through charity, love, understanding.
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Facts about
This is the second of three Hollywood adaptations of the Leopold-Loeb murder. The first was Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, the third Tom Kalin's Swoon.
For some reason the appropriately gravelly voice of actor/wrestler Henry Kulky, nicknamed "Bomber" playing the part of a speakeasy waiter, is dubbed by another actor.
Made in 1959, some 35 years after the real murder.
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For some reason the appropriately gravelly voice of actor/wrestler Henry Kulky, nicknamed "Bomber" playing the part of a speakeasy waiter, is dubbed by another actor.
Made in 1959, some 35 years after the real murder.
read more facts about Compulsion...
