Compulsion (1959)
Nota IMDB: 7.4
Regia Richard Fleischer
Doi tineri studenti pun la cale ceea ce-si doresc a fi "crima perfecta", dupa care incep o joaca de-a soarecele si pisica cu politia. Dar cum socoteala de acasa nu se potriveste cu cea din targ, cei doi sunt prinsi mai repede decat se asteptau, fiind salvati de la pedeapsa capitala de faimosul avocat al apararii, Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles).
Filmul este ecranizarea nuvelei lui Meyer Levin, dupa un caz adevarat, cel a doi studenti, N. Leopold si R.A. Loeb care in 1924 au ucis un baiat de 14 ani, in incercarea de a comite crima perfecta.
Distributie:
Orson Welles Jonathan Wilk
Dean Stockwell Judd Steiner
Ina Balin Mike's girlfriend
Bradford Dillman Arthur Straus
Martin Milner Sid Brooks
Gavin MacLeod Padua
E.G. Marshall Dist. Atty. Harold Horn
Richard Anderson Max Steiner
Robert F. Simon Lt. Johnson
Ed Binns Tom Daly
Peter Brocco Albert, Chauffeur
Edmund Cobb Politist
Wilton Graff Mr. Steiner
Alan Carney Globe Newspaper Editior
Robert Burton Mr. Straus
Diane Varsi Ruth Evans
Jack Lomas Medical Examiner
Wendell Holmes Jonas Kessler