Compulsion

Compulsion

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1959-04-01
Duration:103 min
Director:Richard Fleischer
Actors:Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, E.G. Marshall, Diane Varsi
Production:Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox

Overview:

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

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