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    Prosecutor Horn (E.G. Marshall) is about to sic the press on Judd (Dean Stockwell) and Artie (Bradford Dillman), who now blame each other for the thrill-killing of a teen, when defender Wilk (Orson Welles), hired by their families, arrives, in Compulsion, 1959, based on the Leopold-Loeb case.

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Compulsion (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Before You...
State's attorney Horn (E.G. Marshall) is about to sic the...
Compulsion (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Before You Decide On A Plea
Prosecutor Horn (E.G. Marshall) is about to sic the press on Judd (Dean Stockwell) and Artie (Bradford Dillman), who now blame each other for the thrill-killing of a teen, when defender Wilk (Orson Welles), hired by their families, arrives, in Compulsion, 1959, based on the Leopold-Loeb case.>
Compulsion - (Original Trailer)
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Compulsion - (Original Trailer)
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.>
Compulsion (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Pure Biological...
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Compulsion (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Pure Biological Accident
Viewers don't know that Judd (Dean Stockwell), lecturing Ruth (Diane Varsi), and Artie (Bradford Dillman) have done anything wrong but suspicion arises as fellow student/reporter Sid (Martin Milner) discusses his assignment, in Compulsion, 1959, based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case.>
Compulsion (1959) -- (Movie Clip) It Would've...
Director Richard Fleischer's bracing opening, before...
Compulsion (1959) -- (Movie Clip) It Would've Been Murder
Director Richard Fleischer's bracing opening, Dean Stockwell as "Judd Steiner," based on Nathan Leopold, Bradford Dillman as "Judd Strauss," based on Richard Loeb, in the thinly-veiled portrait of the two famous murderers, from the novelization by Meyer Levin, Compulsion, 1959. >
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