DVD Talk says it "offers an early blueprint for the modern, full-bodied "true crime" drama". The critics rating at Rotten Tomatoes is 100%.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Compulsion (1959)
Compulsion is a 1959 film based on the book which was a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb case. Directed by Richard Fleischer, it stars Orson Welles (as the defense attorney based on Clarence Darrow), Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, E. G. Marshall, and Gavin MacLeod.
DVD Talk says it "offers an early blueprint for the modern, full-bodied "true crime" drama". The critics rating at Rotten Tomatoes is 100%.
DVD Talk says it "offers an early blueprint for the modern, full-bodied "true crime" drama". The critics rating at Rotten Tomatoes is 100%.
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Never heard of this, but that's a good cast.
ReplyDeleteThe story has been adapted for film several times as I recall. A shocking story even now, I think.
DeleteI haven't heard of either the film or the case, but I did look up the case. Wow. That someone could actually even think like that. Happy new week.
ReplyDeleteikr? It makes me realize that these modern crime dramas aren't as much out of the realm of the possible as I'd like to think :(
Deletesounds interesting for sure
ReplyDeleteYes, and shocking to think it's based on a true story.
DeleteNever heard of this one but it has great actors. Valerie
ReplyDeleteYes, that cast! Definitely a draw!
DeleteI know I have seen both "Rope" with Jimmy Stewart and this one. The creepiest part is it being based on real guys who murdered for the experience. I remember reading about them, too. I remember "Rope" better (love Jimmy) but I do remember that was the first time I took notice of Dean Stockwell. :)
ReplyDeleteRope has Farley Granger in it, too, and he's always worth watching. It's such a horrifying idea.
DeleteI think I saw this on Turner Classic Movies a few years ago. It was impassioned, as I recall.
ReplyDeleteThe case itself is one of those that captured the public's imagination. It is hard to believe people do things like that :(
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