Compulsion

April. 01,1959      
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

Orson Welles as  Jonathan Wilk
Diane Varsi as  Ruth Evans
Dean Stockwell as  Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman as  Arthur A. Straus
E.G. Marshall as  District Attorney Harold Horn
Martin Milner as  Sid Brooks
Richard Anderson as  Max Steiner
Robert F. Simon as  Police Lt. Johnson
Robert Burton as  Charles Straus
Wilton Graff as  Mr. Steiner

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