Compulsion (1959 film)

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Compulsion (1959 film) is a crime drama loosely based on the real-life Leopold and Loeb murder case, exploring themes of morality, justice, and the death penalty.

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Compulsion (1959 film) canonical 4
Compulsion (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
award Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award (shared) ⓘ
basedOn Compulsion (novel) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Meyer Levin ⓘ
characterBasedOn Nathan Leopold ⓘ
Richard Loeb ⓘ
cinematographyBy William C. Mellor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Richard Fleischer ⓘ
distributionRegion North America ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy William H. Reynolds ⓘ
festival Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
filmRating Approved ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
inspiredBy Leopold and Loeb murder case ⓘ
mainTheme capital punishment ⓘ
crime and punishment ⓘ
death penalty ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
morality ⓘ
musicBy Lionel Newman ⓘ
narrativeFocus kidnapping and murder of a young boy ⓘ
notableFor courtroom monologue against the death penalty ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays courtroom drama ⓘ
fictionalized version of Leopold and Loeb ⓘ
philosophy of crime ⓘ
producer Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
Richard D. Zanuck ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate 1959-04-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
runtime 103 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Richard Murphy ⓘ
setting Chicago ⓘ
starredActor Bradford Dillman ⓘ
Dean Stockwell ⓘ
Diane Varsi ⓘ
E.G. Marshall ⓘ
linked to: E. G. Marshall

Martin Milner ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
timePeriod 1920s ⓘ
yearOfFestivalAward 1959 ⓘ

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Nathan Leopold → subjectOf → Compulsion (1959 film) ⓘ
Compulsion (novel) → hasAdaptation → Compulsion (1959 film) ⓘ
Meyer Levin → hasWorkBasedOn → Compulsion (film) ⓘ
linked to: Compulsion (1959 film)
Bradford Dillman → notableWork → Compulsion (1959 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Dillman
Artie Strauss → characterIn → Compulsion (1959 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Artie Strauss in Compulsion