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The Late Film: Compulsion

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman with E. G. Marshall, Martin Milner

Two wealthy young Chicago law students attempt to commit the perfect murder - just to prove they can do it. This gripping movie, based on the famous Leopold-Loeb murder case of 1924, features one of the screen's virtuoso performances from Orson Welles as the boys' defence attorney.

Films: page 9

Contributors

Screenplay:
Richard Murphy
Based on the novel by:
Meyer Levin
Producer:
Richard D. Zanuck
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Jonathan Wilk:
Orson Welles
Judd Steiner:
Dean Stockwell
Artie Straus:
Bradford Dillman
Horn:
E.G. Marshall
Ruth Evans:
Diane Varsi
Sid:
Martin Milner
Max:
Richard Anderson
Source: Radio Times

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