Compulsion
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.
- Year: 1959
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Studio: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Keyword: based on novel or book, child murder, based on true story, male homosexuality, courtroom, arrogance, homosexual subtext, gay killer, leopold and loeb
- Director: Richard Fleischer
- Cast: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner