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Title Compulsion / 20th Century Fox ; Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. presents a Cinemascope Picture ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck ; screenplay by Richard Murphy ; directed by Richard Fleischer.

Publication Info. Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD COMPULSION    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD COMPULSION    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD COMPULSION    Check Shelf
Edition [Widescreen edition].
Description 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 4.0 surround, Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital stereo., dual-layer, NTSC.
Cast Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner.
Credits Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Reynolds ; music, Lionel Newman.
Note Based on the novel by Meyer Levin.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Chicago, 1924. Two young men, one bossy and intimidating, the other sensitive and introverted, thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off "The perfect crime." The result is a sensational case with defense attorney Jonathan Wilk putting capital punishment itself on trial.
Note Includes theatrical trailer.
Language English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Capital punishment -- United States -- Drama.
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Criminology -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Murderers -- Drama.
Genre/Form Legal films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Fleischer, Richard. Director.
Zanuck, Richard D. Producer.
Murphy, Richard, 1912-1993. Screenwriter.
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. Actor.
Stockwell, Dean, 1936-2021. Actor.
Dillman, Bradford, 1930-2018. Actor.
Varsi, Diane. Actor.
Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998. Actor.
Levin, Meyer, 1905-1981.
Milner, Martin, 1931-2015. Actor.
Levin, Meyer, 1905-1981. Compulsion.
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Standard No. 024543238515 00
Music No. 2233851 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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