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"Compulsion" quotes

Compulsion poster
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.

Director: Richard Fleischer
Writer: Richard Murphy, Meyer Levin
Production: N/A
Genre: biography, crime, drama
Year: 1959
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.4
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 01 May 1959
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 6 nominations total

45 video clips

Jonathan WilkJurorArthur StrausJudd SteinerProfessor MckinnonSid BrooksMedical ExaminerRuth EvansMrs. Straus Aka 'mumsy'District Attorney Harold HornMax SteinerCharles StrausTom DalyPolice Lt. Johnson
Is there - Compulsion 00:32 Is there I'll do anything you say - Compulsion 00:29 I'll do anything you say We almost killed him - Compulsion 00:34 We almost killed him Of course they do - Compulsion 00:27 Of course they do Gonna take her birding - Compulsion 00:31 Gonna take her birding If there is any way of destroying hatred and all that goes with it - Compulsion 00:14 If there is any way of destroying hatred and all that goes... In those years to come - Compulsion 00:10 In those years to come Then Judd drove me home and I went to bed - Compulsion 00:11 Then Judd drove me home and I went to bed The neighborhood is swarming with kidnappers and degenerates - Compulsion 00:06 The neighborhood is swarming with kidnappers and degenerates What is it Judd - Compulsion 00:22 What is it Judd The world has been one long slaughterhouse from the beginning until today - Compulsion 00:15 The world has been one long slaughterhouse from the... Professor McKinnon - Compulsion 00:54 Professor McKinnon Have you got a phone I could use - Compulsion 00:08 Have you got a phone I could use Are you going to tell me that Moses felt himself - Compulsion 00:04 Are you going to tell me that Moses felt himself That's like talkin' to a Roman candle - Compulsion 00:05 That's like talkin' to a Roman candle He wants to take me out to Hegewisch Park - Compulsion 00:49 He wants to take me out to Hegewisch Park Pop Wiggen - Compulsion 00:16 Pop Wiggen Find anything - Compulsion 00:06 Find anything It's the place where I discovered the Kirtland's warbler - Compulsion 00:17 It's the place where I discovered the Kirtland's... If you were looking for a kid to kidnap - Compulsion 00:17 If you were looking for a kid to kidnap What's one life - Compulsion 00:14 What's one life Screaming Are you afraid of me - Compulsion 00:10 Screaming Are you afraid of me Breath Quivering Murder's nothing - Compulsion 00:18 Breath Quivering Murder's nothing Judd's broken his word of honor to me - Compulsion 00:21 Judd's broken his word of honor to me I don't think we ought to worry our heads over the kind of folks - Compulsion 00:08 I don't think we ought to worry our heads over the kind... Don't you know this is a murder case - Compulsion 00:15 Don't you know this is a murder case Uh won't you sit down Artie - Compulsion 00:09 Uh won't you sit down Artie I don't understand you - Compulsion 00:38 I don't understand you A Stutz Bearcat - Compulsion 00:19 A Stutz Bearcat You're sweating again - Compulsion 00:04 You're sweating again They can't trace anything The whole case'll blow over in a couple of weeks - Compulsion 00:08 They can't trace anything The whole case'll blow... You might consider my position too - Compulsion 00:12 You might consider my position too We're told it was a cold blooded killing because they planned and schemed - Compulsion 00:20 We're told it was a cold blooded killing because they... No further advances - Compulsion 00:27 No further advances If our state is not kinder - Compulsion 00:15 If our state is not kinder 00 tomorrow morning - Compulsion 00:23 00 tomorrow morning I can only think now of taking these two boys - Compulsion 00:41 I can only think now of taking these two boys They are either insane or they are not - Compulsion 00:06 They are either insane or they are not I'm asking this court to shut them into a prison for life - Compulsion 00:20 I'm asking this court to shut them into a prison for... What about this matter of crime and punishment anyway - Compulsion 00:26 What about this matter of crime and punishment anyway Isn't a lifetime behind prison bars enough for this mad act - Compulsion 00:09 Isn't a lifetime behind prison bars enough for this mad... It's taken the world a long - Compulsion 00:57 It's taken the world a long What's the matter - Compulsion 00:34 What's the matter Not tomorrow afternoon - Compulsion 00:15 Not tomorrow afternoon More psychiatric verbiage - Compulsion 00:07 More psychiatric verbiage

Cast

Jonathan Wilk - Orson Welles
Ruth Evans - Diane Varsi
Judd Steiner - Dean Stockwell
Arthur A. Straus - Bradford Dillman
District Attorney Harold Horn - E.G. Marshall
All Cast