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Compulsion   1959         N/R, 102 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller Director: Richard Fleischer   Cast: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Ed Binns, Robert F. Simon, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Gavin MacLeod, Louise Lorimer, Terry Becker, Russ Bender   This is a fictionalized version of the 1920s' Leopold and Loeb case in which law school students—in this case Artie Straus and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell)—carry out the "perfect" murder. The crime was perpetrated solely because they were convinced of their own intellectual superiority and wanted to prove their theory. Their parents hire defense attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) because of his reputation for fighting against the death penalty. Cast Dean Stockwell Judd Steiner Bradford Dillman Arthur Straus Orson Welles Jonathan Wilk Diane Varsi Ruth Evans E.G. Marshall District Atty. Harold Hom Martin Milner Sid Brooks Richard Anderson Max Steiner Ed Binns Tom Daly Robert F. Simon Lt. Johnson Robert Burton Mr. Straus Wilton Graff Mr. Steiner Gavin MacLeod Padua Louise Lorimer Mrs. Straus Terry Becker Benson Russ Bender Edgar Llewellyn