Compulsion (Blu-ray)

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Format:  Blu-ray
item number:  6E2H9
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Blu-ray Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: March 7, 2017
  • Originally Released: 1959
  • Label: Kl Studio Classics

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Total Count: 10

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 1,444
Rating: 5/5 -- First great 'thrill killer' movie
Atlantic City Weekly
Mar 16, 2007
Rating: 5/5 -- Apesar de mostrar a crueldade dos jovens, o filme leva o espectador a torcer contra a pena de morte graças, principalmente, ao forte monólogo de 10 minutos protagonizado por Orson Welles.
Cinema em Cena
Jul 26, 2003
Rating: 4/5 -- [Richard] Fleischer turns the screws hard in "Compulsion. Full Review
Film Threat
May 31, 2006
Rating: 3/5 -- Black-and-white classic about the Leopold-Loeb murder case. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Jan 10, 2017
Somewhat detached in its handling of emotional tensions, this smooth screen treatment of Meyer Levin's book nonetheless generates its own sort of cobra-like hypnosis. Full Review
Maclean's Magazine
Nov 5, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- Absorbing version of Leopold-Loeb story with standout Welles performance.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Sep 18, 2003
Rating: B- -- Richard Fleischer's thriller is loosely based on the celebrated 1924 Chicago murder trial of Jewish thrill-killers Leopold and Loeb. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Feb 13, 2005

Description by OLDIES.com:

Brand New 4K Restoration! Sometimes murder is just a way to pass the time! The great Richard Fleischer (The Vikings) directed this riveting true story about the notorious 1924 Leopold/Loeb murder case. Hollywood Icon Orson Welles (The Third Man, Touch of Evil) stars as the brilliant Clarence Darrow whose history-making defense against capitol punishment saved two Chicago teenagers from a death sentence. Though names were changed, this factual and fascinating character study focuses on the two boys - one bossy and intimidating (Bradford Dillman, The Mephisto Waltz), the other sensitive and introverted (Dean Stockwell, Married to the Mob) - who thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off "the perfect crime. This tense, intelligent re-enactment of what was seen as the crime of the century, co-stars Diane Varsi (Peyton Place), E.G. Marshall (12 Angry Men), Martin Milner (TV s Adam-12 and Route 66), Gavin MacLeod (TV s The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Richard Anderson (TV s The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman). Special Features: Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas | Trailers

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  • UPC: 738329207328
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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