Compulsion (1959 film)
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Compulsion (1959 film) is a crime drama loosely based on the real-life Leopold and Loeb murder case, exploring themes of morality, justice, and the death penalty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Compulsion (1959 film) canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
crime drama film
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film ⓘ |
| award | Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award (shared) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Compulsion (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Meyer Levin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterBasedOn |
Nathan Leopold
NERFINISHED
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Richard Loeb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William C. Mellor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Fleischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | William H. Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festival | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | Approved ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Leopold and Loeb murder case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
capital punishment
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crime and punishment NERFINISHED ⓘ death penalty ⓘ friendship ⓘ guilt ⓘ justice ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lionel Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | kidnapping and murder of a young boy ⓘ |
| notableFor | courtroom monologue against the death penalty ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
courtroom drama
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fictionalized version of Leopold and Loeb ⓘ philosophy of crime ⓘ |
| producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck
NERFINISHED
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Richard D. Zanuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1959-04-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtime | 103 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Bradford Dillman
NERFINISHED
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Dean Stockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Diane Varsi NERFINISHED ⓘ E.G. Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ Orson Welles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| yearOfFestivalAward | 1959 ⓘ |
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