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词条 Compulsion (1959 film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production

  4. Reception

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = Compulsion
| image = Compulsion-Poster.jpg
| image_size =
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Richard Fleischer
| producer = Richard D. Zanuck
| screenplay = Richard Murphy
| based on = {{based on|Compulsion|Meyer Levin}}
| starring = Orson Welles
Diane Varsi
Dean Stockwell
Bradford Dillman
| music = Lionel Newman
| cinematography = William C. Mellor
| editing = William H. Reynolds
| studio =
| distributor = 20th Century Fox
| released = {{Film date|1959|4|1}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
99 minutes (FMC Library Print)
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $1,345,000[1]
| gross = $1.8 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2]
}}

Compulsion is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Meyer Levin, which in turn was a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder trial. It was the first film produced by Richard D. Zanuck.

Although the principal roles are played by Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman, top billing went to Orson Welles.

Plot

Close friends Judd Steiner (based on Nathan Leopold and played by Dean Stockwell) and Artie Strauss (based on Richard Loeb and played by Bradford Dillman) kill a boy on his way home from school in order to commit the "perfect crime". Strauss tries to cover it up, but they are caught when police find a key piece of evidence — Steiner's glasses, which he inadvertently left at the scene of the crime. Famed attorney Jonathan Wilk (based on Clarence Darrow and played by Orson Welles) takes their case, saving them from hanging by making an impassioned closing argument against capital punishment.[3]

Cast

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  • Orson Welles as Jonathan Wilk
  • Diane Varsi as Ruth Evans
  • Dean Stockwell as Judd Steiner
  • Bradford Dillman as Artie Strauss
  • E. G. Marshall as District Attorney Harold Horn
  • Martin Milner as Sid Brooks
  • Richard Anderson as Max Steiner
  • Robert F. Simon as Police Lt. Johnson
  • Edward Binns as Tom Daly
  • Robert Burton as Charles Straus
  • Wilton Graff as Mr. Steiner
  • Louise Lorimer as Strauss's mother
  • Gavin MacLeod as Padua – Horn's Assistant
  • Terry Becker as Angry Reporter (uncredited)

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Production

Welles, whose recent thriller Touch of Evil was overlooked in America (though appreciated in Europe), was bitter at not being selected to direct Compulsion. His time on the set was tense, and he threw frequent tantrums.[4]

Reception

At the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Dillman, Stockwell, and Welles won the Best Actor Award.[5]

The film was nominated for the BAFTA best picture of the year, Richard Fleischer was nominated for best director by Directors Guild of America, and Richard Murphy was nominated for best screenplay by the Writers Guild of America.

See also

  • Leopold and Loeb
  • List of American films of 1959

References

1. ^Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-4244-1}}. p252
2. ^"1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
3. ^{{cite web|title=Leopold and Loeb Still Fascinate 90 Years Later|url=http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/10/leopold-and-loeb-still-fascinate-90-years-later-jake-hinkson-true-historical-film-adaptation-orson-welles-legal-wrangling-suffer-the-children?WT.mc_id=10144&et_cid=29706250&et_rid=497979563&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.criminalelement.com%2fblogs%2f2012%2f10%2fleopold-and-loeb-still-fascinate-90-years-later-jake-hinkson-true-historical-film-adaptation-orson-welles-legal-wrangling-suffer-the-children%3fWT.mc_id%3d10144|publisher=criminalelement.com|accessdate=October 23, 2012|author=Jake Hinkson|date=October 19, 2012}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Leaming|first1=Barbara|title=Orson Welles: A Biography|date=1985|publisher=Viking|location=New York|isbn=978-0670528950|pages=439–43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlqsYy512WIC&pg=PA440&dq=richard+fleischer+compulsion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj68beV75rSAhUOfiYKHc1WCHMQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=richard%20fleischer%20compulsion&f=false|accessdate=19 February 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3423/year/1959.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Compulsion |accessdate=2009-02-14|work=festival-cannes.com}}

External links

{{wikiquote|Compulsion (film)|Compulsion (1959 film)}}
  • {{IMDb title|id=0052700|title=Compulsion}}
  • {{Rotten-tomatoes|compulsion|title=Compulsion}}
  • {{tcmdb title|id=71354|title=Compulsion}}
  • {{AllMovie title|id=74927|title=Compulsion}}
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