# Der Zwang zum Bösen (1959)

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**Original title**: *Compulsion*
**Runtime**: 103 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
**Directed by**: Richard Fleischer
**Written by**: Richard Murphy
**Starring**: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, E.G. Marshall, Diane Varsi, Martin Milner

> *THEIRS WAS THE PERFECT CRIME they thought! They were too sure...too smart...too careful to leave a clue -- but they did! and it exploded -- The shocking story of two teenagers out for kicks...looking for thrills...and finding them!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A blizzard howls over Lake Michigan, rattling the windows of a cheap apartment. Two suburban boys crouch over a half-empty bottle of whiskey, their rough sketches of a night-deposit heist trembling slightly. A pair of thin metal-rimmed glasses slips from a trembling hand, catching the dim porch light.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, gut-punch, paranoid

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