Compulsion

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.

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Richard Fleischer directed Compulsion in 1959. See Richard Fleischer's full filmography, where to start with Richard Fleischer, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Fleischer.

Compulsion was released in 1959 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.