Ratings

TMDB Rating 7.1
IMDB Rating 7.5
RottenTomatoes Rating 100%

Financials

Revenue: $0

Budget: $0

Profit: - $0


Movie Details

Tag Line: 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!

Status: Released

Average Rating: 7

Release Date: Apr 1, 1959

Rating:

Run Time: 1h 43m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions , 20th Century Fox


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Synopsis

Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.


Main Cast

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Jonathan Wilk

Age : 70 | Popularity : 19%

Diane Varsi

Diane Varsi

Ruth Evans

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Judd Steiner

Age : 88 | Popularity : 8%

Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

Arthur A. Straus

Age : 87 | Popularity : 8%

E.G. Marshall

E.G. Marshall

District Attorney Harold Horn

Age : 84 | Popularity : 11%

Martin Milner

Martin Milner

Sid Brooks

Age : 83 | Popularity : 7%

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

Max Steiner

Age : 91 | Popularity : 11%

Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon

Police Lt. Johnson

Age : 83 | Popularity : 10%


Crew

Department Role Name
Production Producer
Richard D. Zanuck
Richard D. Zanuck
Directing Director
Richard Fleischer
Richard Fleischer
Editing Editor
William Reynolds
William Reynolds
Sound Original Music Composer
Lionel Newman
Lionel Newman
Camera Director of Photography
William C. Mellor
William C. Mellor
Writing Screenplay
Richard Murphy
Richard Murphy
Novel
Meyer Levin
Meyer Levin
Department Role Name

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