

1959·Crime·1h 43m
7.1
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Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Directed by Richard Fleischer
death penalty
based on novel or book
police
philosophy
child murder
based on true story
lawyer
courtroom
glasses
arrogance
suspenseful
superiority
gay interest

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Cast

Dean Stockwell
Judd Steiner

Bradford Dillman
Arthur A. Straus

Orson Welles
Jonathan Wilk

E.G. Marshall
District Attorney Harold Horn

Diane Varsi
Ruth Evans

Martin Milner
Sid Brooks

Richard Anderson
Max Steiner

Robert F. Simon
Police Lt. Johnson

Robert Burton
Charles Straus

Wilton Graff
Mr. Steiner

Louise Lorimer
Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

Gavin MacLeod
Padua - Horn's Assistant
Crew

Richard Fleischer
Director

William C. Mellor
Director of Photography

Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
Popular Reviews
65 reviews
danny
6.9★ · 12/14/24


do you think you can cure the hatreds and maladjustments of the world by hanging them?
nietzsche inceldom vs. patrick bateman sociopathy FIGHT! dean stockwell is such a force. he really turns what could have been a one-note "crazy guy" performance into a multi-layered performance filled with deep sadness and alienation. i love how he holds himself so self-importantly but so small in those three-piece suits. when he rolls away from ruth and just shouts "OH GOD! I'M SO ASHAMED!" i maybe a little bit felt that. not the situation they were in even a bit but just the deep pain that comes along with any sort of human emotion. what an absolute prick. judd steiner and norman bates would be best friends and have the strangest most awkward intimacy with each other. did not expect a KKK cameo in this
nietzsche inceldom vs. patrick bateman sociopathy FIGHT! dean stockwell is such a force. he really turns what could have been a one-note "crazy guy" performance into a multi-layered performance filled with deep sadness and alienation. i love how he holds himself so self-importantly but so small in those three-piece suits. when he rolls away from ruth and just shouts "OH GOD! I'M SO ASHAMED!" i maybe a little bit felt that. not the situation they were in even a bit but just the deep pain that comes along with any sort of human emotion. what an absolute prick. judd steiner and norman bates would be best friends and have the strangest most awkward intimacy with each other. did not expect a KKK cameo in this
do you think you can cure the hatreds and maladjustments of the world by hanging them?
nietzsche inceldom vs. patrick bateman sociopathy FIGHT! dean stockwell is such a force. he really turns what could have been a one-note "crazy guy" performance into a multi-layered performance filled with deep sadness and alienation. i love how he holds himself so self-importantly but so small in those three-piece suits. when he rolls away from ruth and just shouts "OH GOD! I'M SO ASHAMED!" i maybe a little bit felt that. not the situation they were in even a bit but just the deep pain that comes along with any sort of human emotion. what an absolute prick. judd steiner and norman bates would be best friends and have the strangest most awkward intimacy with each other. did not expect a KKK cameo in this
nietzsche inceldom vs. patrick bateman sociopathy FIGHT! dean stockwell is such a force. he really turns what could have been a one-note "crazy guy" performance into a multi-layered performance filled with deep sadness and alienation. i love how he holds himself so self-importantly but so small in those three-piece suits. when he rolls away from ruth and just shouts "OH GOD! I'M SO ASHAMED!" i maybe a little bit felt that. not the situation they were in even a bit but just the deep pain that comes along with any sort of human emotion. what an absolute prick. judd steiner and norman bates would be best friends and have the strangest most awkward intimacy with each other. did not expect a KKK cameo in this
space
10.0★ · 06/24/26

i started this one last night but didn’t finish it because i had to go to sleep. i thought it was really good though so i was excited to continue it the next day. sometime in the middle of the night our dog gave birth to four little dead puppies and it was really sad. after that i couldn’t sleep anymore so i decided to continue the movie. then my stomach started hurting because i was hungry as hell so i checked the fridge and there was absolutely nothing to eat except a box of dunkin’ bavarian munchkins. i do not like those at all because the filling looks like mucus. unfortunately i wanted to finish the movie more than i hated the munchkins so i ate them anyway. then i got back into bed, put the movie on, fully intending to finish it this time, and fell asleep again after about ten minutes
i finally finished it this morning while eating breakfast though and wow. it’s literally perfect. that’s really all i can say. the characters are awful and fascinating and the whole thing was exactly my kind of movie.
i read some reviews here and found out it was based on the leopold and loeb case which is also the same real life crime that inspired rope. i absolutely loved that one too. if there’s a movie about arrogant freaks committing crimes and executing it quite awfully, there is apparently a very high chance i will enjoy it
also juror #4 and juror #6 from 12 angry men are here ! and one of the lead actors is the same guy who lip synced to in dreams in blue velvet. i knew he looked familiar the second i saw him but i couldn’t figure out why
anyway. great film. it’s one of my favorites now. i still hate those bavarian munchkins
i finally finished it this morning while eating breakfast though and wow. it’s literally perfect. that’s really all i can say. the characters are awful and fascinating and the whole thing was exactly my kind of movie.
i read some reviews here and found out it was based on the leopold and loeb case which is also the same real life crime that inspired rope. i absolutely loved that one too. if there’s a movie about arrogant freaks committing crimes and executing it quite awfully, there is apparently a very high chance i will enjoy it
also juror #4 and juror #6 from 12 angry men are here ! and one of the lead actors is the same guy who lip synced to in dreams in blue velvet. i knew he looked familiar the second i saw him but i couldn’t figure out why
anyway. great film. it’s one of my favorites now. i still hate those bavarian munchkins
i started this one last night but didn’t finish it because i had to go to sleep. i thought it was really good though so i was excited to continue it the next day. sometime in the middle of the night our dog gave birth to four little dead puppies and it was really sad. after that i couldn’t sleep anymore so i decided to continue the movie. then my stomach started hurting because i was hungry as hell so i checked the fridge and there was absolutely nothing to eat except a box of dunkin’ bavarian munchkins. i do not like those at all because the filling looks like mucus. unfortunately i wanted to finish the movie more than i hated the munchkins so i ate them anyway. then i got back into bed, put the movie on, fully intending to finish it this time, and fell asleep again after about ten minutes
i finally finished it this morning while eating breakfast though and wow. it’s literally perfect. that’s really all i can say. the characters are awful and fascinating and the whole thing was exactly my kind of movie.
i read some reviews here and found out it was based on the leopold and loeb case which is also the same real life crime that inspired rope. i absolutely loved that one too. if there’s a movie about arrogant freaks committing crimes and executing it quite awfully, there is apparently a very high chance i will enjoy it
also juror #4 and juror #6 from 12 angry men are here ! and one of the lead actors is the same guy who lip synced to in dreams in blue velvet. i knew he looked familiar the second i saw him but i couldn’t figure out why
anyway. great film. it’s one of my favorites now. i still hate those bavarian munchkins
i finally finished it this morning while eating breakfast though and wow. it’s literally perfect. that’s really all i can say. the characters are awful and fascinating and the whole thing was exactly my kind of movie.
i read some reviews here and found out it was based on the leopold and loeb case which is also the same real life crime that inspired rope. i absolutely loved that one too. if there’s a movie about arrogant freaks committing crimes and executing it quite awfully, there is apparently a very high chance i will enjoy it
also juror #4 and juror #6 from 12 angry men are here ! and one of the lead actors is the same guy who lip synced to in dreams in blue velvet. i knew he looked familiar the second i saw him but i couldn’t figure out why
anyway. great film. it’s one of my favorites now. i still hate those bavarian munchkins
cbgvww
6.0★ · 04/20/26

добрый фильм, мой любимый жанр суд над гомоэротичными сверхчеловеками
добрый фильм, мой любимый жанр суд над гомоэротичными сверхчеловеками
cutie pie
7.0★ · 03/01/26

This movie sheds light on slight bdsm homoerotic abusive mlm relationships
This movie sheds light on slight bdsm homoerotic abusive mlm relationships
Jonathan
8.0★ · 02/22/26

tight, unsettling, and driven almost entirely by dialogue. what makes it work isn’t the crime itself, but the psychological unraveling and courtroom tension that follows. the performances are sharp across the board, especially in the final stretch where the moral arguments really hit.
tight, unsettling, and driven almost entirely by dialogue. what makes it work isn’t the crime itself, but the psychological unraveling and courtroom tension that follows. the performances are sharp across the board, especially in the final stretch where the moral arguments really hit.