Compulsion

Pros: Dean Stockwell and Bradford Tillman, good directing
Cons: Closing arguments for the defense

To say that the 1959 crime drama Compulsion is compelling would be accurate; this film is on par with Rope, the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie also inspired by the Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murder case. Defended by the renowned Clarence Darrow, the ...

Pros: direction, Welles, script
Cons: casting, exaggerated characters

In Chicago of 1924, two boys in their late teens kidnapped and murdered a fourteen year old boy. They were subsequently arrested and convicted. Their case drew sensational nationwide attention, because the killers were from wealthy families and had led...

Pros: faithful to real events, great acting
Cons: some weak charachters

Sad to say, but in our time, random violence against children is so commonplace that it fails elicit much of a response anymore. Oh, we're shocked at individual horrors. But how many of us remember a time when America was a safe place for kids, free...