"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 shocki" 01 April 1959 Drama, History, Thriller 103 mins
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
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Dean Stockwell as Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman as Arthur A. Straus
Orson Welles as Jonathan Wilk
E.G. Marshall as District Attorney Harold Horn
Diane Varsi as Ruth Evans
Martin Milner as Sid Brooks
Richard Anderson as Max Steiner
Robert F. Simon as Police Lt. Johnson
Robert Burton as Charles Straus
Wilton Graff as Mr. Steiner
Louise Lorimer as Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'
Gavin MacLeod as Padua - Horn's Assistant
Edward Binns as Tom Daly
Colin Kenny as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Herschel Graham as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Richard Fleischer Director
Richard Murphy Screenplay
Meyer Levin Novel
Richard D. Zanuck Producer
Lionel Newman Original Music Composer
William C. Mellor Director of Photography
William Reynolds Editor
France 12 May 1959
United States 01 April 1959
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