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!
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
- 7.1
- 1959
- Released
- 1h 43m
Dean Stockwell
Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman
Arthur A. Straus
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
Edward Binns
Tom Daly
Colin Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Herschel Graham
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released
en
$1,345,000.00
$1,800,000.00
- #death penalty
- #based on novel or book
- #police
- #philosophy
- #child murder
- #based on true story
- #lawyer
- #courtroom
- #glasses
- #arrogance
- #suspenseful
- #superiority
- #gay subtext
- #gay interest
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