Zwang zum Bösen was released in the year 1959。Zwang zum Bösen is also called as Compulsion, Rikollinen vietti, Impulso criminal, Génie du mal, Frenesia del delitto, Estranha Obsessão, Estranha Compulsão, Brottslig drift, Amoralske。

Based very closely on the Loeb-Leopold murder case, the second half of the movie is primarily taken from defense attorney Clarence Darrow's actual courtroom presentation. In 1924 Chicago Jonathan Wilk (Darrow) is asked to defend two wealthy young men who have murdered a boy.

Zwang zum Bösen actors and actresses include Alan Carney, Dean Stockwell, E.G. Marshall, Gavin MacLeod, Martin Milner, Orson Welles。