At the 1959 Cannes Film Festival , Dillman , Stockwell , and Welles won the Best Actor Award . The film was nominated for the BAFTA best picture of the year , Richard Fleischer was nominated for best director by Directors Guild of America , and Richard Murphy was nominated for best screenplay by the Writers Guild of America
1959 Cannes Film Festival
1959 Cannes Film Festival
Compulsion (1959 film)