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Sometimes murder is just a way to pass the time.

Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the real life Leopold-Loeb case. In 1924, the world was shocked by the infamous Leopold/Loeb case: 2 teenagers conspired to commit the perfect crime to show their intellectual superiority. It was truly a cause celebre. Fast forward 35 years, and Richard Fleischer (10 Rillington Place, Girl on a Red Velvet Swing) created a sensational drama, loosely based on the original case. Cracking cast including Dean Stockwell and Orson Welles make this stand-out feature as tense as it was upon release.