Compulsion (1959) Poster

(1959)

Dean Stockwell: Judd Steiner

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Quotes 

  • [first lines] 

    Judd Steiner : To the perfect crime!

    Arthur Straus : Crime. Oh, my wealthy fraternity brothers. 67 dollars, and a second-hand typewriter.

  • Judd Steiner : Professor McKinnon, I must agree with Nietzsche. Tribal codes and such do not necessarily apply to the leaders of society.

    Professor McKinnon : No. No, Mr. Steiner. I can't see where your friend Nietzsche's theories have any application at all here. Hammurabi, Moses, Solon, Justinian - they were all known as lawgivers.

    Judd Steiner : Actually, my question was whether Moses and the others felt that they themselves had to obey those laws.

    Professor McKinnon : All men are bound by law, Mr. Steiner. And had Nietzsche been a lawyer instead of a German philosopher, he would have known that, too. Are you going to tell me that Moses felt himself above the laws that he laid down for his own people?

    Judd Steiner : Oh, I don't know, sir. He had a motley crew on his hands and he had to get them through the desert somehow.

  • Judd Steiner : Please, Artie. I'll do anything you say.

    Arthur Straus : Anything? I wanna do something really dangerous. Something that'll have everybody talking, not just a few guys. With half the fatheaded cops in Chicago running around in circles wondering about it while we sat back and laughed at 'em, huh?

    Judd Steiner : Yes, but together, Artie. Something perfect. Something brilliant! The true test of the superior intellect, with every little detail worked out.

    Arthur Straus : And dangerous- really dangerous. That's the only way it'd be any fun.

    Judd Steiner : Yes.

  • Ruth Evans : What is it, Judd? You seem so sad.

    Judd Steiner : That's a sentimental term. There's no such thing as sadness. Only the reality of things happening.

  • Judd Steiner : We almost killed him.

    Arthur Straus : A drunk. Who'd have known about it, anyway?

    Judd Steiner : It would have been murder.

    Arthur Straus : And you know why I tried it, Juddsie? Because I damn well felt like it. That's why.

    [hysterical laugh] 

  • Judd Steiner : If we use Plato's system, you see, all children would be wards of the state and assured of being educated correctly.

    Ruth Evans : Wouldn't that be terribly sad and impersonal? Children do have feelings and emotions, don't they?

    Judd Steiner : Of course they do, but for whom? Why should it be their parents? They didn't choose them. I certainly didn't choose mine. It's pure biological accident.

  • Judd Steiner : It's the place where I discovered the Kirtland's warbler. I was the first person to find one in 60 years. Of course, it doesn't exactly compare with Red Grange running 97 yards for a touchdown.

    Ruth Evans : I think it does. I think it's fascinating.

  • Judd Steiner : What's one life, more or less? There were nine million people killed in the war. What does one little Chicago boy matter?

  • Judd Steiner : Are you afraid of me?

    Ruth Evans : I'm afraid for you, Judd! I'm afraid for you.

  • Judd Steiner : Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and *rape*? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?

  • Arthur Straus : Gonna take her birding? Hegewisch?

    Judd Steiner : She said she was interested.

    Arthur Straus : Good idea. You'd have her out there all alone, huh? No witnesses? Yeah, yeah. You'd be perfectly safe. Girls never talk about it afterwards. She can scream her head off. Oh, what's the matter? Isn't that what you planned?

    Judd Steiner : No, it isn't.

    Arthur Straus : You're not falling for her, are you, Judd?

    Judd Steiner : Of course not. I just hadn't thought of that.

    Arthur Straus : But this is your chance! Now, look. We agreed to explore all the possibilities of human experience, didn't we? And emotionally detached.

    Judd Steiner : But together, Artie.

    Arthur Straus : Sure, but I've done things alone. You can too!

  • Arthur Straus : When we made the deal, you said you could take orders. You said you wanted me to command you.

    Judd Steiner : I do - as long as you keep your part of the agreement.

  • Judd Steiner : Not tomorrow afternoon.

    Arthur Straus : Oh, you got another date?

    [in disbelief] 

    Arthur Straus : Are you ditching me for some girl?

    Judd Steiner : I haven't been able to find you for three days.

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