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Synopsis
Tom Kalin directed this cool and aloof black-and-white study of the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, a case told before in two previous films -- Rope and Compulsion. In 1924, in Chicago, Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, two 18-year-olds, kidnapped and murdered the 13-year-old Bobby Franks, immediately killing him and then stuffing his naked body up a culvert. The motive for the crime was simply that they wanted to prove to themselves that they were smart enough to get away with it. The previous film versions downplayed Leopold and Loeb's homosexuality, but Kalin's version plays it up into a psychosexual motif. Loeb (Daniel Schlachet) is the calculating intellectual, while Leopold (Craig Chester), the amateur ornithologist, is the emotional and weak one. In love with Loeb, Leopold is willing to do anything for him, and when Leob uses the withholding of sex as a prompt, Leopold is even willing to commit murder to have his sexual desires satisfied by Loeb. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

Craig Chester Nathan Leopold, Jr.
Valda Z. Drabla Germaine Reinhardt
Michael Kirby Detective Savage
Daniel Schlachet Richard Loeb
Michael Stumm Doctor Bowman
Ron Vawter State's Attorney Crowe

Production Crew

Peter Wentworth Associate Producer
Daniel Haughey Casting
Ellen Kuras Cinematographer
Tom Kalin Co-producer
James Bennett Composer (Music Score)
Jessica Haston Costume Designer
Tom Kalin Director
Sheldon Kahn Editor
Tom Kalin Editor
James Schamus Executive Producer
Lauren Zalaznick Executive Producer
Jim Crawford Makeup
Christine Vachon Producer
Denny Vachlioti Producer
Therese DePrez Production Designer
Tom Kalin Screenwriter
Year: 1991
Runtime: 95
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: NR
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Color type
Alpha Cine B & W

Produced by
American Playhouse
Intolerance Productions
New Line Cinema

Release
September 11, 1992 (USA)
by Fine Line Features

Awards
1992 - Best First Feature - Independent Spirit Award