In the 1920’s, two wealthy young intellectuals (Leopold and Loeb) decided to commit the perfect murder to prove their superiority. They weren’t as superior as they thought; they were caught, and Clarence Darrow defended them, getting them life sentences instead of death.
This, except for the trial stage, is the plot of “Murder By Numbers.” (The crime-scene technology is updated; these kids are really smart.) Have their been other movies based on, or inspired by, the Leopold-Loeb case?
By the way, I liked the movie. Imagine a world where getting sex is no problem!
Compulsion. Made in 1959, it stars Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman:
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0052700
The Internet Movie Database also cites a 1992 movie called Swoon, which I haven’t seen: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105508
Hitchcock’s Rope is also supposed to be loosely based on Leopold and Loeb.
A few, although at the moment I can only think of the Hitchcock movie Rope.
Damn! I accidentally hit “Submit Reply” before I was finished.
IMDB on Rope: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0040746
I put the names of Leopold and Loeb into the search page at IMDb and came up with two films, the 1992 Swoon (already mentioned) and the 1991 film Darrow.