In this riveting true story about the notorious 1924 Leopold/Loeb murder case, Orson Wells stars as the brilliant Clarence Darrow whose history-making defense against capitol punishment saved two Chicago teenagers from a death sentence. Though names have changed, this factual, fascinating character study based on news reporter Meyer Levin's bestseller focuses on the two boys - one bossy and intimidating, the other sensitive and introverted - who thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off 'the perfect crime.' E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner and Diane Varsi co-star in this 'tense, intelligent' (Time) re-enactment of what was seen as the crime of the century.