1958 1h 51m Orson Welles

Touch of Evil

Name: Touch of Evil
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Released: 1958
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia

★ 7.9 IMDb

Drama Crime Mystery & Thriller

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

Writers Whit Masterson, Orson Welles, Paul Monash

Cast Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia

DP Russell Metty

Production Designer Alexander Golitzen

Music Henry Mancini

Essays and Criticism

On this film

The Past is All Used Up: Orson Welles,Touch of Eviland Erasure by Peter Alilunas, Screening the Past

On Orson Welles

The Magic World of Orson Welles, by James Naremore by Shannon Scott, Alphaville Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture by Blair Davis & Paul Heyer, Screening the Past Orson Welles – Painter by Michael C. Riedlinger, Senses of Cinema

In conversation with other films

Greed by Jonathan Rosenbaum