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Release Date
Sep 11, 1998 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 31, 2000
Budget $829,000
Running Time
1 hour, 35 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Universal International Pictures (UI or U-I)
Studio Universal
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Other Titles
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Badge of Evil (1998)
• Im Zeichen des Bösen (1958)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Film-Noir, Suspense, Police, Investigation, Detectives, Femme Fatale, Law, Blackmail, Cult Classic, Murder, Betrayal, Kidnapping, Disturbing
Tagline: The Strangest Vengeance Ever Planned!
Plot: Orson Welles's TOUCH OF EVIL is nothing short of a masterpiece. Beginning with a three-minute-plus tracking crane shot, the film explodes onto the screen, literally--the marvelously expressive opening shot ends with a car blowing up, and that detonation sets into motion a classic noir tale of betrayal and murder. In a complex exploration of character and morality, Welles plays the racist Captain Hank Quinlan, a grotesque, troubled, and powerful figure who runs his small U.S. border town according to his own version of the law. Quinlan's brutishness and vulgarity contrast starkly with the idealism and playboy good looks of Charlton Heston as Mike Vargas, a Mexican detective trying to put away the leader of a dangerous family of drug dealers--the Grandis. In the U.S. with his new bride, Susie (Janet Leigh), Vargas becomes consumed with exposing Quinlan and his highly questionable methods--too busy to see that his own beautiful blonde bride is in serious danger from both Quinlan and the Grandis.In 1998, Welles's film was restored closer to its creator's original vision, and it is a joy to behold. Every shot is impeccably crafted, every word of dialogue concise and pointed. The camerawork (by Russell Metty and John Russell) is stunning, particularly in the opening scene and the
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Orson Welles
Monsieur Verdoux, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Big Brass Ring |
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 | Janet Leigh
Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later |
 | Orson Welles
Citizen Kane, The Third Man, History of the World: Part I |
| Joi Lansing
In the Good Old Summertime, A Hole in the Head, Hillbillys in a Haunted House |
 | Marlene Dietrich
Judgment at Nuremberg, Witness for the Prosecution, The Blue Angel |
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Ocean's Eleven, Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution, The Trial | |
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| Music By |
Henry Mancini
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, A Shot in the Dark |
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