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Release Date: 1958

Cast: Dennis Weaver, Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, Joanna Cook Moore, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich, Mort Mills, Mercedes McCambridge, Orson Welles, Harry Shannon, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff ...MORE

Cast: Dennis Weaver, Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, Joanna Cook Moore, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich, Mort Mills, Mercedes McCambridge, Orson Welles, Harry Shannon, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Phil Harvey, Lalo Rios, Victor Millan, Zsa Zsa Gábor, Joi Lansing, Charlton Heston, Valentin de Vargas ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Film Noir, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime, Psychological Thriller

Touch of Evil is a 1958 American crime thriller film, written, directed by, and co-starring Orson Welles. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. Along with Welles, the cast includes Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, and Marlene Dietrich. Touch of Evil is one of the last examples of film noir in the genre's classic era (from the early 1940s until the late 1950s). The film opens with a three-minute, twenty-second tracking shot widely considered by critics as one of the greatest long takes in cinematic history. On the... MORE

Touch of Evil is a 1958 American crime thriller film, written, directed by, and co-starring Orson Welles. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. Along with Welles, the cast includes Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, and Marlene Dietrich. Touch of Evil is one of the last examples of film noir in the genre's classic era (from the early 1940s until the late 1950s). The film opens with a three-minute, twenty-second tracking shot widely considered by critics as one of the greatest long takes in cinematic history. On the Mexico/US border, a man plants a time bomb in a car. A man and woman enter the vehicle and make a slow journey through town to the US border. Newlyweds Miguel "Mike" Vargas (Charlton Heston) and Susie (Janet Leigh) pass the car several times on foot. The car crosses the border, then explodes, killing the occupants. Miguel Vargas is a drug enforcement official in the Mexican government. Realizing the implications of a Mexican bomb exploding on American soil, he takes an interest in the investigation. Police Chief Pete Gould (Harry Shannon) and District Attorney Adair (Ray Collins) arrive on the scene, LESS