Touch of Evil
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Summary:
This baroque nightmare of a south-of-the-border mystery is considered to be one of the great movies of Orson Welles, who both directed and starred in it. On honeymoon with his new bride, Susan (Janet Leigh), Mexican-born policeman Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) agrees to investigate a bomb explosion. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of local police chief Hank Quinlan ... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Charlton Heston - (Ramon Miguel Vargas)
Janet Leigh - (Susan Vargas)
Orson Welles - (Hank Quinlan)
Joseph Calleia - (Pete Menzies)
Akim Tamiroff - (Uncle Joe Grandi)
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Review:
After the commercial disappointment and political controversy of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles was never given another opportunity to make a film with an entirely free hand in the United States. Touch of Evil was as close as he came (producer Albert Zugsmith has said he gave Welles no interference, but that the upper management at Uni... Continue >>
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