Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

1958 | 1h 54m | Crime, Thriller | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

'Four stars' ('Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide'). A car bombing in a shabby Mexican-American border town sets the stage for a clash between corrupt cop Orson Welles and upstanding Mexican drug-enforcement official Charlton Heston in this 1958 classic.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Orson Welles

CAST

Charlton Heston

Janet Leigh

Orson Welles

Joseph Calleia

Akim Tamiroff

Marlene Dietrich

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Dennis Weaver

Joanna Moore

Ray Collins

Valentin De Vargas

Mort Mills

Victor Millan

Lalo Rios

Phil Harvey

Joi Lansing

PRODUCERS

Albert Zugsmith

WRITERS

Orson Welles

Whit Masterson

Host Intros

02:10
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Touch Of Evil (1958)
Intro Aired: Mar 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Touch Of Evil, 1958.
01:54
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Touch Of Evil (1958)
Intro Aired: May 2018
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Touch Of Evil, 1958.

Related Videos

Touch Of Evil (1958) -- (Movie Clip) So Old It's New
Clip
After the bombing, border sheriff Hank Quinlan (star and director Orson Welles) in a Mexican night club, a hello from Zsa-Zsa Gabor, then the memorable introduction of Marlene Dietrich (as "Tana") in Touch Of Evil, 1958.
Touch of Evil - (1998 Re-issue Trailer)
Trailer
An Interpol agent risks his wife's life to investigate a crooked sheriff in Touch of Evil (1958), directed by Orson Welles.
Touch Of Evil (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Fun Is Only Beginning
Clip
Crooked U.S. Lawmen (Ray Collins, Harry Shannon, Mort Mills) visiting Mexican cop Vargas (Charlton Heston), with his famous sprint upstairs, then shifting to his wife Susan (Janet Leigh) at the motel, Mercedes McCambridge leading her tormenters, in Orson Welles' Touch Of Evil, 1958.
Touch Of Evil (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Open, This Ticking Noise
Clip
With the prologue included for the 1998 restoration, the famous opening tracking shot from director Orson Welles, from Touch Of Evil, 1958, introducing Mexican cop Vargas (Charlton Heston) and wife Susan (Janet Leigh).

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