Touch of evil, Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles
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Label
Touch of evil, Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA Rating: Not rated
Main title
Touch of evil
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
45262097
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958
Responsibility statement
Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles
Runtime
111
Summary
On honeymoon with his new bride, Susan, Mexican-born police officer Mike Vargas agrees to investigate a car bombing. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of local police chief Hank Quinlan, a corrupt, bullying behemoth with a perfect arrest record. Vargas suspects that Quinlan has planted evidence to win his past convictions, and he is not about to let the suspect in the current case be railroaded. Determined to get Vargas out of his hair, Quinlan makes a deal with local crime boss Uncle Joe Grandi to frame Susan on a drug rap. Dissecting the nature of good and evil in a hallucinatory, nightmarish ambiance, this baroque south-of-the-border mystery opens with one of the most remarkably extended long takes in movie history
Table Of Contents
Prologue -- Murder in Mexico -- Grandi's message -- Tanya -- Who's the boss? -- Following Vargas -- Mirador Motel -- Boyfriend -- "Evidence" -- New managers -- Partners -- Cop or the law? -- Assault -- Quinlan's setup -- All used up -- Echoes of guilt -- Some kind of man -- End titles
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Moore, Joanna, -1997
- Lansing, Joi, 1934-1972
- Mancini, Henry
- Millán, Victor, 1919-2009
- Metty, Russell
- Stell, Aaron
- Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 1917-2016
- De Vargas, Valentin
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
- Mills, Mort, 1919-1993
- Shannon, Harry, 1890-1964
- Zugsmith, Albert
- Sargent, Michael
- Rios, Lalo, 1927-1973
- Leigh, Janet
- Weaver, Dennis, 1924-2006
- Vogel, Virgil W., 1919-1996
- Masterson, Whit
- Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
- Heston, Charlton
- Murch, Walter, 1943-
- Schmidlin, Rick, 1954-
- Universal-International (Firm)
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Harvey, Phil
- Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972
- Collins, Ray, 1889-1965
- Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1975
Genre
Subject
- Judicial error -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Crime films
- Police corruption -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Detective and mystery films
- Drug enforcement agents -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Film noir
- Masterson, Whit -- Film adaptations
Content
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- Lansing, Joi, 1934-1972
- Millán, Victor, 1919-2009
- Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 1917-2016
- De Vargas, Valentin
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
- Mills, Mort, 1919-1993
- Shannon, Harry, 1890-1964
- Sargent, Michael
- Rios, Lalo, 1927-1973
- Leigh, Janet
- Weaver, Dennis, 1924-2006
- Heston, Charlton
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Harvey, Phil
- Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972
- Collins, Ray, 1889-1965
- Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1975
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- Moore, Joanna, -1997
- Lansing, Joi, 1934-1972
- Mancini, Henry
- Millán, Victor, 1919-2009
- Metty, Russell
- Stell, Aaron
- Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 1917-2016
- De Vargas, Valentin
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
- Mills, Mort, 1919-1993
- Shannon, Harry, 1890-1964
- Zugsmith, Albert
- Sargent, Michael
- Rios, Lalo, 1927-1973
- Leigh, Janet
- Weaver, Dennis, 1924-2006
- Vogel, Virgil W., 1919-1996
- Masterson, Whit
- Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
- Heston, Charlton
- Murch, Walter, 1943-
- Schmidlin, Rick, 1954-
- Universal-International (Firm)
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Harvey, Phil
- Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972
- Collins, Ray, 1889-1965
- Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1975
- Genre8
- Subject14
- Judicial error -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Crime films
- Police corruption -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Detective and mystery films
- Drug enforcement agents -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Film noir
- Masterson, Whit -- Film adaptations
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- Moore, Joanna, -1997
- Lansing, Joi, 1934-1972
- Millán, Victor, 1919-2009
- Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 1917-2016
- De Vargas, Valentin
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
- Mills, Mort, 1919-1993
- Shannon, Harry, 1890-1964
- Sargent, Michael
- Rios, Lalo, 1927-1973
- Leigh, Janet
- Weaver, Dennis, 1924-2006
- Heston, Charlton
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Harvey, Phil
- Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972
- Collins, Ray, 1889-1965
- Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1975
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