Touch of Evil (1958)

Movie Details

Original Title Touch of Evil

Original Language EN

Budget $829,000

Revenue $2,247,500

Status Released

Popularity 3.3

Cast

Charlton Heston

Ramon Miguel Vargas

Popularity: 7.0

Janet Leigh

Susan 'Susie' Vargas

Popularity: 8.9

Orson Welles

Police Captain Hank Quinlan

Popularity: 1.2

Joseph Calleia

Police Sergeant Pete Menzies

Popularity: 0.7

Akim Tamiroff

'Uncle' Joe Grandi

Popularity: 7.5

Joanna Moore

Marcia Linnekar

Popularity: 0.6

Ray Collins

District Attorney Adair

Popularity: 6.7

Dennis Weaver

Mirador Motel Night Manager

Popularity: 2.7

Valentin de Vargas

Pancho

Popularity: 2.2

Mort Mills

Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant

Popularity: 0.5

Victor Millan

Manelo Sanchez

Popularity: 1.8

Lalo Rios

Risto - Grandi's Nephew

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Orson Welles

Screenplay Orson Welles

Producer Albert Zugsmith

Editor Aaron Stell, Virgil W. Vogel

Production

Universal International Pictures

Videos & Trailers

"The shoe-box was empty"

Clip

Masters of Cinema 4K UHD Blu-ray Unboxing

Featurette

"There isn't any shade on the window"

Clip

Original 1958 Trailer

Trailer

Masters of Cinema UHD Blu-ray Trailer

Trailer

Everything 'Touch of Evil' Tells You in Its Opening 4 Minutes | Film 101

Featurette

Image Gallery

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Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Wuchak 5/10

Aug 16, 2018

Welles/Heston B&W cult noir is great on a technical level, but meh as a viewing experience On the Texas border a Mexican detective (Charlton Heston) assists an American investigation into a shocking murder of an American official on the border, but he soon learns that the imposing & slovenly She ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Apr 13, 2023

We start with a man putting a bomb in a car on the Mexican side of the border. When it explodes on the American side flattening the occupants, the local "Capt. Quinlan" (Orson Welles) decides to make a bit of a cursory investigation - in cahoots with his opposite number "Vargas" (Charlton Heston). W ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 8/10

Sep 5, 2023

**It's not Orson Welles' best work, and there are some problems and wrong choices, but it's still a worthwhile film.** One crime and two totally different men: this sentence almost sums up the entire film. Director Orson Welles is one of those monsters that we are used to having like a “sacred ... Read more