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Touch of Evil
Restored Collector's Edition
Set in a squalid Mexican border town,
Orson Welles, stars as the corrupt and bigoted small-town police chief.
He finds himself pitted against an upright Mexican narcotics investigator
played by Charlton Heston.
The memorable supporting cast includes Janet Leigh as Heston's inquisitive
wife, Akim Tamiroff, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Marlene Dietrich as an enigmatic
gypsy in this fascinating, dramatic portrait of corruption and morally
compromised obsessions. Also stars Joseph Cotton, Joanna
Cook Moore, Dennis Weaver and Mercedes McCambridge.
Selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry of American
Film.
DVD Restored Collector's Edition
- Includes 58-page memo from Orson Welles to Universal Studios containing
detailed instructions for editing the picture, used in creating this
1998 re-edit
- Widescreen anamorphic format
- Audio Track: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director:
Orson Wells
Black & White
111 minutes
Released: 1958
Rated: PG-13
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Film-Noir/Thriller
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