Touch of Evil (1958)
Country: US
Technical: bw 95m/114m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff
Synopsis:
Honeymooning in a border town, Mexican police detective Vargas finds himself and his American wife caught up in a murder case involving a building contractor. Investigations lead him to suspect police corruption and, sure enough, he has strayed into a private fiefdom some will stop at nothing to preserve.
Review:
Overpoweringly seedy, idiosyncratic study of the depraving effects of power; by turns frustrating and impressive, but rarely thrilling.
Country: US
Technical: bw 95m/114m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff
Synopsis:
Honeymooning in a border town, Mexican police detective Vargas finds himself and his American wife caught up in a murder case involving a building contractor. Investigations lead him to suspect police corruption and, sure enough, he has strayed into a private fiefdom some will stop at nothing to preserve.
Review:
Overpoweringly seedy, idiosyncratic study of the depraving effects of power; by turns frustrating and impressive, but rarely thrilling.
Country: US
Technical: bw 95m/114m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff
Synopsis:
Honeymooning in a border town, Mexican police detective Vargas finds himself and his American wife caught up in a murder case involving a building contractor. Investigations lead him to suspect police corruption and, sure enough, he has strayed into a private fiefdom some will stop at nothing to preserve.
Review:
Overpoweringly seedy, idiosyncratic study of the depraving effects of power; by turns frustrating and impressive, but rarely thrilling.