Genre:
Thriller
Directed
by: Orson Welles
Starring:
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
Running
time: 95 minutes
While
walking around with his young wife on the US-Mexico border, Miguel Vargas, an
officer in the Mexican government, witnesses a car exploding after a time bomb
has been planted in the trunk. Realizing the implications, he takes an interest
in the investigation. In the process, he will have to contend with various
people, including Hank Quinlan, an aging police captain who is known around
town as one who will not hesitate to manipulate the law to get his way.
The
opening sequence of the film noir, that goes from the time the bomb is planted
to the explosion of the car, lasts over three minutes and is a great bit of
filmmaking. The rest of the movie is also very well done. Orson Welles had to
fight to get this film cut the way he envisioned it, something that only came
to fruition decades later.
With
a cast comprising of Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles, it is no
surprise that this film has gained such a reputation over the years, especially
considering the fact that all parties involved carried their respective loads
and then some. Welles was particularly convincing as a disheveled aging dirty
cop, used up by years of abuse done to his body.
Touch
of Evil truly is a movie to see in its 1998 restored version, especially for
the fans of the film noir genre. Some of the acting was over the top,
especially as far as the supporting cast goes, but this film was really well
done across the board.
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