Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)


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Cast & Crew.

Charlton Heston
Ramon Miguel Vargas

Janet Leigh
Susan 'Susie' Vargas

Orson Welles
Police Captain Hank Quinlan / Director / Screenplay

Joseph Calleia
Police Sergeant Pete Menzies

Akim Tamiroff
'Uncle' Joe Grandi

Joanna Moore
Marcia Linnekar

Ray Collins
District Attorney Adair

Dennis Weaver
Mirador Motel Night Manager

Valentin de Vargas
Pancho

Mort Mills
Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant

Victor Millan
Manelo Sanchez

Lalo Rios
Risto - Grandi's Nephew

Michael Sargent
Pretty Boy

Phil Harvey
Blaine

Joi Lansing
Zita

Harry Shannon
Chief Gould

Marlene Dietrich
Tana

Walter Murch
Editor

Joseph Cotten
Coroner (uncredited)

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Strip-Club Owner

Joe Basulto
Young Delinquent (uncredited)

Yolanda Bojorquez
Bobbie (uncredited)

Domenick Delgarde
Lackey (uncredited)

Jennie Dias
Jackie (uncredited)

John Dierkes
Policeman (uncredited)

Eleanor Dorado
Lia (uncredited)

Eva Gabor
Stripper Sitting at Bar (uncredited)

Jeffrey Green
Rudy Linnekar (uncredited)

Billy House
Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)

Mercedes McCambridge
Gang Leader (uncredited)

Arlene McQuade
Ginnie (uncredited)

Ken Miller
Gang Member (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz
Man in Uniform Running Down Street (uncredited)

Ramón Rodríguez
Gang Member (uncredited)

Gus Schilling
Eddie Farnham (uncredited)

William Tannen
Marcia Linnekar's Attorney (uncredited)

Wayne Taylor
Gang Member (uncredited)

Rusty Wescoatt
Detective Casey (uncredited)

Dan White
Customs Officer (uncredited)

Keenan Wynn
Bartender (uncredited)

Whit Masterson
Novel

Albert Zugsmith
Producer

Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer

Russell Metty
Director of Photography

Aaron Stell
Editor

Virgil W. Vogel
Editor

Bill Thomas
Costume Design

David Sharpe
Stunts

Robert Clatworthy
Art Direction

Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction

Leslie I. Carey
Sound

John P. Austin
Set Decoration

Sherman Clark
Still Photographer

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Merle Reeves
Hairstylist

Joseph Gershenson
Music Supervisor

Vic Jones
Gaffer

Franklin Coen
Additional Writing

Paul Monash
Additional Writing

Edward Curtiss
Additional Editing

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist

Vincent Romaine
Makeup Artist

Maurice Seiderman
Makeup Artist

Monty Westmore
Makeup Artist
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Details.
Release DateMarch 30, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Budget$829,000
Box Office$2,247,500
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States
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Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also stars. The screenplay was loosely based on Whit Masterson's novel Badge of Evil (1956). The cast included Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich.
Universal-International commissioned the film adaptation of the novel in April 1956. Albert Zugsmith was selected as producer, who then hired television writer Paul Monash to write the script. Heston was brought on board to star in January 1957 and suggested that Welles direct the project. Welles was hired to direct and star, as well as re-write the script. Filming started the next month and wrapped in April. During the film's post-production, creative differences between Welles and Universal executives arose and Welles was forced off the film. Subsequently, Universal-International revised the film's editing style to be more conventional and ordered re-shoots to be made in November 1957. In response to the new version, Welles wrote a 58-page memo in which he elaborately outlined his creative vision for the film and asked that his version be restored.
Initially dismissed by film critics, Touch of Evil found popularity among European audiences and won top awards at the 1958 Brussels World Film Festival. During the 1970s, its reputation was renewed and it is now widely regarded as one of Welles's best motion pictures and one of the last and best of the classic-era noir films. In 1998, Walter Murch re-edited Touch of Evil according to Welles's original vision, as outlined in his memo.
In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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