71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Touch of Evil

Orson Welles
     111 m.
Synopsis
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Mike Vargas, from the Mexican Police Narcotics Department, is honeymooning on the border between Mexico and the USA with his new American wife, Susan. Soon to give evidence at a trial against several drug traffickers from the Grandi mob who have been arrested as a result of his investigations, Vargas gets caught up in another case when a car-bomb kills a rich American estate agent, surprising Hank Quinlan, a legendary local cop, while the latter is falsifying evidence to incriminate a Mexican citizen. Quinlan ends up joining forces with the Grandi's to get rid of Vargas.
Director
Orson Welles
Screenplay
Orson Welles, (Paul Monash)
Photography
Russell Metty
Edition
Aaron Stell, Virgil Vogel, (Edward Curtiss)
Music
Henry Mancini
Cast
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Running Time
111 m.
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