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Welles plays the racist Captain Hank Quinlan, a grotesque, troubled, and powerful figure who runs his small U.S. border town according to his own version of the law. Quinlan's brutishness and vulgarity contrast starkly with the idealism and playboy good looks of Charlton Heston as Mike Vargas, a Mexican detective trying to put .. Read more

Starring	Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia
Director	Orson Welles
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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- Overpoweringly atmospheric melodrama crammed with Wellesian touches, but very cold and unsympathetic, with rather restrained performances (especially his) and a plot which takes some following. Hardly the most auspicious return to Hollywood for a wanderer
- 32909
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Don't read this!
  
  Please stop wasting time reading this and just order the best film made by one of the best filmmakers ever. Revel in the magical opening 7 minute single shot... read more »
  
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  - peter139
  - cheshire
  - 13 Apr 2004 at 17:56
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  - 0
  Please Note!
  
  Just posting this review to say that the audio and video are out of sync on the DVD version, so when actors talk their voice is not in sync with their lips. I ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 12 Dec 2011 at 22:15
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  Incredible Cinematography and a decent film with it
  
  Car bomb explodes on US/Mexican border, Police involved and suspect young Mexican, Mexican Drug Cop gets involved, corruption.
  
  Excellent crime/... read more »
  
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- - Bassman71
  - 423 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 09:05
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  - 1
  An interesting bit of film history
  
  ...but not hugely appealing as 21st Century entertainment. This is one for film enthusiasts, with its famously long and complex opening shot, iconic leading ... read more »
  
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- - heckmotor
  - 5 reviews
  - Banbury
  - 10 Nov 2010 at 21:31
- - 1
  - 6
  Absurd plotline
  
  Switch off after the '7 minute opening shot'. Heston is married to a woman who takes every opportunity to walk into dark alleys with a menacing stranger... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 20 Jan 2010 at 19:45
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  - 5
  A Touch - And No More
  
  Barely comprehensible.
  
  The sound was poor and often several characters spoke at once. The lighting was dim so that the action was not just noir but ... read more »
  
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  - Llanddeusant
  - 06 Dec 2009 at 10:35
- - 2
  - 2
  Looks great
  
  The opening shot - which goes on and on, weaving its narrative way through a stage-set of a sleazy Mexican-US border town - sets the tone. This is a gorgeous ... read more »
  
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  - Yelverton
  - 03 May 2009 at 21:00
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  A film with history
  
  Orson Welles' Touch of Evil is a difficult film. It is not Welles' finest work but is notable for a number of reasons and it did highlight bigotry, ... read more »
  
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- - ChilliOne
  - 53 reviews
  - Wallingford, Oxon
  - 30 Apr 2009 at 11:01
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  Touch of Evil
  
  A Classic Orson Wells.Fantastic direction. Bit dated and wooden but still classic
  
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  - Enfield
  - 26 Mar 2009 at 18:01
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  Touch of class
  
  Really enjoyed this, once I understood what was going on. The direction is great, the acting especially from the cameos was fantastic.
  
  There is a ... read more »
  
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  - Barnet
  - 16 Feb 2009 at 17:45
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  Touch of Evil
  
  I watched Touch of Evil after seeing No Country for Old Men. Big mistake. Whilst I would recommend both films - watching a modern classic (No Country for Old ... read more »
  
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  - Jersey
  - 18 Jan 2009 at 11:00
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  Don't read this!
  
  Please stop wasting time reading this and just order the best film made by one of the best filmmakers ever. Revel in the magical opening 7 minute single shot... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 302524
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - peter139
  - cheshire
  - 13 Apr 2004 at 17:56
- - 10
  - 0
  Touch of Class
  
  This is a fantastic film with Orson Welles having fun all the way. Contractually obliged to turn in another studio movie, and have Charlton Heston inexplicably ... read more »
  
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- - Strangelove2809
  - 7 reviews
  - Mauchline
  - 22 Jul 2005 at 16:24
- - 9
  - 2
  Orson Welles does film noir
  
  One of the greatest film noirs ever made. No one knew what to make of this when it was first released, but with the benefit of hindsight we can see what an ... read more »
  
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- - kipp
  - North Tyneside
  - 07 Jan 2004 at 23:16
- - 7
  - 2
  over-rated
  
  over-rated and dated.
  
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  - england
  - 09 Aug 2007 at 23:23
- - 6
  - 4
  Teabag on CITV, remember her?
  
  If like me you're a fan of film and you have to some extent studied film history and theory then you are bound to have met the person that says, '... read more »
  
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- - Grant Evans
  - South Wales
  - 08 Apr 2008 at 13:36
- - 4
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  A Touch of Welles
  
  This is the 1998 restoration based on a long memo Welles wrote after the studio took the film away from him. There are no new scenes but the editing and ... read more »
  
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- 187109
- - Leon Collins
  - London
  - 24 Dec 2005 at 10:39
- - 4
  - 0
  let down
  
  After recently watching orson welles in'The Third Man' l was looking forward to this film.
  
  Where do l start! In many scenes it seemed that ... read more »
  
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- - davejo
  - 10 reviews
  - Glossop
  - 27 Jan 2008 at 18:57
- - 3
  - 0
  A Touch of Genius
  
  This is a stylish, atmospheric, absorbing and entertaining classic. Welles' outstanding character is the centre of this great film. From the brilliant ... read more »
  
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- - ade
  - West Wales
  - 15 Oct 2004 at 17:10
- - 3
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  Some kind of a movie
  
  What more needs to be said?
  
  Touch Of Evil is one of the great films. Orson Welles created a superbly atmospheric and engrossing piece of noir cinema... read more »
  
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- 308120
- - Motta80
  - West Sussex
  - 23 Aug 2004 at 13:40
- - 3
  - 1
  Uninspiring
  
  A film that should have been much more exciting etc. particularly with the Star cast
  
  but it lacked grip and excitement and the dark sets did not help... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Wallasey.England
  - 30 Nov 2005 at 18:52

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  Orson Welles's TOUCH OF EVIL is nothing short of a masterpiece. Beginning with a three-minute-plus tracking crane shot, the film explodes onto the screen, literally--the marvelously expressive opening shot ends with a car blowing up, and that detonation sets into motion a classic noir tale of ...

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  Welles plays the racist Captain Hank Quinlan, a grotesque, troubled, and powerful figure who runs his small U.S. border town according to his own version of the law. Quinlan's brutishness and vulgarity contrast starkly with the idealism and playboy good looks of Charlton Heston as Mike Vargas, a ...