Touch of Evil

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Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir thriller directed by and co-starring Orson Welles, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and legendary long opening tracking shot.

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instanceOf crime thriller film
film
film noir
awardReceived Top 100 Films of All Time lists inclusion
basedOn Badge of Evil
novel by Whit Masterson
castMember Akim Tamiroff
Charlton Heston
Dennis Weaver
Janet Leigh
Joseph Calleia
Marlene Dietrich
Mercedes McCambridge
Orson Welles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
character Hank Quinlan
Miguel Vargas
Susan Vargas
Tanya
cinematographer Russell Metty
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Orson Welles
distributor Universal Pictures
Universal-International
editor Aaron Stell
filmingLocation Venice, California
follows Badge of Evil narrative
genre crime film
film noir
thriller film
hasRestoredVersion 1998 reconstructed version
hasSubject border crime
moral ambiguity
police corruption
language English
musicBy Henry Mancini
notableFeature expressionistic visual style
long opening tracking shot
notableFor baroque camera movements
complex sound design
originalLanguage English
producer Albert Zugsmith
productionCompany Universal-International
publicationDate 1958
releaseDate 1958-04-23
runtime approximately 95 minutes
screenwriter Orson Welles
setting U.S.–Mexico border town

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Orson Welles notableWork Touch of Evil
Orson Welles directed Touch of Evil
Orson Welles starredIn Touch of Evil
Charlton Heston notableWork Touch of Evil
Henry Mancini wroteMusicFor Touch of Evil
Russell Metty notableWork Touch of Evil
Russell Metty workedOn Touch of Evil
Janet Leigh notableWork Touch of Evil
Dennis Weaver notableWork Touch of Evil
Aaron Stell notableWork Touch of Evil