Bibliograph

Touch of Evil, Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles

Type

Label

Touch of Evil, Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA Rating: Not rated

Main title

Touch of Evil

Oclc number

45262097

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1958

Responsibility statement

Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles

Runtime

111

Summary

On honeymoon with his new bride, Susan, Mexican-born police officer Mike Vargas agrees to investigate a car bombing. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of local police chief Hank Quinlan, a corrupt, bullying behemoth with a perfect arrest record. Vargas suspects that Quinlan has planted evidence to win his past convictions, and he is not about to let the suspect in the current case be railroaded. Determined to get Vargas out of his hair, Quinlan makes a deal with local crime boss Uncle Joe Grandi to frame Susan on a drug rap. Dissecting the nature of good and evil in a hallucinatory, nightmarish ambiance, this baroque south-of-the-border mystery opens with one of the most remarkably extended long takes in movie history

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Murder in Mexico -- Grandi's message -- Tanya -- Who's the boss? -- Following Vargas -- Mirador Motel -- Boyfriend -- "Evidence" -- New managers -- Partners -- Cop or the law? -- Assault -- Quinlan's setup -- All used up -- Echoes of guilt -- Some kind of man -- End titles

Technique

live action