{"id":71600,"date":"2021-04-18T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T23:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71600"},"modified":"2021-04-18T16:18:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T23:18:38","slug":"touch-of-evil-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71600","title":{"rendered":"Touch of Evil (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;All border towns bring out the worst in a country.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-71564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Poster-670x1024.png 670w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Poster.png 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA Mexican detective (Charlton Heston) travelling across the border with his new American wife (Janet Leigh) investigates a death-by-bombing which seems to involve the head (Akim Tamaroff) of the local crime family. Meanwhile, American detective Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) and his loyal assistant (Joseph Calleia) attempt to implicate the Mexican husband (Victor Millan) of the victim&#8217;s daughter (Joanna Moore) in the bombing crime by planting evidence, and Tamiroff tries to incriminate Leigh and Heston as drug users.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Akim Tamiroff Films<\/li>\n<li>Charlton Heston Films<\/li>\n<li>Corruption <\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Framed<\/li>\n<li>Janet Leigh Films<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Cotten Films<\/li>\n<li>Marlene Dietrich Films<\/li>\n<li>Mercedes McCambridge Films<\/li>\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Newlyweds<\/li>\n<li>Orson Welles Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;producer Albert Zugsmith gave Orson Welles his long-awaited chance to again direct a Hollywood film&#8221; in this very loose adaptation (by Welles) of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Badge_of_Evil\">Whit Masterson&#8217;s novel <em>Badge of Evil<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; He notes that &#8220;Welles the writer turned out the sleaziest story imaginable &#8212; with seedy characters and locations, drugs, sex, corruption, murder, racism, etc.&#8221; while &#8220;Welles the director shot it like an <em>artist<\/em>, employing some of the most audacious visual strokes of his career&#8221; &#8212; resulting in &#8220;a masterpiece.&#8221; He points out that &#8220;Welles&#8217;s Detective Hank Quinlan is one of his most interesting, complex characters&#8221;: a &#8220;great detective but he thinks himself above the law,&#8221; and while he&#8217;s &#8220;always correct when he accuses someone of a crime,&#8221; he nonetheless &#8220;always plants incriminating evidence&#8221; to &#8220;assure convictions.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Evidence2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary writes that &#8220;Welles&#8217;s characters are potentially great men but none of them act nobly on their way to the thrones of their particular worlds&#8221; &#8212; which is why &#8220;Calleia, who loves Welles&#8217;s Quinlan, is so disappointed: real heroes must have pure pasts.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-Welles.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;Leigh was never sexier &#8212; Welles was the rare director to emphasize her large chest&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;Dietrich (as the only person who understands Welles) has a memorable cameo.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Dietrich.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the years since Peary&#8217;s <em>GFTFF<\/em> was published, this classic has undergone an infamous revision based on Welles&#8217;s 58-page memo written to the studio, which (typical for Welles) messed substantially with his original vision. The &#8220;1998 version&#8221; is the one I watched for this review (and saw in theaters back in &#8217;98), but the DVD provides ample evidence and discussion of the differences, for those who are interested. Regardless of which version you see, it remains powerful and provocative viewing, clearly demonstrating Welles&#8217; cinematic gifts. With that said, I do have a few quibbles: I&#8217;m not a fan of Tamiroff&#8217;s intermittently comedic characterization as &#8220;Uncle&#8221; Joe Grandi: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Tamiroff.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; or Dennis Weaver&#8217;s performance as a loony motel manager: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Weaver.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and I find it hard to believe that Leigh&#8217;s character would go off with a stranger in a border town at night, then get pissy when confronted by the head of a notorious criminal family. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Leigh3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Grande.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(I know she&#8217;s meant to be a &#8220;tough cookie&#8221; but she simply comes across like a foolhardy rube.) However, Heston acquits himself nicely (despite not attempting a Spanish accent):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Heston3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Welles and Calleia have authentic chemistry together. Watch for tiny cameos by Big Names, including not just Dietrich but Joseph Cotten, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0052311\/trivia?item=tr0718968\">Mercedes McCambridge (!)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orson Welles as Harry Quinlan<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Welles.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joseph Calleia as Sergeant Menzies<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Calleia.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fun cameos in the supporting cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cotten.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-McCambridge.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Gabor.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The still-impressive 3 1\/2 minute opening tracking shot<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Opening.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Russell Metty&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Running.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Cinematography.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The excitingly shot finale sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Touch-of-Evil-Finale.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a still-powerful classic by a master director. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0052311\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10635\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/93695\/touch-of-evil#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4467evil.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/touch-of-evil\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All border towns bring out the worst in a country.&#8221; Synopsis: A Mexican detective (Charlton Heston) travelling across the border with his new American wife (Janet Leigh) investigates a death-by-bombing which seems to involve the head (Akim Tamaroff) of the local crime family. Meanwhile, American detective Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) and his loyal assistant (Joseph Calleia) attempt to implicate the Mexican husband (Victor Millan) of the victim&#8217;s daughter (Joanna Moore) in the bombing crime by planting evidence, and Tamiroff tries&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71600\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71601,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71600\/revisions\/71601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}