Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

1958

Straight-arrow narcotics detective Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) sees his honeymoon cut short when a car crossing the U.S.-Mexico border explodes before his eyes. Vargas forsakes his bride (Janet Leigh) to mount an investigation but soon locks horns with corpulent Sheriff Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles), a shady cop who's not above planting evidence or colluding with the local crime lord to keep Vargas from discovering the ugly truth.

The Overwhelming Drama of a Strange Vengeance

JBscale
95
Superior

Film Detail

Genre
Thriller - Crime
Length
1 hr. 52 mins.
US Theatrical Release
April 23, 1958
US Box Office
$2,237,659 (#5586 of 7435)
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
2-Disc 50th Anniversary Edition & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
iTunes
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.85:1
Audio
English: DD 2.0 Mono
Studio
Universal Studios
Released
October 7, 2008
Acquired Date
March 13, 2016
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
October 10, 2008

Actors

Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Joseph Calleia
Joseph Calleia
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff
Joanna Moore
Joanna Moore
Ray Collins
Ray Collins
Dennis Weaver
Dennis Weaver
Valentin de Vargas
Valentin de Vargas
Mort Mills
Mort Mills
Victor Millan
Victor Millan
Lalo Rios
Lalo Rios
Michael Sargent
Michael Sargent
Phil Harvey
Phil Harvey
Joi Lansing
Joi Lansing
Harry Shannon
Harry Shannon
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Directors

Orson Welles
Orson Welles

Producers

Albert Zugsmith
Albert Zugsmith

Writers

Orson Welles
Orson Welles

Awards & Accolades

  • 2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #89
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #99
  • 2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #124
  • 2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #130
  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #128
  • 2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #152

Special Features

Commentaries
  • Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and restoration producer Rick Schmidlin - Restored Version
  • restoration producer Rick Schmidlin - Restored Version
  • Welles Historians Joanthan Rosenbaum and James Naremore - Preview Version
  • writer and filmmaker F.X. Feeny - Theatrical Version
Featurettes
  • Bringing Evil to Life
  • Evil Lost & Found
Other
  • Restoration, Theatrical & Preview Versions of the film
  • Audio Commentary
  • Featurettes

Other Recommendations

User Reviews

  • 12.29.2008 by malummox (7/10)
  • 10.10.2008 by biglummox (9/10)

Ratings

JB Users
80
Excellent
RT Fresh Certified
97%
Tomatometer
86 votes
RT Fresh Certified
92%
Popcornmeter
1,684 votes
METASCORE
99
24 votes
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
111,729 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Kids-in-Mind
  3. Common Sense Media