Touch of Evil
Overview
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
Reviews (3)
Wuchak (Rated: 5)
Welles/Heston B&W cult noir is great on a technical level, but meh as a viewing experience
On the Texas border a Mexican detective (Charlton Heston) assists an American investigation into a shocking murder of an American official on the border, but he soon learns that the imposing & slovenly She...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
We start with a man putting a bomb in a car on the Mexican side of the border. When it explodes on the American side flattening the occupants, the local "Capt. Quinlan" (Orson Welles) decides to make a bit of a cursory investigation - in cahoots with his opposite number "Vargas" (Charlton Heston). W...
Filipe Manuel Neto (Rated: 8)
It's not Orson Welles' best work, and there are some problems and wrong choices, but it's still a worthwhile film.
One crime and two totally different men: this sentence almost sums up the entire film. Director Orson Welles is one of those monsters that we are used to having like a “sacred co...
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