Touch of evil / Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles.
"[F]ilm noir portrait of corruption and morally compromised obsessions tell the story of a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot." -- Container.
Uniform Title: | Touch of evil (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Language: | English French Spanish |
Language of the Original: |
English |
Language and/or Writing System: |
English dialogue with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English SDH captions for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Published: |
Universal City, Calif. :
Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
[2008], ©2008.
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Edition: | Fiftieth anniversary edition. |
Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (58 pages) in envelope. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
"[F]ilm noir portrait of corruption and morally compromised obsessions tell the story of a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot." -- Container. |
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Note: | Based on the novel "Badge of evil" by Whit Masterson. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. Includes 3 versions of the film: restored version, 1998 cut restored to Welles' vision based on a memo to the studio; theatrical version, original version seen by audiences in 1958; preview version, created prior to the theatrical version and incorporating some of Orson Welles' requests. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | CS3 D0100741 VideoDVD |
Playing Time: | 02:21:00 01:51:00 01:36:00 01:49:00 |
Audience: |
Theatrical and preview version: Not rated ; restored version rated PG-13 by the MPAA. |
Awards: | Named to the National Film Registry in 1993 by the Library of Congress. Winner, Special Award, 1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards (Rich Schmidlin) for the restored version. |
Credits: | Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editors, Virgil Vogel, Aaron Stell ; music, Henry Mancini. |
System Details: | DVD in anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio presentation ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
Cast: |
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Valentin De Vargas, Mort Mills, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor. |