Touch of evil: [videorecording] /: Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles.

Zugsmith, Albert.; Welles, Orson,; Heston, Charlton.; Leigh, Janet.; Calleia, Joseph,; Tamiroff, Akim,; Moore, Joanna,; Collins, Ray,; Weaver, Dennis,; De Vargas, Valentin.; Mills, Mort,; Millán, Victor,; Rios, Lalo.; Sargent, Michael.; Harvey, Phil.; Lansing, Joi,; Shannon, Harry,; Gabor, Zsa Zsa,; Dietrich, Marlene.; Metty, Russell.; Vogel, Virgil W.,; Stell, Aaron.; Mancini, Henry.; Schmidlin, Rick,; Murch, Walter,; Masterson, Whit.; Universal-International (Firm); Universal City Studios.

Touch of evil [videorecording] / Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles.

2000

PN1997 .T683 2000

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Title Touch of evil [videorecording] / Universal International ; screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles.

Uniform Title Touch of evil (Motion picture)

Edition Restored to Orson Welles vision

ISBN 0783230613
9780783230610

Imprint Universal City, CA: Universal International : Distributed by Universal Studios, c2000.

Language English

Language Note In English with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Description 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Standard Identifiers 025192047022

Call Number PN1997 .T683 2000

Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/72

Distributor No. 20470 Universal

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.

Note Based on the novel "Badge of Evil" by Whit Masterson.
In 1957, Orson Welles completed principal photography on Touch of Evil and edited the first cut. Upon screening the film, the Studio felt it could be improved, shot additional scenes and re-edited it. Welles viewed this new version and within hours wrote a passionate 58-page memo requesting editorial changes. This version represents an attempt to honor those requests and make Touch of Evil the film Orson Welles envisioned it to be. This re-edited version was produced in 1998.
Special features: Welles' memo [slide show/text feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Production notes [text feature]; Cast and filmmakers [text feature]; Recommendations [text/video feature] (8 min.); DVD newsletter [text feature].

Credits Director of photography, Russell Metty ; film editors, Virgil Vogel, Aaron Stell ; music, Henry Mancini ; art direction, Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy ; gowns, Bill Thomas ; Orson Welles' requested editorial changes produced by Rick Schmidlin ; edited by Walter Murch ; picture restoration, Bob O'Neil ; consultant, Jonathan Rosenbaum.

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

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

Time and Place of Event Originally produced as motion picture in 1958.

Audience MPAA Rating: Not rated.

System Details Note DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono sound; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.

Added Corporate Author Universal-International (Firm)
Universal City Studios.

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