Stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in Mexican border town.
Stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in Mexican border town.
Dennis Weaver
as Mirador Motel Night Manager
Orson Welles
as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Charlton Heston
as Mike Vargas
Janet Leigh
as Susan Vargas
Joseph Calleia
as Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
Akim Tamiroff
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Ray Collins
as District Attorney Adair
Valentin de Vargas
as Pancho (as Valentin De Vargas)
Mort Mills
as Al Schwartz
Lalo Rios
as Risto
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Review of Touch of Evil 1958
A lost motel run by a misfit. Janet leigh, undressed. Does it ring a bell ?
This scene was watched by Alfred Hitchcock (who must have been inspired) before he actually shot it and made a masterpiece out of it. But the movie we are talking about is « Touch of Evil » by another genius: Orson Welles
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