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Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also stars in the film. The screenplay was loosely based on the contemporary Whit Masterson novel Badge of Evil (1956). The cast included Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich.
Touch of Evil: Directed by Orson Welles. With Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia. A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Orson Welles
- 1958-04-23
Touch of Evil (en Argentina y en España, Sed de mal; en México, Sombras del Mal) es una película estadounidense del año 1958 dirigida, escrita y protagonizada por Orson Welles. Para muchos críticos, este es el último gran filme del período clásico del cine negro estadounidense.
Sed de mal es una película dirigida por Orson Welles con Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich .... Año: 1958. Título original: Touch of Evil. Sinopsis: Un agente de la policía de narcóticos (Heston) llega a la frontera mexicana con su esposa justo en el momento en que explota una bomba.
- Estados Unidos
- Russell Metty (B&W)
- Orson Welles
13 de sept. de 1998 · To some degree, his characters reflected his feelings about himself and his prospects, and “Touch of Evil” may be as much about Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan. Welles brought great style to his movies, embracing excess in his life and work as the price (and reward) of his freedom.
Touch of Evil, American film noir, released in 1958, that was written and directed by Orson Welles, who also costarred in the crime drama. The film was a box-office disappointment, but in later years it was recognized as one of the final gems of the classic film noir period of the 1940s and ’50s.
The film Touch of Evil (1958) by Orson Welles is considered the last great film noir, and inspirer of the French new wave. The plot deals with a crime on the U. S./Mexico border. In this article, we analyze the film to find elements on which Welles relied to represent this geographical location.
