Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil (1958) is an American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also appeared as an actor in the film itself.

Paul Monash and Franklin Coen also wrote scenes for the film. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. The cast includesCharlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, and Marlene Dietrich. Touch of Evil is one of the latest examples from the classic film noir period between 1940 and in the late 1950s.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The entire movie is set within a time span of 24 hours. The story begins at night, continues throughout the day and ends the following night. A special trick that Orson Welles is linking a music style to each separate character, so that when the music resounds, the spectator immediately know who in the scene occurs. This gives Marlene Dietrich in her role of brothel keeper, for example, a pianola jengelende pick with it. Director Orson Welles pulls out all the stops here of the film noirtechniques open as unbalanced chiaroscuro framing, fierce and long shadows that the threatening atmosphere and character of the characters effectively suggest. The opening scene of the film is made famous by one long tracking shot, with the camera held first out of control is operated and then on tracks and the action follows.
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 3.1 History
 * 3.2 Versions
 * 4 awards and nominations
 * 5 external links

Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan inTouch of EvilWhile they are on their way to the United States cross the border of Mexico, are accompanying him Linnekar, an American businessman and a stripper killed by a car bomb exploding. Because the bomb was placed in Mexico, examines the Mexican narcotics agent Mike Vargas, played by Charlton Heston, the case. He is assisted by the corrupt American police officer Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles). Mike's wife Susie (Janet Leigh), meanwhile, is threatened by the same members of the crime clan where Mike is looking for. Susan decides to join the case to the u.s. to Mike to investigations; ' However, ' Uncle Joe Grande comes them chasing. Quinlan not a hesitation in select ' suspect ' to pay for the murder, an employee who was murdered businessman had fired. Vargas, however, remains not sit if he realises that Quinlan has manufactured evidence. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit] == ===History<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are several stories about how Welles as Director became involved in Touch of Evil.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">According to Charlton Heston was Welles originally only hired as an actor. Universal wanted Heston give the lead role. When Heston found out that Welles also appeared in the film, he indicated that he would take the lead role in itself as Welles would direct. Another story is that Welles right before the production of Touch of Evil had worked with producer Albert Zugsmith together to a movie called Man in the Shadow. As a result, Welles had received interest in directing a film project for Zugsmith. This gave him the scenario with the title Zugsmith Badge of Evil, based on a story by Whit Masterson. Welles rewrote this to Touch of Evil.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A number of notable actors have supporting roles in the film, among them Dennis Weaver (which Welles knew from Gunsmoke), Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Calleia (an old friend of Welles) and Marlene Dietrich.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the time of the production was Welles ' career in Hollywood on the back burner, and Welles was hoping that Touch of Evil could bring change. He completed the production on time and delivered his version at Universal. However, Universal International pictures released the film reassembly and partly re-record, whereby the eventually released version was no longer the film as Welles had in mind. The film was released as a B-movie, together with The Female Animal .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Touch of Evil In Europe had more success than in America. In 1993 was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film is on the 64th place of American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Thrills. ===Versions<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="36" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are three versions of the film:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The version that Welles originally delivered at Universal no longer exists. The 1976 version was released by Universal when in their film archives a 108-minute version of the film was recovered, and the works of Welles still proved successful worldwide audiences. ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1) the original version from 1958;
 * 2) a longer version from 1976;
 * 3) a version from 1998, based on notes from Welles tried is the movie as good as possible, to restore to what Welles had in mind.
 * Rick Schmidlin won In 1998 for his reworked version of Touch of Evil a Special Award from the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
 * In 1999 won the film the Historical Shot of the Society of Camera operators.