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Touch of Evil Drama 1958 1 hr 35 min Available on Hulu, Sling TV A U.S. sheriff (Orson Welles) frames a man for a border-town murder and kidnaps a Mexican's (Charlton Heston) wife (Janet Leigh). Drama 1958 1 hr 35 min ...
Touch of Evil was based on Whit Masterson's pulp novel Badge of Evil.The project sat on producer Albert Zugsmith's shelf for some time before it saw the light of day. Through a misunderstanding, Charlton Heston, the star of Touch of Evil, thought Welles was going to direct the film.When he learned otherwise, he insisted that the studio offer Welles the job.
A very technically advanced noir from the skillful Wells. With the cool rhythm of the narrative, the thick atmosphere of a border town, masterful framing, witty dialogues bursting from the mouths of characteristic characters – it’s hard not to enjoy the action for the entire two hours. Translated to English.
11 de sept. de 1998 · Touch of Evil dissects the nature of good and evil in a hallucinatory, nightmarish ambience, helped by the shadow-laden cinematography of Russell Metty and by the cast, which, along with Tamiroff and Welles includes Charlton Heston as a Mexican; Marlene Dietrich, in a brunette wig, as a brittle madam who delivers the movie's unforgettable closing words; Mercedes McCambridge as a junkie; and ...
23 de may. de 2023 · “Touch of Evil” (Sed De Mal, 1958) es la última película que Orson Welles rueda en Hollywood. Los ejecutivos de la Universal Studios, espantados ante el visionado de “Touch of Evil” (1958), le arrebataron la película para remontarla y rodar escenas adicionales sin contar con él. Orson Welles escribió un memorando de 58 páginas con las indicaciones para realizar un nuevo montaje ...
31 de ene. de 2023 · With its story of murder, marijuana and police corruption, Touch of Evil is considered among the last of the 1940s/50s cycle of crime thrillers known as film noir. Welles’ vivid turn as corpulent bent cop Quinlan provided one of the genre’s most memorable villains. Iniquity south of the border also colours Welles’ prior film noir, The ...
Welles consigue transformar un thriller bastante convencional en una de las piezas clave del género negro. De hecho, para muchos críticos y cineastas, como Paul Schrader, Sed de mal supuso la última gran película del cine negro clásico, algo así como el epitafio de una forma de hacer cine que había comenzado con El halcón maltés ( The ...
