40 years after being truncated by Universal Studios and dumped into theaters on the bottom half of a double-bill, Orson Welles's classic film noir TOUCH OF EVIL finally gets the treatment it deserves, reissued in a beautifully reconstructed "director's cut" that incorporates about 50
editing and soundtrack alterations which were based on a 58-page memo written by Welles to heedless studio executives in 1957.
Charlton Heston stars as Mexican lawman Vargas who clashes with corrupt police detective Quinlan (Orson Welles) while investigating a murder in a small town along the US-Mexico border. The new version is not so much a restoration as it is a revivification, p...
Released:
1998
Rated:
NR
Length:
111 mins