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The Late Film: Touch of Evil

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring Charlton Heston Janet Leigh , Orson Welles guest appearances by Marlene Dietrich , Zsa Zsa Gabor
Orson Welles presents a powerful tour de force as director/star in this rarely seen longer version of the film.
Honeymooning in the frontier town of Los Robles, Mike Vargas , special narcotics investigator for the Mexican Ministry of Justice, finds himself mixed up in a case involving murder, underworld racketeers - and police corruption in the massive shape of Hank Quinlan , an unscrupulous detective captain.
Screenplay by ORSON WELLES based on the novel Badge of Evil by WHIT MASTERSON
Produced by ALBERT ZUGSMITH Directed by ORSON WELLES
. Films: page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlton Heston
Unknown:
Janet Leigh
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Marlene Dietrich
Unknown:
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Mike Vargas
Unknown:
Hank Quinlan
Play By:
Orson Welles
Produced By:
Albert Zugsmith
Directed By:
Orson Welles
Ramon Miguel (Mike) Vargas:
Charlton Heston
Susan Vargas:
Janet Leigh
Hank Quinlan:
Orson Welles
Pete Menzies:
Joseph Calleia
'Uncle Joe' Grandi:
Akim Tamiroff
Marcia Linnekar:
Joanna Moore
Adair:
Ray Collins
Night man:
Dennis Weaver
Source: Radio Times

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