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Welles Directs Touch of Evil

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on BBC Two England

continues the season of films by Orson Welles who died in October.
Today starring
Charlton Heston
Janet Leigh
Orson Welles
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
(Welles Directs Journey into Fear tomorrow 4. 10 pm)
0 FILMS: page 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Charlton Heston
Unknown:
Janet Leigh
Unknown:
Orson Welles
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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