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Touch of Evil

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Classic film noir.
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 of murder, racketeering, and police corruption in the shape of the unscrupulous Hank Quinlan. Review page 51.
Director Orson Welles (1958.12) (BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Vargas
Unknown:
Hank Quinlan.
Director:
Orson Welles
Hank Quinlan:
Orson Welles
Ramon Miguel (Mike) Vargas:
Chariton Heston
Susan Vargas:
Janet Leigh
Pete Menzies:
Joseph Calleia
Uncle Joe Grandi:
Akim Tamiroff
Pancho:
Valentin de Vargas
Adair:
Ray Collins
Night Man:
Dennis Weaver
Tanya:
Marlene Dietrich
Strip joint owner:
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Police surgeon:
Joseph Cotten
Gang leader:
Mercedes McCambndge
Marcia Linnekar:
Joanna Moore
Source: Radio Times

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