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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Touch of Evil

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Thriller written, directed by and starring Orson Welles
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.
Guest appearances by Marlene Dietrich and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
(1958) B/W Subtitled
SEE FILMS pages 43 50

Contributors

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

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