Touch of evil [videorecording] / Universal International
- Published:
- Universal City, Calif : Universal Studios, [2000]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2000
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators:
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, Zugsmith, Albert, Heston, Charlton, Leigh, Janet, Dietrich, Marlene, Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972, Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1975, Masterson, Whit, Schmidlin, Rick, 1954-, Murch, Walter, 1943-, Universal-International (Firm), and Universal City Studios
- Language Note:
- In English, Spanish or French with optional English, Spanish and French subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. - Summary:
- An elaborate mystery involving a corrupt police official in a squalid town on the Mexican border and a murder that ensnares a narcotics agent and his wife.
- Subject(s):
- Police corruption—Mexican-American Border Region—Drama
- Judicial error—Mexican-American Border Region—Drama
- Drug enforcement agents—Mexican-American Border Region—Drama
- Detective and mystery films
- Feature films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Film noir
- Mexican-American Border Region—Drama
- Mexican-American Border Region—In motion pictures
- ISBN:
- 0783230613
- Audience Notes:
- Not rated by MPAA.
- Note:
- Based on the novel: Badge of Evil / by Whit Masterson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 1.85:1), Dolby digital, mono.
"Restored to Orson Welles' vision. Complete and uncut with restored footage."--Container.
"Orson Welles' requested editorial changes produced by Rick Schmidlin ; edited by Walter Murch."
Includes Orson Welles' memo., theatrical trailer, and biographies of cast and filmmakers. - Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Screenplay by Orson Welles ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Orson Welles ; director of photography, Russell Metty ; editors, Virgil Vogel, Aaron Stell ; music, Henry Mancini.
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia.
- Technical Details:
- DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
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