One of the greatest films ever made and the last great classic noir, Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil is a stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) is a narcotics investigator, attempting to uncover the facts surrounding a car bomb that has killed a wealthy American businessman on the US side of the border. As Vargas investigates, his new wife Susie (Janet Leigh) is kidnapped by a gang out to exact vengeance for the prosecution of the brother of their leader. Meanwhile, Vargas' enquiries become progressively more complicated by the American cop Hank Quinlan (Welles) who alternately conspires with Susie's captors and seeks solace with brothel madame Tanya (Marlene Dietrich).
A sweat-drenched saga of intrigue, Orson Welles’ final Hollywood film remains as gripping now as it was nearly 70 years ago.
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Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast, United Kingdom
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