Touch of Evil

Name: Touch of Evil
Director: Orson Welles
Released: 1958
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff

1958 · 111 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 112,074 VOTES · DIR. Orson Welles

Overview

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,115 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:11 You folks are American citizens?

00:06:58 Now you could strain him through a sieve.

00:10:39 I'm merely what the United Nations would call an observer.

00:14:45 Show's over. I'm going home. - No, Ma'am.

00:19:10 Short, fat, with a moustache... - Uncle Joe. - What?

00:23:20 Señor Vargas!

00:28:05 No trouble at all, Ma'am. - Won't you drive me?

00:32:34 Your friend

00:36:17 I'm Manolo Sanchez, and I haven't got an attorney!

00:39:38 You need evidence. - We'll get it.

00:43:12 Vargas. Sergeant Menzies wanted me to give you this.

00:46:14 I promised to keep you informed. This is it. We've broken the case.

00:49:31 If Vargas goes on like this...

00:54:33 Better call Uncle Joe.

00:58:40 You, in the next room!

01:01:56 I don't know whether I'm welcome or not.

01:05:00 Now I guess I can talk. - What do you mean, Hank?

01:09:58 Him?

01:13:42 No. No, it wasn't that kind of a brawl.

01:18:40 Ask for Sergeant Menzies.

01:26:46 Even vice isn't pressing anything. - And that makes everything alright?

01:32:17 I thought you were Vargas.

01:35:31 Grandi was strangled. - Grandi was a crook. - You're a killer, Hank.

01:39:53 You don't understand me. You killed Pete.

Cast & Characters

Charlton Heston Mike Vargas Orson Welles Police Captain Hank Quinlan Janet Leigh Susan Vargas Joseph Calleia Police Sergeant Pete Menzies Akim Tamiroff 'Uncle' Joe Grandi Joanna Moore Marcia Linnekar Ray Collins District Attorney Adair Dennis Weaver Mirador Motel Night Manager Valentin de Vargas Pancho Mort Mills Al Schwartz

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,115

Dialogue density10.0 lines / min

First line00:03:11

Final line01:39:53

Production Record

DirectorOrson Welles

LanguageEnglish

Budget$829,000

Revenue$2,247,500

IMDb votes112,074