| Touch of Evil 
				(1958), 
				Director: Orson Welles, Rated PG-13 
				The Strangest 
				Vengeance Ever Planned! 
				
				  Starring: 
				Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim 
				Tamiroff, Marlene Dietrich, Joanna Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis 
				Weaver, Valentin de Vargas, Mort Mills, Victor Millan, Lalo 
				Rios, Harry Shannon 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
				"An old lady on Main 
				Street last night picked up a shoe. The shoe had a foot in it. 
				We're gonna make you pay for that mess." – 
				Police Capt. Hank Quinlan 
				Why watch this? 
				This film noir masterpiece was Orson Welles' last, great 
				cinematic effort. 
				Plot Summary: 
				This dark tale of grimy greed and corruption takes place on the 
				American-Mexican border. The two main characters are Mike 
				Vargas, a Mexican drug enforcement official (and his stunning 
				American wife, Susan); and rotund Police Sgt. Hank Quinlan. When 
				an American business owner's car is blown up, an investigation 
				begins. Quinlan, a monstrous, grotesque beast of a man 
				(portrayed by Welles himself), seems immediately content to jail 
				a Mexican young man. Mr. Vargas discovers that the boy is being 
				framed by Quinlan. This starts an internal war between the two 
				men and it's going to get ugly.  Dad's Preview: 
				Ugliness is very 
				lifeblood of film noir. This film is masterfully directed and 
				shot, with lots of film "tricks" employed by Welles' keen visual 
				eye. There are long tracking shots (namely the Hitchcockian 
				opening 3 minutes, as we slowly follow a car with a ticking bomb 
				in the trunk), sweat-filled close-ups, dank shadow-filled rooms 
				crammed with seedy street urchins. This is all in stark contrast 
				to Janet Leigh as the pristine Susan, a whitefish swimming in a 
				sea of hungry sharks. You'll love this quality crime film, even 
				though a shower afterwards might feel appropriate. 
				 Universal-International
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