Directed by:
Orson WellesScreenplay:
Orson WellesCinematography:
Russell MettyComposer:
Henry ManciniCast:
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor (more)VOD (3)
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Charlton Heston portrays Mike Vargas, the Mexican chief of narcotics who sets out 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 newly-wed wife Susie (Janet Leigh, two years before Hitchcock’s Psycho) is kidnapped by a gang out to exact vengeance for the prosecution of the brother of their leader (Akim Tamiroff). Meanwhile, Vargas’ enquiries become progressively more obfuscated by the American cop Hank Quinlan (played by Welles himself, in one of the most imposing and unforgettable screen performances of his career), a besotted incarnation of corruption who alternately conspires with Susie’s captors and seeks solace in the brothel of the Gypsy madame (Marlene Dietrich) who comforted him in bygone times. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Charlton Heston
USA
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The Big Country (1958)
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Janet Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
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Orson Welles
USA
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Joseph Calleia
Malta
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Akim Tamiroff
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Joanna Moore
USA
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Touch of Evil (1958)
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Ray Collins
USA
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Dennis Weaver
USA
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Marlene Dietrich
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Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Mercedes McCambridge
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Joseph Cotten
USA
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Keenan Wynn
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Joi Lansing
USA
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Mort Mills
USA
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Touch of Evil (1958)
Dan White
USA
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John Dierkes
USA
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William Tannen
USA
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Victor Millan
USA
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Harry Shannon
USA
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