TOUCH OF EVIL

Touch of Evil has not lost any of its original power. More than fifty years after the original release, and a decade after the restoration to Orson Welles' directions, the bravura of this brooding story of rape, racism, corruption and the US-Mexican border drug trade, with the most suspenseful opening shot in film history, continues to astound and shock. Featuring Janet Leigh, Charlton Heston, Marlene Dietrich and Zsa Zsa Gabor, Welles' final Hollywood film is the last great statement in film noir. This book chronicles its efforts to reassemble a lost masterpiece, and analyses the enduring cult appeal of a film that has influenced generations of filmmakers.

March 2009
144 pages

978-1-905674-89-3 (pbk)

£10.00

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Rick Schmidlin is the producer of the restoration of Touch of Evil. He also produced concert films of The Doors and Elvis Presley. Currently he is a visiting instructor at the University of British Columbia.