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title: 'Touch of Evil (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Orson Welles'
released: '1958-05-21'
runtime_minutes: 93
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/touch-of-evil-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052311/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Touch of Evil (1958)

1958 · PG-13 · 93 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also stars. The screenplay was loosely based on Whit Masterson's novel Badge of Evil (1956). The cast included Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- **Screenplay:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [Paul Monash](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-monash), [Whit Masterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/whit-masterson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini)
- **Producer:** [Albert Zugsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-zugsmith), [Rick Schmidlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-schmidlin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Metty](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-metty)

## Cast

- [Keenan Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/keenan-wynn)
- [Zsa Zsa Gabor](https://cinepixo.com/people/zsa-zsa-gabor)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- [Marlene Dietrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlene-dietrich)
- [Dennis Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-weaver)
- [Harry Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-shannon)
- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Ray Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-collins)
- [Joseph Calleia](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-calleia)
- [Charlton Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlton-heston)
- [Billy House](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-house)
- [Valentin de Vargas](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-de-vargas)
- [Mercedes McCambridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/mercedes-mccambridge)
- [Janet Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-leigh)

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