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Touch of Evil (1958)
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Orson Welles makes police captain Hank Quinlan seem to carry an entire history of power into each room. His physical bulk and weary certainty turn an argument about evidence into an argument about who is permitted to define the truth. Touch of Evil earns its place through that institutional threat rather than a hidden-mastermind reveal. The border-town atmosphere is feverish and morally tangled, with no promise that the officials will be safer company than the suspects.
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About Touch of Evil
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.