Touch of Evil (1958) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Orson Welles.

Cast

• Charlton Heston as Ramon Miguel Vargas
• Janet Leigh as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
• Orson Welles as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
• Joseph Calleia as Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
• Akim Tamiroff as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
• Joanna Moore as Marcia Linnekar
• Ray Collins as District Attorney Adair
• Dennis Weaver as Mirador Motel Night Manager
• Valentin de Vargas as Pancho
• Mort Mills as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
• Victor Millan as Manelo Sanchez
• Lalo Rios as Risto - Grandi's Nephew
• Michael Sargent as Pretty Boy
• Phil Harvey as Blaine
• Joi Lansing as Zita
• Harry Shannon as Chief Gould
• Marlene Dietrich as Tana
• Joseph Cotten as Coroner (uncredited)
• Zsa Zsa Gabor as Strip-Club Owner
• Joe Basulto as Young Delinquent (uncredited)
• Yolanda Bojorquez as Bobbie (uncredited)
• Domenick Delgarde as Lackey (uncredited)
• Jennie Dias as Jackie (uncredited)
• John Dierkes as Policeman (uncredited)
• Eleanor Dorado as Lia (uncredited)
• Eva Gabor as Stripper Sitting at Bar (uncredited)
• Jeffrey Green as Rudy Linnekar (uncredited)
• Billy House as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
• Mercedes McCambridge as Gang Leader (uncredited)
• Arlene McQuade as Ginnie (uncredited)
• Ken Miller as Gang Member (uncredited)
• Ralph Moratz as Man in Uniform Running Down Street (uncredited)
• Ramón Rodríguez as Gang Member (uncredited)
• Gus Schilling as Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
• William Tannen as Marcia Linnekar's Attorney (uncredited)
• Wayne Taylor as Gang Member (uncredited)
• Rusty Wescoatt as Detective Casey (uncredited)
• Dan White as Customs Officer (uncredited)
• Keenan Wynn as Bartender (uncredited)

Crew

• Orson Welles — Director
• Whit Masterson — Novel
• Albert Zugsmith — Producer
• Russell Metty — Director of Photography
• Henry Mancini — Original Music Composer
• Orson Welles — Screenplay

Movies like Touch of Evil

If you enjoyed Touch of Evil, these movies have a similar feel:

• Sicario (2015)
• The Marksman (2021)
• The Public Eye (1992)
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
• Extreme Prejudice (1987)
• Inside Man (2023)
• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
• Blood Simple (1985)
• The Killer Inside Me (2010)
• Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)
• Desperado (1995)
• The Way of the Gun (2000)

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