Touch Of Evil – 1996

Condition: Excellent 

Rolled as Issued 

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Size: 40 x 30 Inches (102 x 76 cm)

An original British Quad poster for the 1996 BFI re-release of the Orson Welles classic “Touch of Evil” obtained directly from Mike Leedham of 2D Design Ltd, who were responsible for the design of the poster.

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.

The last great Film Noir and the final film Orson Welles would direct in Hollywood; Touch of Evil is a sweat-drenched saga of corruption and intrigue on the US/Mexico border.

Beginning with one of the most celebrated tracking shots in cinema history, a bravura three-minute take following a bomb planted in a car as it crosses the US border, Welles crafts a baroque, highly stylised masterpiece from inauspiciously pulpy source origins. A prestigious cast, including Charlton Heston and Marlene Dietrich reinforces Welles’ playful mixture of A and B-movie tropes, but it is Welles’ own turn as the leering, grotesque Hank Quinlan that steals the film. 

“A world of corruption, betrayal, and moral ambiguity"

Tags: 1990s Quad 1950s Film Noir American British Action Thriller Drama