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The film was a box-office failure in the U.S. in 1958 but was well received in Europe.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 (@ #64) Most Heart-Pounding Am [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...]	D
Janet Leigh's agent initially rejected her participation in this film due to the low salary offered [...]	D
Orson Welles was heavily padded to play his part. Of course, in later life he physically came to res [...]	D
According to Orson Welles, Universal didn't want the film to be screened at the Brussels World's Fai [...]	D
Regular Orson Welles supporting actor Joseph Cotten made an uncredited cameo in the movie.	D
Orson Welles wrote Marlene Dietrich's part after filming had already begun, calling her the night be [...]	D
Most modern sources credit John L. Russell as the camera operator who assisted director of photograp [...]	D
Orson Welles dubbed Joseph Cotten's line, "Now you can strain him through a sieve."	D
Despite popular speculation, Orson Welles is wearing make-up throughout the film. For hours every ni [...]	D
Was screened at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, where judges (and then critics) Jean-Luc Godard and [...]	D
Filmed primarily in Venice, California, which at the time had hundreds of producing oil wells as evi [...]	D
The restored DVD was to have included a commentary as well as a documentary on the film and restorat [...]	D
The scene with Vargas and Schwartz in the convertible marks the first time that a scene with dialogu [...]	D
The role of the motel night manager was written specifically for Dennis Weaver, because Welles admir [...]	D
Orson Welles fired the film's first editor, while Universal Pictures head Edward Muhl replaced the s [...]	D
At first all was well on the set. Knowing there were studio spies on the set, Orson Welles planned h [...]	D
Orson Welles rehearsed his cast for a full two weeks before shooting commenced, allowing them to imp [...]	D
Orson Welles shot predominantly at night in order to fend off meddlesome studio suits.	D
Director Orson Welles found a tailor in Mexico City who made suits for the top officials in the Mexi [...]	D
Janet Leigh broke her left arm before filming commenced but appeared nonetheless. The arm was in a c [...]	D
Much of the music used throughout the movie was from sound sources that pertained to the film: radio [...]	D
In the movie Ed Wood (1994), the Orson Welles character complains to the Ed Wood character about adm [...]	D
The entire film was shot on real locations, apart from the ten-minute take in the Mexican shoe store [...]	D
The 1998 restoration only took about two weeks to edit together. The sound mix, however, took over t [...]	D
Curtis Hanson cites this film as a major influence on L.A. Confidential (1997).	D
The film's opening prologue on the DVD states: ''In 1957, Orson Welles completed principal photograp [...]	D
Orson Welles stated that his goal with the film was to infuriate the audience with the plot, in much [...]	D
Orson Welles transformed himself with 60 pounds of body prosthetics and make-up, along with a fake n [...]	D
The first Hollywood motion picture to use a new handheld camera, the Eclair CamÃ©flex.	D
When Orson Welles discovered that his film was recut, he wrote a letter to the production house with [...]	D
Among the significant ways in which Orson Welles departed from the novel and the screenplay were to [...]	D
According to a September 4, 1960, "New York Times" article, Marlene Dietrich considered the role of [...]	D
The post-production phase of the project was complicated. In Charlton Heston's journals, he wrote th [...]	D
The film takes place in a fictional Mexican border town, Los Robles but was filmed in Venice, Califo [...]	D
Orson Welles originally wanted Lloyd Bridges in the role of Menzies. The studio refused, and instead [...]	D
Charlton Heston cited not doing a Hispanic accent for his Mexican narcotics officer Miguel 'Mike' Va [...]	D
At first Orson Welles wanted nothing to do with the picture. He reluctantly agreed after a contract [...]	D
The nighttime filming of the long, single tracking shot opening sequence had many retakes. It took s [...]	D
After filming was completed, Orson Welles left to go to Mexico to continue filming his version of "D [...]	D
Orson Welles was originally hired only to act in the film, but due to a misunderstanding, Charlton H [...]	D
Dennis Weaver shot his part on a three-day hiatus from his TV series Gunsmoke (1955).	D
Zsa Zsa Gabor was producer Albert Zugsmith's girlfriend at the time.	D
Orson Welles initially despised the title "Touch of Evil", having had nothing to do with its concept [...]	D
Although the 111-minute restored version of the movie that was released in 1998 received many accola [...]	D
Orson Welles said that this was the most fun he'd ever had filming a picture, unlike most of his Hol [...]	D
Orson Welles was said to have based the drug scenes on his own experiences, with the Grandi kids' us [...]	D
Orson Welles was paid a total of $125,000 to direct, rewrite, and star in the film.	D
The famous arched intersection of Windward and Pacific, the heart of Venice, CA, still exists largel [...]	D
Oscar winner Mercedes McCambridge only appears in the film because she was having lunch with Orson W [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich and Zsa Zsa Gabor share a title card ("Guest Starring Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gab [...]	D
Janet Leigh shares only one scene in the entire film with Orson Welles, and, ironically, she spends [...]	D
Despite Orson Welles's protesting that Universal barred him from editing the film, Charlton Heston s [...]	D
Maurice Seiderman, who was Orson Welles' makeup man on Quarto potere (1941), is often credited with [...]	D
The 1975 alternate version added more than 15 minutes of footage and removed most (if not all) of th [...]	D
Orson Welles refused to recognize the Universal recut of his film, calling it "an odious thing".	D
Director Orson Welles wanted to film in Tijuana, Mexico, but government officials refused him permis [...]	D
The opening scene took an entire night to get right, mainly because the actor playing the customs of [...]	D
Rupert Everett wrote in The New York Times 5/8/2016: "Orson Welles once told me about the day he cal [...]	D
There has been much debate over the aspect ratio of the 1998 re-release. Apparently, Orson Welles wa [...]	D
The first scene filmed was the interrogation of Sanchez, under the watchful eye of Universal executi [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston and Mercedes McCambridge; [...]	D
Included among the Golden Film Reels in Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire (2011).	D
The original soundtrack is available on Varese Sarabande Records.	D
While scouting the location, Orson Welles fell into a canal and suffered painful injuries that requi [...]	D
Interviews with Orson Welles in his later years noted that the footage cut out of his original versi [...]	D
One of the original titles for the film was "Borderline".	D
After finishing a first edit, Orson Welles went to Mexico to start another project. He returned to t [...]	D
Janet Leigh recalled how Orson Welles asked for input from the actors in the cast: "It started with [...]	D
When Orson Welles first met with Dennis Weaver, he asked Weaver what he thought was the most importa [...]	D
Dennis Weaver's performance as the neurotic hotel clerk in Touch of Evil inspired director Steven Sp [...]	D
Orson Welles claimed to have only read "Badge of Evil" by Whit Masterson, the novel on which the fil [...]	D
While at Universal working on this film, Orson Welles picked up some extra work by doing the narrati [...]	D
Some writers claim that Orson Welles became friends with Albert Zugsmith during production of La tra [...]	D
The 1998 restoration was supposed to premiere at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. However, the day bef [...]	D
Captain Quinlan is not seen without his hat during the entire film, although at one point his hat is [...]	D
Orson Welles would often rewrite his script during his lunch breaks, meaning it was pointless for th [...]	D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
Orson Welles claimed to have seen this film only once, at the one screening that the studio provided [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
Maurice Seiderman did Orson Welles's makeup.	D
Orson Welles wanted the credits to appear at the end of the film so as not to distract the audience [...]	D
Akim Tamiroff was required to stick the butt of a lamb's tongue into his mouth for his grotesque dea [...]	D
It is very obvious throughout the film that Charlton Heston isn't a native Spanish speaker. Sometime [...]	D
Janet Leigh claimed to be absolutely terrified when she shot the scene where she is menaced in her m [...]	D
The car used at the beginning of the film is a 1956 Chrysler New Yorker convertible. Only 921 were m [...]	D
Executives from Universal Pictures only found out that Marlene Dietrich was playing Tanya when they [...]	D
Premiered as the second half of a double bill (Hence, its 'B' movie status.) after main feature L'an [...]	D
Preserved in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1993.	D
Joanna Moore was required to dye her hair brown so as to differentiate her from Janet Leigh.	D
Orson Welles wanted to shoot the film in Tijuana, Mexico, but the studio refused his request.	D
Orson Welles encouraged Dennis Weaver to improvise his role as the strange hotel manager, and togeth [...]	D
Marie McDonald was considered to perform a guest star stint.	D
The opening scene is one of the earliest tracking shots and the longest at the time of three and a h [...]	D
In the first half of the film when Quinlan visits Tanya's, there is a trophied bull's head on the wa [...]	D
Vargas' car is a 1956 De Soto Fireflite convertible. Only around 400 were made. In excellent conditi [...]	D
Four actors from Orson Welles's Quarto potere (1941) ensemble appear in the film: Joseph Cotten, Gus [...]	D
First film directed by Orson Welles in the United States in nearly ten years since Macbeth (1948), a [...]	D

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