Touch of Evil

Released: 1958
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tmiroff, Valentin de Vargas

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles). When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies (Joseph Calleia), are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie (Janet Leigh), in jeopardy.