Touch of Evil Page #2

Synopsis: Mexican Narcotics officer Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas has to interrupt his honeymoon on the Mexican-US border when an American building contractor is killed after someone places a bomb in his car. He's killed on the US side of the border but it's clear that the bomb was planted on the Mexican side. As a result, Vargas delays his return to Mexico City where he has been mounting a case against the Grandi family crime and narcotics syndicate. Police Captain Hank Quinlan is in charge on the US side and he soon has a suspect, a Mexican named Manolo Sanchez. Vargas is soon onto Quinlan and his Sergeant, Pete Menzies, when he catches them planting evidence to convict Sanchez. With his new American wife, Susie, safely tucked away in a hotel on the US side of the border - or so he thinks - he starts to review Quinlan's earlier cases. While concentrating on the corrupt policeman however, the Grandis have their own plans for Vargas and they start with his wife Susie.
Director(s): Orson Welles
Production: October Films
  6 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
PG-13
Year:
1958
95 min
1,417 Views


in Mexico City! That's advice.

That's what I got for him.

Then the conference is over?

I'm free to leave?

- Free?

Nobody was holding you,

Mrs Vargas.

Nobody laid a hand on you.

You were just

paying us a little visit.

Goodbye, all.

Quinlan, we just can't cross over

into Mexico like this.

Thousands do every day. - Tourists...

- So, we're tourists.

Quinlan wants to check on

that girl with Linnekar in the car.

She was one of the strip-teasers,

I think I told you.

Pete told me before I left the ranch.

- That's right.

I told him I wanted to see

all the strip-teasers in the joint.

This is Mexican territory.

What can we do?

There's no law against visitors

asking questions, is there, Mr Vargas?

Where'd he go?

Susie, where were you?

- Mike, darling! - What happened?

Just wait till I tell you.

The craziest thing...

Who's the Jane? - His wife.

- What do you know?

She don't look Mexican, either.

The key to this whole thing

is the dynamite.

The killer didn't just want Linnekar

dead, but destroyed. Annihilated.

Over here, Vargas.

We're going in the back way.

Seor Vargas!

Seor Vargas!

Yes?

Anything wrong, Vargas?

No, I just couldn't catch him.

I hardly knew him.

Adair, come on. - Yes...

And I'm not finished with you yet.

Show's over. I'm going home.

- No, Ma'am.

We're gonna find out

nobody even knew the murdered girl.

Let's talk to this young lady.

- Cita? I didn't know her.

She joined the show a few days ago.

Wasting our time around here.

- I wouldn't say that. Good night.

What happened to Menzies and Vargas?

- They'll show up.

Pianola...

- Hey, we go this way!

Tanya still open for business?

I don't know what Quinlan

thinks she's got to do with it.

Maybe she'll cook chili for him,

or bring out the crystal ball.

We're closed.

You've been cooking at this hour?

- Just cleaning up.

Have you forgotten your old friend?

I told you we're closed.

- I'm Hank Quinlan.

I didn't recognize you.

You should lay off those candy bars.

It's either the candy or the hooch.

I wish it was your chili

I was gettin' fat on.

Anyway, you're sure lookin' good.

You're a mess, honey.

- Yeah...

That pianola brings back memories.

The customers go for it.

It's so old, it's new.

We got the television, too.

We run movies. What can I offer you?

You haven't heard anything

about that bomb, have you?

That was on your side of the border.

- You hear things at these places.

I heard the explosion.

When this case is over, I'll come

and sample some of your chili.

Be careful.

It may be too hot for you.

Hank! Looks like our friend Vargas

ran into some trouble. - Where?

In the alley behind the nightclub.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (; May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film. He is remembered for his innovative work in all three: in theatre, most notably Caesar (1937), a Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; in radio, the legendary 1938 broadcast "The War of the Worlds"; and in film, Citizen Kane (1941), consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made. In his 20s, Welles directed a number of high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project, including an adaptation of Macbeth with an entirely African American cast, and the political musical The Cradle Will Rock. In 1937 he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941. Welles found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds performed for his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. It reportedly caused widespread panic when listeners thought that an invasion by extraterrestrial beings was actually occurring. Although some contemporary sources say these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to notoriety. His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as Charles Foster Kane. Welles was an outsider to the studio system and directed only 13 full-length films in his career. He struggled for creative control on his projects early on with the major film studios and later in life with a variety of independent financiers, and his films were either heavily edited or remained unreleased. His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur".Welles followed up Citizen Kane with 12 other feature films, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Touch of Evil (1958), and Chimes at Midnight (1966). Other works of his, such as The Lady from Shanghai (1947) and F for Fake (1973), are also well-regarded. In 2002, Welles was voted the greatest film director of all time in two British Film Institute polls among directors and critics. Known for his baritone voice, Welles was an actor in radio and film, a Shakespearean stage actor, and a magician noted for presenting troop variety shows in the war years. more…

All Orson Welles scripts | Orson Welles Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Touch of Evil" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/touch_of_evil_22132>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.