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"Touch of Evil" quotes

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A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

Director: Orson Welles
Writer: Orson Welles, Whit Masterson, Franklin Coen
Production: N/A
Genre: crime, drama, film-noir
Year: 1958
MetaScore: 99/100
ImdbRating: 8.0
BoxOffice: $2,247,465
Released: 23 Apr 1958
Awards: 7 wins & 1 nomination

86 video clips

Ramon Miguel 'mike' VargasTanyaSchwartzMike Vargas'uncle' Joe GrandiSusan VargasCustoms OfficerBlaineCoronerDetective CaseyPanchoPretty BoyMirador Motel Night ManagerMarcia LinnekarZitaStrip-club Owner
Read my future for me - Touch of Evil 00:17 Read my future for me I'm Hank Quinlan - Touch of Evil 00:37 I'm Hank Quinlan How many did you frame - Touch of Evil 00:19 How many did you frame What did you do with her - Touch of Evil 00:11 What did you do with her Rudy Linnekar had this town in his pocket - Touch of Evil 00:36 Rudy Linnekar had this town in his pocket Can you identify the woman - Touch of Evil 00:17 Can you identify the woman Fourteen hundred miles without a single machine gun in place - Touch of Evil 00:24 Fourteen hundred miles without a single machine gun in place This could be very bad for us - Touch of Evil 00:07 This could be very bad for us How could you arrest me here - Touch of Evil 00:09 How could you arrest me here I got this ticking noise - Touch of Evil 00:32 I got this ticking noise I'm talking about you - Touch of Evil 00:24 I'm talking about you You say your wife was attacked - Touch of Evil 00:26 You say your wife was attacked All's a lawyer cares about is the law - Touch of Evil 00:07 All's a lawyer cares about is the law Why shouldn't it be Vargas' - Touch of Evil 00:09 Why shouldn't it be Vargas' In this thing we're partners - Touch of Evil 00:25 In this thing we're partners They are trying to get in there - Touch of Evil 00:36 They are trying to get in there What seems to be the trouble - Touch of Evil 00:24 What seems to be the trouble You got her undressed - Touch of Evil 00:25 You got her undressed You're an honest cop - Touch of Evil 00:14 You're an honest cop It looks real pretty on you Pete - Touch of Evil 00:31 It looks real pretty on you Pete I didn't know her - Touch of Evil 00:12 I didn't know her A policeman's job is only easy in a police state - Touch of Evil 00:09 A policeman's job is only easy in a police state Isn't somebody gonna come and take him away - Touch of Evil 00:32 Isn't somebody gonna come and take him away That wasn't no miss - Touch of Evil 00:11 That wasn't no miss This isn't the real Mexico - Touch of Evil 00:20 This isn't the real Mexico That's the second bullet I stopped for you - Touch of Evil 00:08 That's the second bullet I stopped for you You're a killer - Touch of Evil 00:46 You're a killer We're wasting our time here - Touch of Evil 00:07 We're wasting our time here An old lady on Main Street last night picked up a shoe - Touch of Evil 00:15 An old lady on Main Street last night picked up a shoe My husband - Touch of Evil 00:23 My husband Go in with Vargas - Touch of Evil 00:12 Go in with Vargas Just because he speaks a little guilty - Touch of Evil 00:11 Just because he speaks a little guilty Who is the boss - Touch of Evil 00:14 Who is the boss All these years you've been playing me for a sucker - Touch of Evil 00:09 All these years you've been playing me for a sucker You won't have any trouble with me - Touch of Evil 00:11 You won't have any trouble with me It STINKS in here - Touch of Evil 00:08 It STINKS in here He was some kind of a man - Touch of Evil 00:11 He was some kind of a man Our friend Vargas has some very special ideas about police procedures - Touch of Evil 00:27 Our friend Vargas has some very special ideas about police... I don't speak Mexican - Touch of Evil 00:27 I don't speak Mexican That was the last killer that ever got out of my hands - Touch of Evil 00:10 That was the last killer that ever got out of my hands Quinlan doesn't have a monopoly on hunches - Touch of Evil 00:12 Quinlan doesn't have a monopoly on hunches So it turns out Quinlan was right after all - Touch of Evil 00:10 So it turns out Quinlan was right after all What are you trying to do - Touch of Evil 00:30 What are you trying to do I'm saying more than that - Touch of Evil 00:09 I'm saying more than that You folks American citizens - Touch of Evil 00:08 You folks American citizens What make you so very sure it was dynamite - Touch of Evil 00:21 What make you so very sure it was dynamite My old game leg - Touch of Evil 00:09 My old game leg Can you tell me who's in charge here - Touch of Evil 00:12 Can you tell me who's in charge here He says you don't understand what he wants - Touch of Evil 00:27 He says you don't understand what he wants What have I got to lose - Touch of Evil 00:10 What have I got to lose Why aren't you back in Mexico City - Touch of Evil 00:08 Why aren't you back in Mexico City What do you know - Touch of Evil 00:13 What do you know When this case is over - Touch of Evil 00:14 When this case is over It was one of the Grandi kids - Touch of Evil 00:17 It was one of the Grandi kids Aren't you - Touch of Evil 00:18 Aren't you It's a dirty job - Touch of Evil 00:06 It's a dirty job What a set up to work with - Touch of Evil 00:10 What a set up to work with I'm very glad - Touch of Evil 00:11 I'm very glad He's got a reputation - Touch of Evil 00:31 He's got a reputation Why won't you help me make the bed - Touch of Evil 00:05 Why won't you help me make the bed Have you anything definite on this boy Sanchez - Touch of Evil 00:09 Have you anything definite on this boy Sanchez Here comes Hank at last - Touch of Evil 00:12 Here comes Hank at last How do we begin - Touch of Evil 00:10 How do we begin I think I ran onto something here - Touch of Evil 00:12 I think I ran onto something here There's my coffee - Touch of Evil 00:11 There's my coffee The news is bad - Touch of Evil 00:52 The news is bad Where did you find this - Touch of Evil 00:09 Where did you find this What do you want - Touch of Evil 00:13 What do you want Where would you like me to take you - Touch of Evil 00:07 Where would you like me to take you Take it easy - Touch of Evil 00:11 Take it easy I've been looking for you in every bar in town - Touch of Evil 00:11 I've been looking for you in every bar in town I must say - Touch of Evil 00:08 I must say Did I ever tell you the smart way to kill - Touch of Evil 00:24 Did I ever tell you the smart way to kill You don't leave fingerprints on a piece of string - Touch of Evil 00:12 You don't leave fingerprints on a piece of string He wants to fight dirty - Touch of Evil 00:17 He wants to fight dirty Where's your wife - Touch of Evil 00:05 Where's your wife He's a drug addict - Touch of Evil 00:26 He's a drug addict What would Hank Quinlan be doing here - Touch of Evil 00:19 What would Hank Quinlan be doing here Hold her legs - Touch of Evil 00:04 Hold her legs Haven't you - Touch of Evil 00:19 Haven't you Be careful - Touch of Evil 00:21 Be careful All you want to talk about is Vargas - Touch of Evil 00:08 All you want to talk about is Vargas I'm afraid this is finally something you can't talk your way out of - Touch of Evil 00:13 I'm afraid this is finally something you can't... I don't know what Quinlan thinks she's got to do with it - Touch of Evil 00:15 I don't know what Quinlan thinks she's got to do... You've got your work really cut out for you - Touch of Evil 00:21 You've got your work really cut out for you

Cast

Mike Vargas - Charlton Heston
Susan Vargas - Janet Leigh
Police Captain Hank Quinlan - Orson Welles
Police Sergeant Pete Menzies - Joseph Calleia
'Uncle' Joe Grandi - Akim Tamiroff
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