On honeymoon with his new bride, a Mexican-born policeman agrees to investigate a bomb explosion. In doing so, he incurs the wrath of local police chief, a corrupt, bullying behemoth with a perfect arrest record.

Before leaving Hollywood for good, legendary auteur Orson Welles made this masterpiece of late film noir. A sordid, sweaty, and devilishly styled affair about U.S. and Mexican relations, Touch of Evil stars Welles himself, alongside Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh.