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Lakeshore Classic Movies
Touch of Evil (1958)
Season 2023
Episode 119
Charlton Heston portrays a Mexican narcotics officer on his honeymoon with his American wife (Janet Leigh) across the border. When a man is murdered, he is drawn into the mystery in this film noir directed by and co-starring Orson Welles.
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