The strangest vengeance ever planned!
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
- 7.8
- 1958
- Released
- 1h 51m
Charlton Heston
Ramon Miguel Vargas
Janet Leigh
Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Joseph Calleia
Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
Akim Tamiroff
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Joanna Moore
Marcia Linnekar
Ray Collins
District Attorney Adair
Dennis Weaver
Mirador Motel Night Manager
Valentin de Vargas
Pancho
Mort Mills
Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
Victor Millan
Manelo Sanchez
Lalo Rios
Risto - Grandi's Nephew
Michael Sargent
Pretty Boy
Phil Harvey
Blaine
Joi Lansing
Zita
Harry Shannon
Chief Gould
Marlene Dietrich
Tana
Joseph Cotten
Coroner (uncredited)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Strip-Club OwnerJoe Basulto
Young Delinquent (uncredited)Yolanda Bojorquez
Bobbie (uncredited)Domenick Delgarde
Lackey (uncredited)Jennie Dias
Jackie (uncredited)
John Dierkes
Policeman (uncredited)Eleanor Dorado
Lia (uncredited)
Eva Gabor
Stripper Sitting at Bar (uncredited)Jeffrey Green
Rudy Linnekar (uncredited)
Billy House
Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
Mercedes McCambridge
Gang Leader (uncredited)Arlene McQuade
Ginnie (uncredited)Ken Miller
Gang Member (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Man in Uniform Running Down Street (uncredited)
Gus Schilling
Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
William Tannen
Marcia Linnekar's Attorney (uncredited)Wayne Taylor
Gang Member (uncredited)Rusty Wescoatt
Detective Casey (uncredited)
Dan White
Customs Officer (uncredited)
Keenan Wynn
Bartender (uncredited)
Released
en
$829,000.00
$2,247,500.00
- #hotel
- #gangster
- #brothel
- #border
- #investigation
- #honeymoon
- #usa–mexico border
- #car bomb
- #film noir
- #black and white
Reviews
**It's not Orson Welles' best work, and there are some problems and wrong choices, but it's still a worthwhile film.** One crime and two totally different men: this sentence almost sums up the entire film. Director Orson Welles is one of those monsters that we are used to having like a “sacred cow”, who turns everything he touches into gold. And really, he is responsible for great films and was
We start with a man putting a bomb in a car on the Mexican side of the border. When it explodes on the American side flattening the occupants, the local "Capt. Quinlan" (Orson Welles) decides to make a bit of a cursory investigation - in cahoots with his opposite number "Vargas" (Charlton Heston). Whilst they are out doing their sleuthing, "Susan Vargas" (Janet Leigh) is lured to a meeting with "U
Welles/Heston B&W cult noir is great on a technical level, but meh as a viewing experience On the Texas border a Mexican detective (Charlton Heston) assists an American investigation into a shocking murder of an American official on the border, but he soon learns that the imposing & slovenly Sheriff (Orson Welles) is shady with a penchant for framing. Janet Leigh is on hand as the detective’s