Touch of Evil - Orson Welles

(aka "Badge of Evil" )

USA 1958

Orson Welles said that this was the most fun he'd ever had filming a picture (and it certainly didn't look like he was missing any of the free buffets), as unlike most of his Hollywood films, he wasn't troubled by studio interference (until after he completed the picture anyway), he was given a healthy budget and he was working with a crew of some of his favorite actors on a script that didn't involve as much symbolism and all-out cinematic tricks as something like his materpiece Citizen Kane (1941).

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Theatrical Release: May 21, 1958

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Universal Studios (US) - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Universal Studios (UK) - Region 2,4,5 - PAL

Big thanks to Pavel Borodin for all the Screen Caps!

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Distribution	Universal Studios (US) Region 1 - NTSC	Universal Studios (UK) Region 2,4,5 - PAL
Runtime	1:50:36	1:46:08 (4% PAL speedup)
Video	1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 4.71 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 8.68 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: Universal Studios (US)
Bitrate: Universal Studios (UK)
Audio	English (Dolby Digital Mono 2.0)	English, DUBS: French, German, Italian, Spanish (Dolby Digital Mono 2.0)
Subtitles	English, Spanish, French, none	English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Greek, none
Features	Release Information: Studio: Universal Studios (US) Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterboxed - 1.85:1 Edition Details: • Welles' Memo • Theatrical Trailer • Production Notes • Cast and Filmmakers DVD Release Date: October 31, 2000 Keep Case Chapters 19	Release Information: Studio: Universal Studios (UK) Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterboxed - 1.85:1 Edition Details: • Theatrical Trailer DVD Release Date: November 10, 2003 Keep Case Chapters 21

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I think the image quality of these two releases is quite similar. The region 2/4/5 DVD has audio language options and offers subtitles in multiple languages, which could be useful for many people. The Region 1 DVD has more extras, but all of them are text-based.

- Pavel Borodin

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This is Orson Welles by Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Rosenbaum	Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts by Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Richard France	Orson Welles: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers (Paperbacks)) by Orson Welles, Mark W. Estrin	The Trial by Franz Kafka	Orson Welles : The Stories of His Life by Peter Conrad	Rosebud : The Story of Orson Welles by David Thomson	Encyclopedia of Orson Welles (Great Filmmakers) by Chuck Berg, Tom Erskine, John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh, Thomas L. Erskine	Chimes at Midnight: Orson Welles, Director (Rutgers Films in Print) by Bridget Gellert Lyons

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