Story Line
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
“The strangest vengeance ever planned!”
Top Cast
Charlton Heston
Ramon Miguel Vargas
Janet Leigh
Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Orson Welles
Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Joseph Calleia
Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
Akim Tamiroff
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Joanna Moore
Marcia Linnekar
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Rating
7.7/ 10
Release Date
1958-03-30
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
CrimeThrillerDrama
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User Reviews (3)
Wuchak
5/10
•8/16/2018Welles/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, b...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•4/13/2023We 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...
Filipe Manuel Neto
8/10
•9/5/2023**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 mon...