Touch of Evil (1958) - 8/10

Saw Touch of Evil in an outdoor theatre tonight and really appreciated all the techniques in this Orson Welles classic. I'll have to watch this a couple times to truly find all the hidden meanings and themes throughout, but nonetheless it's fun to watch some of these old classics where stars like Charleton Heston and Orson Welles face off against one another in a cat and mouse game of solving the case of rape of Heston's wife. Welle's is a big fellow here but has such presence as the corrupt detective that it's almost funny the way he thinks he's in charge of everything. Heston is great as the frantic fish out of water cop who keeps rubbing people the wrong way. I like the dark themes of corruption in this and the final scene of Heston running through the tunnels listening to the bug planted on Welles. I think i'll love this more once I see it again.