| Edition |
Widescreen ; 50th anniversary edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 316 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (58 pages) in envelope. |
| System Details |
DVD in anamphoric widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio presentation ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Cast |
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editors, Virgil Vogel, Aaron Stell ; music, Henry Mancini. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Includes 3 versions of the film: restored version, 1998 cut restored to Welles' vision based on a memo to the studio; theatrical version, original version seen by audiences in 1958; preview version, created prior to the theatrical version and incorporating some of Orson Welles' requests. |
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Based on the novel "Badge of evil" by Whit Masterson. |
| Audience |
Theatrical and preview version: Not rated ; restored version PG-13. |
| Summary |
A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town. See all three versions of the film: the theatrical version, the preview version, and the restored version. Features include commentaries and featurettes. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Restored version (1 hr., 51 min.) -- Disc 2. Theatrical version (1 hr., 36 min.); preview version (1 hr., 49 min.). |
| Note |
Bonus Materials: Bringing evil to life, retrospective documentary on the production of the film including interviews with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, crew members and film historians; Evil lost and found, behind-the-scenes of the restoration; preview version feature commentary, with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, restoration producer Rick Schmidlin and film historians; restored version feature commentary, with Rick Schmidlin; theatrical version feature commentary, with writer/filmmaker F.X. Feeney; booklet contains a reproduction of Orson Welles' 58-page memo to Universal after viewing the studio's rough cut of the film. |
| Language |
English dialogue with English, Spanish or French subtitles; Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama.
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Police corruption -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama.
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Drug enforcement agents -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film noir.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Zugsmith, Albert.
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Heston, Charlton.
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Leigh, Janet.
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Masterson, Whit.
Badge of evil.
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Universal City Studios.
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| Added Title |
Bringing evil to life.
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| Standard No. |
025195027809 |
| Music No. |
61103474 Universal |
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