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Eureka Entertainment releases TOUCH OF EVIL, Orson Welles’ film noir masterpiece starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh. It was released as part of The Masters of Cinema Series on its UK debut on Ultra HD Blu-ray. Available from September 25, 2023, the limited edition set (only 3,000 copies) includes a hardcover slipcase and a 100-page collector’s book.

Touch of Evil opens with one of the most brilliant scenes in film history; and ends with one of the most brilliant closing scenes ever committed to celluloid. In the meantime, a picture unfolds, whose moral, sexual, racial and aesthetic attitudes remain so radical that they cross borders not only in 1958, but also today.

Charlton Heston stars as Mike Vargas, a Mexican drug kingpin who seeks to uncover the facts by bombing a car that killed a wealthy American businessman on the American side of the border. As Vargas investigates, his new wife Susie (Janet Leigh, two years before Hitchcock’s Psycho) is kidnapped by a gang seeking revenge against their leader’s (Akim Tamiroff) brother. Meanwhile, Vargas’ questions are increasingly confused by American cop Hank Quinlan (played by Welles himself in one of the most impressive and unforgettable film performances of his career), the epitome of corruption, who alternately conspires with Susie’s captors and seeks solace. in the brothel of the gypsy madame (Marlene Dietrich), who comforted him in the old days.

Welles’ final studio-system picture has finally secured its status as one of the greatest films ever made. It continues to prove Welles’ genius – a film of Shakespearean richness, inexhaustible. The Masters of Cinema Series is extremely proud to present Touch of Evil in its UK debut on Ultra HD Blu-ray.

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LIMITED EDITION DOUBLE DISC UHD BOXSET (3000 COPIES) FEATURES:*

Hard case featuring artwork by Tony Stella | 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation of all three versions presented in Dolby Vision HDR: the Theatrical (95 minutes), the preview version (109 minutes) and the 1998 reconstruction (110 minutes). | Four audio commentaries with: Restoration producer Rick Schmidlin (reconstructed version); actors Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh, with Schmidlin (reconstructed version); critic FX Feeney (theatrical version); and Welles scholars James Naremore and Jonathan Rosenbaum (preview) | New video interview with critic, broadcaster and cultural historian Matthew Sweet | New video interview with critic Tim Robey | New video interview with author and critic Kim Newman | Bringing Evil to Life + Evil Lost and Found – two video pieces featuring interviews with cast and crew, critics and admirers | Original Theatrical Trailer | PLUS: 100 PAGE BOOK with writings by Orson Welles, François Truffaut, André Bazin and Terry Comito; excerpts from interviews with Welles; timeline of the film’s story; Two new essays by critic Richard Combs; and rare stills and images

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