Badge of Evil Badge of Evil Badge of Evil is a novel written by Whit Masterson (a pseudonym used by the authors Robert Allison “Bob” Wade and H. Bill Miller) and published in 1956. This novel was the basis for the 1958 movie "Touch of Evil", directed by Orson Welles and co-starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh. A man named Rudy Linneker is killed when a mysterious killer blows up his house using a couple of sticks of dynamite. Assistant district attorney Mitch Holt is called to the case as well as police officers Leron McCoy and Hank Quinlan. The pair have gained
Force of Evil Force of Evil Force of Evil is a 1948 American crime film noir directed by Abraham Polonsky who had already achieved a name for himself as a scriptwriter, most notably for the gritty boxing film "Body and Soul" (1947). Like "Body and Soul", the film starred John Garfield. The film was adapted by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel "Tucker's People." The film marked the first on screen acting role of Beau Bridges. In 1994, "Force of Evil" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically,