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
Orson Welles released. As Universal reworked "Touch of Evil", Welles began filming his adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's novel "Don Quixote" in Mexico, starring Mischa Auer as Quixote and Akim Tamiroff as Sancho Panza. He continued shooting "Don Quixote" in Spain and Italy, but replaced Mischa Auer with Francisco Reiguera, and resumed acting jobs. In Italy in 1959, Welles directed his own scenes as King Saul in Richard Pottier's film "David and Goliath". In Hong Kong he co-starred with Curt Jürgens in Lewis Gilbert's film "Ferry to Hong Kong". In 1960, in Paris he co-starred in Richard Fleischer's film "Crack in the