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
The Whole Truth (1958 film) "The Whole Truth" was to be the first; the second was to be "The Night Comers" from a novel by Eric Ambler and co-starring Jean Simmons. (This movie was never made.) Jeanne Crain was originally announced as the female lead. However Donna Reed ended up playing it. Filming started in London on 16 September 1957. Romulus later announced they offered Stewart Granger a six-picture contract worth $1.5 million However he made no more films for that company. The Whole Truth (1958 film) The Whole Truth is a 1958 British thriller film directed by John Guillermin and starring Stewart Granger, George