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
Dunkirk (1958 film) Dunkirk (1958 film) Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. The film is based on the novels "The Big Pick-Up" by Elleston Trevor and "Dunkirk" co-authored by Lt. Col. Ewan Butler and Maj. J. S. Bradford. The film is set during Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during the Second World War. Events are seen mostly from the viewpoints of two people, a civilian in England, newspaper reporter Charles Foreman