This exceptional film noir portrait of corruption and morally-compromised obsessions stars Welles as Hank Quinlan, a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Charlton Heston plays an honorable Mexican narcotics investigator who clashes with the bigoted Quinlan after probing into his dark past. A memorable supporting cast including Janet Leigh as Heston's inquisitive wife, Akim Tamiroff as a seedy underworld leader, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Marlene Dietrich as an enigmatic gypsy complete this fascinating drama engulfed in haunting cinematography and a magnificently eerie score by Henry Mancini.

• 1 hr 36 min
• Directed by

  Orson Welles
• Written by Orson Welles

• Starring

  Charlton Heston

  ,

  Janet Leigh

  ,

  Joseph Calleia

  ,

  Akim Tamiroff

  ,

  Joanna Moore

  ,

  Ray Collins

  ,

  Dennis Weaver

  ,

  Valentin De Vargas

  ,

  Mort Mills

  ,

  Victor Millan

  ,

  Lalo Rios

  ,

  Joi Lansing

  ,

  Harry T. Shannon

  ,

  Kenny Miller

  ,

  Joseph Cotten

  ,

  Marlene Dietrich

  ,

  Zsa Zsa Gabor

  ,

  Mercedes Mc Cambridge

  ,

  Keenan Wynn