Anders Engwall (Anders.Engwall@uab.ericsson.se)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:01:34 +0200
Juri Nummelin wrote:
> On my reading list there is also Badge of Evil
(1956), written under the
> Whit Masterson byline, which has been made into
"Touch of Evil", one of
> the best crime movies ever made. I have read that
the book does not have
> the same ambivalence than the Welles
movie.
True. In the book, the characters are clearly divided into
good guys and bad.
There are a couple of other, perhaps interesting, differences
as well. In the book, Hank Quinlan has a partner in crime,
whereas Welles rolled them both into one (judging by the size
of him, quite literally :-) Also, in the movie Charlton
Heston plays a mexican with an American wife. In the book,
Heston's character was an all- American D.A. with a Mexican
wife.
It's a good book, but the movie is even better.
Btw, didn't Wade & Miller also write as Dale
Wilmer?
-- Anders Engwall
"Att ä´¡ pommes ä² stort, att ä´¡ frite ä² stö²²¥."
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