10 Classic Films That Actually Live Up To Their Legendary Status

Touch Of Evil will always be Orson Welles' fourth film that achieved absolute perfection, and the last he would ever make in Hollywood.

There are genuinely few films that can claim to be one of the best of all time but not the best work that its director was best known for, which speaks as to the esteem that Orson Welles is now held in.

However, Touch Of Evil is hands-down one of the best examples of how to stand the test of time whilst never feeling aged. The camera angles and inventive shots that Welles used were some of his best to date, and the uncut opening shot was to influence Hollywood for generations to come.

The film depicts a once-great police captain that has become old and tired, so has resorted to planting evidence in order to get his man. Welles' portrayal of Hank Quinlan, the corrupt police captain, is the original bent cop and still one of the greats of the screen.

Chasing him is Charlton Heston's lead character Vargas, his search for the truth haunts Quinlan at every turn leading to the eventual showdown in this timeless classic from 1958.

Every film that deals with bent police and corrupt officials have the Touch Of Evil essence to them even if they don't know it. Such is the impact that it has now made on cinema.