Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles’ 1958 border noir. Three-minute opening tracking shot. Welles as corrupt cop. The genre’s late masterpiece.
Orson Welles
This archive gathers the films featuring Orson Welles reviewed at Master of Worlds: “A Man for All Seasons (1966)”, “Casino Royale (1967)”, “Catch-22 (1970)”, “The Third Man (1949)”, and “Touch of Evil (1958)” — 5 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Orson Welles serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
Catch-22 (1970)
Mike Nichols’ 1970 Heller adaptation. Alan Arkin as Yossarian. Substantial source material that the film handles only partially.
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Fred Zinnemann’s 1966 Thomas More biopic. Paul Scofield won Best Actor. Won Best Picture. Robert Bolt’s play adaptation.
The Third Man (1949)
Carol Reed’s 1949 post-war Vienna thriller. Joseph Cotten investigates Orson Welles. Zither score. The sewer chase is canonical.
Casino Royale (1967)
1967 non-Eon Bond spoof with David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen. Multiple directors, chaotic production, cult oddity.