http://www.historiann.com/2008/04/06/get-yer-hands-off-me-ya-damn-dirty-death/ History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Sat, 25 May 2013 13:35:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://www.historiann.com/2008/04/06/get-yer-hands-off-me-ya-damn-dirty-death/comment-page-1/#comment-5439 Historiann Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:46:19 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=238#comment-5439 Hey--thanks for the tip! I should have mentioned that he was also in <em>A Touch of Evil</em>, and not only in cheesball movies. Working with Orson Welles must have been the highlight of his career. Hey–thanks for the tip! I should have mentioned that he was also in A Touch of Evil, and not only in cheesball movies. Working with Orson Welles must have been the highlight of his career.

]]> http://www.historiann.com/2008/04/06/get-yer-hands-off-me-ya-damn-dirty-death/comment-page-1/#comment-5438 rootlesscosmo Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:42:03 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=238#comment-5438 If you don't know Orson Welles' <i>Touch of Evil,</i> I recommend you stop whatever you're doing and rent it, or at least move it to the top of your Netflix queue. Heston as a Mexican federal narcotics cop--in brownface, but (mercifully) with no accent--married to blond gringa Janet Leigh, the pair of them falling foul of the damndest collection of freaky character actors (including Welles in a fat suit) you ever did see. Dennis Weaver as the NIght Man is worth the price of admission, and that's without mentioning Mercedes McCambridge as a butch biker... If you don’t know Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil, I recommend you stop whatever you’re doing and rent it, or at least move it to the top of your Netflix queue. Heston as a Mexican federal narcotics cop–in brownface, but (mercifully) with no accent–married to blond gringa Janet Leigh, the pair of them falling foul of the damndest collection of freaky character actors (including Welles in a fat suit) you ever did see. Dennis Weaver as the NIght Man is worth the price of admission, and that’s without mentioning Mercedes McCambridge as a butch biker…

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