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The Film Touch Of Evil
The film Touch of Evil is perceived as being a film noir due to its tone of darkness in addition to, consisting of moral judgment between right and wrong along with the standards of ethical conduct of law enforcement. For example, the corrupt law enforcement Captain Hawk Quinlan (Orson Welles) portraying the stereotypical fat and sloppy cop that was staging evidence make false arrest. Also, the rule of including the theme femme fatale a seducer of men and leading them to danger was eliminated. This was viewed negatively and went against the societal norms for women to be the devoted wife and mother of the home. Additionally, the film noir protagonist in the film is Vargas who works as a Mexican drug enforcement agent.
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