Editing Touch of Evil (section)

===Home media===
The home media release history of ''Touch of Evil'' is summarized in the following table. The film was shot in the [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|fullscreen]] [[Academy ratio]] with Welles reportedly composing his shots primarily with the newer 1.85:1 [[widescreen]] aspect ratio in mind, which Universal applied to all its new films using a [[hard matte]].<ref name="hollywood-elsewhere.com">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-15 |title=Buy Boxy "Touch of Evil" While You Can – Hollywood Elsewhere |url=https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/buy-boxy-touch-of-evil-while-you-can/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> Universal preserved Academy ratio prints of the film for later broadcast on television.<ref name="hollywood-elsewhere.com"/> Both [[Aspect ratio (image)|formats]] of the film have been released to home media.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Released
!Publisher
!Aspect Ratio
!Cut
!Runtime
!Commentaries
!Resolution
!Master
!Medium
|-
| rowspan="3" |September 25, 2023<ref name="eurekavideo.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=Touch Of Evil [Limited Edition Box Set] 4K Ultra HD {{!}} Eureka |url=https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/touch-of-evil-limited-edition-box-set-4k-ultra-hd/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[Eureka! Video Publishers|Eureka!]]<ref name="eurekavideo.co.uk"/>
| rowspan="3" |[[Widescreen#Types|1.85:1]]
|Theatrical
|1h 36m
|[[F. X. Feeney|F.X. Feeney]] (2008 Universal track)<ref name="eurekavideo.co.uk"/>
| rowspan="3" |[[4K resolution|2160p]]<ref name="eurekavideo.co.uk"/>
| rowspan="3" |[[8K resolution|8K]]
| rowspan="9" |[[Blu-ray]]
|-
|Preview
|1h 49m
|[[James Naremore]] with [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] (2008)<ref name="eurekavideo.co.uk"/>
|-
|Reconstruction
|1h 51m
|[[Rick Schmidlin]] (1998), [[Charlton Heston]] with [[Janet Leigh]] and Rick Schmidlin (1998)<ref name="eurekavideo.co.uk"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" |March 8, 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Carson |date=2022-03-27 |title=Home Video Review: Touch of Evil on 4K UHD |url=https://www.roughcutcinema.com/post/home-video-review-touch-of-evil-on-4k-uhd |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Rough Cut |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[Kino Lorber]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Theater Forum |date=April 3, 2022 |url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/touch-of-evil-uhd-blu-ray-review/}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |1.85:1
|Theatrical
|1h 36m
|[[Tim Lucas]], F.X. Feeney (2008 Universal track)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Theater Forum | date=April 3, 2022 |url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/touch-of-evil-uhd-blu-ray-review/#:~:text=Disc%201%20%E2%80%93%20Theatrical,some%20production%20tidbits.}}</ref> 
| rowspan="3" |2160p<ref>{{Citation |title=Touch of Evil 4K Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Touch-of-Evil-4K-Blu-ray/285890/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |4K
|-
|Preview
|1h 49m
|James Naremore with Jonathan Rosenbaum (2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Theater Forum | date=April 3, 2022 |url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/touch-of-evil-uhd-blu-ray-review/#:~:text=Commentary%20by%20Orson%20Welles%20historians%20James%20Naremore%20%26%20Jonathan%20Rosenbaum%20%E2%80%93%20Carried%20over%20from%20the%20previous%202008%20DVD}}</ref>
|-
|Reconstruction
|1h 51m
|[[Imogen Sara Smith]], Charlton Heston with Janet Leigh and Rick Schmidlin (1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Theater Forum | date=April 3, 2022 |url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/touch-of-evil-uhd-blu-ray-review/#:~:text=Disc%202%20%E2%80%93%20Reconstructed,the%20reconstructed%20cut.}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan="3" |April 15, 2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Savant Blu-ray + Digital HD Review: Touch of Evil |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4467evil.html#:~:text=min.%20/%20Street%20Date-,April%2015,%202014,-/%2029.98 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[Universal Home Entertainment|Universal]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Savant Blu-ray + Digital HD Review: Touch of Evil |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4467evil.html#:~:text=Universal%20Home%20Video |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Touch of Evil Blu-ray |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Touch-of-Evil-Blu-ray/70420/ |access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |1.85:1
|Theatrical
|1h 36m
|F.X. Feeney (2008 Universal track)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Savant Blu-ray + Digital HD Review: Touch of Evil |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4467evil.html#:~:text=The%20standard%20theatrical%20cut%20honors%20a%20few%20of%20the%20suggestions%20in%20Welles'%20famous%20memo,%20but%20slashes%20the%20film%20by%20twelve%20minutes,%20obscuring%20a%20number%20of%20important%20story%20points.%20F.X.%20Feeney's%20commentary%20for%20this%20cut |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[1080p]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Touch of Evil Blu-ray (Limited Edition) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Touch-of-Evil-Blu-ray/70420/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[2K resolution|2K]]
|-
|Preview
|1h 49m
|James Naremore with Jonathan Rosenbaum (2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Savant Blu-ray + Digital HD Review: Touch of Evil |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4467evil.html#:~:text=It%20carries%20a%20commentary%20by%20critics%20Jonathan%20Rosenbaum%20and%20James%20Naremore. |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref>
|-
|Reconstruction
|1h 51m
|Charlton Heston with Janet Leigh and Rick Schmidlin (1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Savant Blu-ray + Digital HD Review: Touch of Evil |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4467evil.html#:~:text=The%201998%20restored%20version%20carries%20two%20commentaries.%20Restoration%20producer%20Rick%20Schmidlin%20shares%20a%20commentary%20with%20the%20late%20stars%20Charlton%20Heston%20and%20Janet%20Leigh,%20and%20returns%20on%20a%20solo%20track%20to%20tell%20the%20story%20of%20his%20years-long%20effort%20to%20re-cut%20Touch%20of%20Evil. |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref>
|-
|January 10, 2012<ref name="blu-ray.com">{{Citation |title=Touch of Evil DVD (Universal 100th Anniversary) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Touch-of-Evil-DVD/102009/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
|Universal<ref name="blu-ray.com"/>
|1.85:1
|Reconstruction
|1h 51m
|none
|[[480i]]<ref name="blu-ray.com"/>
|[[NTSC]]<ref name="blu-ray.com"/>
|[[DVD-Video|DVD]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |November 14, 2011<ref name="Touch of Evil {{!}} Eureka">{{Cite web |title=Touch of Evil {{!}} Eureka |url=https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/touch-of-evil/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |Eureka!<ref name="Touch of Evil {{!}} Eureka"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Touch of Evil Blu-ray |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Touch-of-Evil-Blu-ray/26694/ |access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>
|[[Academy ratio|1.37:1]]
| rowspan="2" |Theatrical
| rowspan="2" |1h 36m
| rowspan="2" |F.X. Feeney (2008 Universal track)
| rowspan="5" |1080p<ref>{{Citation |title=Touch of Evil Blu-ray (Masters of Cinema) (United Kingdom) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Touch-of-Evil-Blu-ray/26694/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |2K
| rowspan="5" |Blu-ray
|-
|1.85:1
|-
|1.85.1
|Preview
|1h 49m
|James Naremore with Jonathan Rosenbaum (2008)
|-
|1.37:1
| rowspan="2" |Reconstruction
| rowspan="2" |1h 51m
| rowspan="2" |Rick Schmidlin (1998), Charlton Heston with Janet Leigh and Rick Schmidlin (1998)
|-
|1.85:1
|-
| rowspan="3" |October 7, 2008<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Citation |title=Touch of Evil DVD (50th Anniversary Edition) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Touch-of-Evil-DVD/17002/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |Universal<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| rowspan="3" |1.85:1<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|Theatrical
|1h 36m
|F.X. Feeney
| rowspan="3" |480i<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| rowspan="3" |NTSC<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| rowspan="4" |DVD
|-
|Preview
|1h 49m
|James Naremore with Jonathan Rosenbaum
|-
|Reconstruction
|1h 51m<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|Rick Schmidlin (1998)
|-
|October 31, 2000
|Universal<ref>{{Cite web |title=The DVD Journal: Touch of Evil: Collector's Edition |url=http://www.dvdjournal.com/reviews/t/touchofevilrestored.shtml#:~:text=Universal%20has%20done%20a%20lot, |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.dvdjournal.com}}</ref>
|1.85:1
|Reconstruction
|1h 51m
|Rick Schmidlin, Charlton Heston with Janet Leigh and Rick Schmidlin
|480i
| rowspan="4" |NTSC
|-
|October 31, 2000
| rowspan="2" |Universal
| rowspan="2" |1.37:1
|Reconstruction
|1h 51m
| rowspan="3" |none
| rowspan="2" |240 lines
| rowspan="2" |[[VHS]]
|-
|April 28, 1998
|Theatrical
|1h 35m
|-
|March 1987<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Touch of Evil [21010] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01939/21010/Touch-of-Evil#:~:text=Released%C2%A0,%C2%A003/1987 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.lddb.com}}</ref>
|[[MCA Inc.|MCA Home Video]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Touch of Evil [21010] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01939/21010/Touch-of-Evil#:~:text=Publisher-,MCA%20Home%20Video,-Price |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.lddb.com}}</ref>
|[[Aspect ratio (image)#4:3 standard|1.33:1]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Touch of Evil [21010] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01939/21010/Touch-of-Evil#:~:text=Ratio%C2%A0,%C2%A01.33:1 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.lddb.com}}</ref>
|Preview<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Touch of Evil [21010] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01939/21010/Touch-of-Evil#:~:text=studio%20in%201958.-,An,-attempt%20to%20reconstruct |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.lddb.com}}</ref>
|1h 48m<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Touch of Evil [21010] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01939/21010/Touch-of-Evil#:~:text=Length%C2%A0,%C2%A0108%20min. |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.lddb.com}}</ref>
|[[405-line television system|425 lines]]
|[[LaserDisc]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Touch of Evil [21010] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01939/21010/Touch-of-Evil |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.lddb.com}}</ref>
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