Touch of Evil

Data
Title: Touch of Evil
Year: 1958
Length: 112 minutes [1998 "director's" cut]
Director: Orson Welles
Writer: Orson Welles, based on a novel by Whit Masterson
Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
Music: Henry Mancini
Distinctions: currently #101 on IMDb's Top 250

My reaction
Synopsis: a Mexican cop stalked by a crime family gets involved in a US border town's investigation of a car bombing
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Concept: Good.
Story: Good. I don't care for the plot, personally, although it's well written and engaging.
Characters: Great.
Dialog: Great.
Pacing: Good.
Cinematography: Great.
Special effects/design: Good.
Acting: Good.
Music: Great.
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good). Very well made. As classic noir crime thrillers go, it's certainly one of the best.
Objective Rating: 9/10 3.4/4 (Very good).

I'm trying something new with my "objective rating," a sort of averaging. An explanatory post will follow.