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The famous continuous crane shot at the beginning of Touch of Evil (1958) lasts four minutes; however, there's an even longer uninterrupted crane shot later on in the film that the director, Orson Welles, was equally proud of. In what scene was it used?
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The scene where Sheriff Quinlan first meets and interrogates the Mexican shoe clerk he suspects of murder; it occurs entirely within the suspect's apartment, and the scene (and the crane shot) lasts five-and-a-half minutes.



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