Touch of Evil
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Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also stars. The screenplay was loosely based on Whit Masterson's novel Badge of Evil. The cast included Charlton He
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Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston in Touch of Evil
Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan
Orson Welles (Quinlan), Victor Millan (Sanchez), Joseph Calleia (Menzies), and Charlton Heston (Vargas)
Janet Leigh
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Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, businesswoman and author. Leigh was established as one of the earliest scream queens for starring in horror films
Touch of Evil
…by Orson Welles, who also stars. The screenplay was loosely based on Whit Masterson's novel Badge of Evil (1956). The cast included Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich. Universal-International commissioned the film adaptation of the novel in April 1956. Albert Zugsmith…
Leigh in the 1950s
L–R: Eleanor Parker, Henry Wilcoxon, and Leigh in Scaramouche (1952)
Leigh on the set of Psycho (1960) with Alfred Hitchcock, filming the infamous shower scene