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Touch of Evil

1958
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Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
Director: Orson Welles
Writer: Orson Welles
Cinematographer: Russell Metty
Editor: Virgil Vogel, Aaron Stell, Edward Curtiss
Production Designers: Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy
Production Company: Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc.

TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) was not a commercial success upon its release in the U.S., but it was well-received in Europe, where AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Orson Welles accepted the honors for the best international film at the World’s Fair in Brussels in 1958. Welles was never again hired by an American studio to direct another picture, though this film later became one his most analyzed and highly praised movies, and was said to inspire Alfred Hitchcock… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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