April 23, 1958 –
Orson Welles’ noir thriller Touch of Evil, starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh, was released on this date.
Orson Welles said that this was the most fun he’d ever had filming a picture, unlike most of his Hollywood films, because he wasn’t troubled by studio interference (until after he completed the picture, anyway). He was given a healthy budget, and he was working with some of his favorite actors on a script that didn’t involve as much symbolism and all-out cinematic trickery as something like Citizen Kane .
The Haus of Dcaligari 