Touch of Evil awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and National Society of Film Critics. Touch of Evil Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written, directed by and co-starring Orson Welles. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel "Badge of Evil" by Whit Masterson. Along with Welles, the cast includes Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich. One of the last examples of film noir in the genre's classic period, its reputation has grown since its release, and it is now widely regarded as one of Welles's
The Medusa Touch (film) The Medusa Touch (film) The Medusa Touch is a 1978 British supernatural thriller film directed by Jack Gold. It stars Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick and Harry Andrews, with cameos by Alan Badel, Derek Jacobi, Gordon Jackson, Jeremy Brett and Michael Hordern. The screenplay was by John Briley, based on the novel "The Medusa Touch" by Peter Van Greenaway. "The Medusa Touch" was a Saturn Award for Best Horror Film nominee, while Roger Ebert named "The Medusa Touch" as the worst film of 1978. Monsieur Brunel, a French detective on an exchange scheme in London, is assigned to investigate