Janet Leigh 1956, she moved to more complex dramatic roles, such as the role of Linda Latham in "Safari" opposite Victor Mature. Leigh's performance in the Harry Houdini biopic "Houdini" (1953) marked the first of five films in which she co-starred opposite her then-husband, Tony Curtis. She would subsequently appear opposite Curtis in "The Black Shield of Falworth" (1954), "The Vikings" (1958), "The Perfect Furlough" (1958) and "Who Was That Lady?" (1960). They also had cameos together in a sixth film, "Pepe" (1960). In 1958, Leigh starred as Susan Vargas in the Orson Welles film noir classic "Touch of Evil" (1958) with
Mardi Gras (1958 film) on Edmund Goulding, whose career was in decline and was therefore cheap, because Wald had admired his films when he was younger. Pat Boone's casting was announced in February 1958. Shirley Jones, who had co-starred with Boone in "April Love", was meant to play the female lead but had to drop out due to pregnancy. Instead the studio cast French actress Christine Carere, who has just made "A Certain Smile" for Fox. The film was Sheree North's final film with 20th Century Fox, who had signed North in 1954 in order to mold her as a replacement for Marilyn Monroe.