Man in the Shadow (1957 American film) Sadler's badge to him. The movie was originally called "Pay the Devil". It was Jeff Chandler's last film under his exclusive deal with Universal. The part of Virgil Renchler was originally going to be played by Robert Middleton but agents from the William Morris Agency suggested Orson Welles, who badly needed the money to pay back taxes. It was his first Western. During the course of making the film, Welles rewrote sections of the script. He also formed a relationship with Albert Zugsmith who produced Welles' next movie as director, "Touch of Evil" (1958). Filming started October 1956. Director Jack
A Touch of Zen A Touch of Zen A Touch of Zen is a 1971 "wuxia" film co-edited, written, and directed by King Hu. The film won Technical Grand Prize award at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. Although filming began in 1968, "A Touch of Zen" was not completed until 1971. The original Taiwanese release was in two parts in 1970 and 1971 (filming was still ongoing when the first part was released) with the bamboo forest sequence that concludes Part 1 reprised at the beginning of Part 2; this version has a combined run time of 200 minutes. In November 1971 both parts