Directed by Irving Lerner, the 1958 crime thriller follows a methodical ... who praised Irving Lerner's noir as "The film that has influenced me most." The director was drawn to the film when ...

The phrase “film noir” often calls to mind the image of a fedora-clad sleuth investigating a perplexing crime that may or may not involve the woman he loves in a shadow-swarmed city in the 1940s.

Rounding out this Noir Nights series is “Touch of Evil” (1958), on Sunday, June 22. This film was directed by Orson Welles and stars Welles, Charlton Heston, and Janet Leigh. “With its story ...