This is a 27.5" x 39" Lebanese poster for the 1981 Jeff Lieberman
independent slasher film Just before Dawn based on a story by
Jonas Middleton, screenplay by Mark Arywitz and Jeff Lieberman and
starring George Kennedy as Roy McLean. Plot summary: In a mountainous
wooded area in Oregon two hunters and a group of college-age hikers
encounter a machete-wielding homicidal giant who prowls at night and
some strangers who are products of incestuous activity.
Cast and crew: George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Hanry, Jeff Lieberman, Mark Arywitz, Gregg Irving, Deborah Benson
This is a 54" x 77" two-piece Italian four-sheet poster designed by
Ezio Tarantelli for the 1967 Piero Vivarelli film Mister X
AKA Avenger X based on a story by Adriano Bolzone and Augusto
Caminito, screenplay by Eduardo Manzanos and starring Pier Paolo
Capponi as Mister X. Plot summary: Mr. X is brought out of retirement
to clear his own name after a master criminal kills his girlfriend and
gets Mr. X accused of the crime by branding his victim with an X.
Cast and crew: Norman Clark, Ezio Tarantelli, Gaia Germani, Armando Calvo, Umi Raho, Pier Paolo Capponi, Joe Atlanta, Renato Baldini, Franco Fantasia, Antonio Gradoli, Brizio Montinaro, Gaetano Quartararo, Gustavo Simeone, Ben Braien, Constanza Strina
This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster designed by Bob Peak for
the 1967 Gordon Douglas film In like Flint written by Hal
Fimberg and starring James Coburn as Derek Flint. Plot summary: In
this space travel spy spoof Derek Flint is a retired espionage agent
who is brought back into service because of an urgent need to defeat
the Fabulous Face Organization, a women's group that has decided to
establish an international matriarchy to overturn the ruling
international patriarcy.
Cast and crew: James Coburn, Jean Hale, Lee J. Cobb, Andrew Duggan, Saul David, Gordon Douglas, Hal Fimberg, Jerry Goldsmith
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Ghani and Wahib
Fahmy to promote the 1977 Abdel Rahman El Khamesy 92-minute
black-and-white film The Purple Rose [zahret al-banafseg]
starring Zubaida Tharwat based on a story by Ibrahim al-Mawgi with
screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Rahman El Khamesy and Ahmed El
Khamesy and cinematography by Adel Abdel Azim. Plot summary: As a
married couple Kamal [Mohamed Lutfy] and Samiha [Moshira Ismail] had
their dreams disrupted after Kamal discovered he had a critical
disease, which he concealed from everyone. One night Kamal met an
actress named Hayat [Zubaida Tharwat], who was working at a night club
to make ends meet after her husband died. She was planning to quit
the night club but its manager Rashed [Ahmad Taufiq] wanted her to
stay, so he kidnapped her daughter to get leverage. Hayat fell in
love with Kamal. Kamal decided to end his relationship with Hayat and
tell her about his illness, but he died in his train seat on the way
to see her in Alexandria and never had a chance to do it. In a
dramatic final scene, standing on the train platform waiting for his
arrival Hayat saw him through the window sitting dead in his seat, but
his body was not removed and she watched as the train continued on its
way with its dead passenger.
Cast and crew: Abdel Rahman El Khamesy, Zubaida Tharwat, Adel Imam, Mohamed Lutfy, Ahmed Taufiq, Youssef Chaban, Mohsen Sarhan, Adel Abdel Azim, Moshira Ismail, Alia Abdel Moneim
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1987 Bill Forsyth
film Housekeeping starring Christine Lahti as Sylvie based on
Marilynne Robinson's 1980 novel with the same title and screenplay by
Bill Forsyth. Plot summary: After their grandmother dies teenage
sisters Ruth [Sara Walker] and Lucille [Andrea Burchill] are sent to
live with their aunt Sylvie in the town of Fingerbone, Idaho. Both
Sylvie and the girls are eccentrics, but Sylvie is the more
accopmlished eccentric; Ruth is more attracted than Lucille to
Sylvie's haphazard way of life. Sylvie is a train watcher with no
sense of time.
Cast and crew: Bill Forsyth, Marilynne Robinson, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese, Margot Minvidic, Bill Simillie, Wayne Robson, Betty Phillips, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Dolores Drake, Georgie Collins, Tonya Tanner, Leah Penny, Brian Linds
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1958 Bruno VeSota
60-minute black-and-white film The Brain Eaters based on a
screenplay by Gordon Urquhart and starring Ed Nelson as Dr. Paul
Kettering. Plot summary: Alien parasites invade Riverdale Illinois
and begin taking possession of the bodies of its leading citizens by
inserting mandibles into the base of their necks.
Cast and crew: Bruno VeSota, Gordon Urquhart, Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe, Joanna Lee, Jody Fair, David Hughes, Robert Ball, Greighn Phillips, Orville Sherman, Leonard Nimoy, Doug Banks, Henry Randolph, Saul Bronson
This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster for the 1968 Henry
Hathaway film Five Card Stud based on a 1967 novel of the
same title by Ray Gaulden, screenplay by Marguerite Roberts and
starring Dean Martin as Van Morgan. Plot summary: In 1880 in the
town of Rincon outside Denver Colorado, after a poker game ends with
the lynching of a man accused of cheating the other players are
murdered one after another.
Cast and crew: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Hal Wallis, Roddy McDowall,Inger Stevens,Katherine Justice, Henry Hathaway, John Anderson, Ruth Springford, Yaphet Kotto, Denver Pyle, Bill Fletcher, Whit Bissell, Ted de Corsia, Don Collier, Roy Jenson, Marguerite Roberts, Ray Gaulden
This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster for 1993 Robert De Niro
Film A Bronx Tale based on story and screenplay by Chazz
Palminteri and starring Robert De Niro as Lorenzo. Plot summary: In
the 1960s in the Bronx a young boy named Calogero [Francis Capra]
forms a bond with gangster Sonny [Chazz Palminteri] when he is silent
during a police interrogation about a murder he has seen Sonny
commit.
Cast and crew: Robert DeNiro, Chazz Palminteri, Francix Capra, Lilo Brancato, Taral Hicks, Kathrine Narducci, Clem Caserta, Alfred Sauchelli Jr., Frank Pietrangolare, Joe Pesci, Robert D'Andrea, Eddie Montanaro, Fred Fischer, Dave Salerno, Joseph D'Onofrio
This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster for the 1954 Rudolph Mate
film The Black Shield of Falworth based losely on the 1891
Howard Pyle novel Men of Iron, screenplay by Oscar Brodney and
starring Tony Curtis as Myles Falworth. Plot summary: In 15th Century
England during the reign of Henry IV Myles Falworth, who has lived in
rural obscurity since childhood because his family has been under a
royal writ of attainder, as a young man is sent to Mackworth Castle in
Derbyshire to fight the Earl of Alban [David Farrar], who has been
conspiring to seize the English Crown.
Cast and crew: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Rudolph Mate, Barbara Rush, David Farrar, Herbert Marshall, Torin Thatcher, Dan O'Herlihy, Patrick O'Neal, Craig Hill, Ian Keith, Doris Lloyd, Rhys Williams, leonard Mudie, Maurice Marsac, Leo Brit
Pictured is a 35.5" x 47" oversize Egyptian poster designed by Abdel
Rahman to promote the 1956 Hassan El-Seify 89-minute black-and-white
film Who Is the Killer? [min al-qatel?] starring Samira Ahmed
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Kamel Hassan with
cinematography by Alevise Orphanelli. Plot summary: A girl was killed
during a wedding celebration. An inspector [Adly Kasseb] arrived
immediately to determine the murderer's identity. He questioned a
number of people and found they all had good motives for killing the
girl, but the real murderer turned out to be someone nobody suspected.
This is a 35" x 47" oversize Egyptian stone litho poster designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1956 Hassan Al Imam film A Wife's
Confessions [eeterafat zawga] based on a story by Hassan Al Imam,
screenplay by Mohamed Osman and El Sayed Bedeir and starring Hind
Rostom as Dusa. Plot summary: The seamstress Dusa runs a house of
prostitution through her home. Nadia came to see her about sewing her
a dress. Dusa liked her. She told Nadia her husband had a
relationship with someone else. Nadia neglected her home and her
children and fell in love with Ahmed, then asked for a divorce. Her
husband tried to get her back but failed. Then Nadia and Ahmed had a
fight and she killed him. The police arrested her; meanwhile Dusa's
house burned down.
Cast and crew: Hind Rostom, Mohamed Osman, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Zouzou Nabil, Mohsen Sarhan, Hassan Al Imam, Amina Nour Eddine, \
Mostafa Hassan, El Sayed Bedeir
This is a 35" x 23.5" Egyptian stone litho one-sheet designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1952 Hassan Al Imam 150-minute
black-and-white film Whose Daughter Am I? based on story and
dialogue by Mohamed Mustafa Samy, screenplay by Hassan Al Imam and
starring Leila Fawzi as Nemat. Plot summary: Moharram [Mohsen
Hassanein] is managing his niece Zizi's money; Zizi has killed her
father with the help of Hamed [Farid Shawqi]. Galal [Mohsen Sarhan],
the son of Moharram, has a relationship with Nemat and she becomes
pregnant, but Moharram will not allow his son to marry her. She is
obliged to flee the scandal and live with the blind Sheikh Saleh,
where she has her baby, a girl named Samiha. Hamed burns the home of
Sheikh Saleh when he finds out Nemat is living there. He kidnapped
the girl and adopted her. Galal married Zizi. Samiha grows up a poor
orphan without knowing the identity of her father.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Mohsen Sarhan, Mohsen Hassanein, Hussein Riad, Sanaa Gamil, Hassan el Baroudi, Farid Shawqi, Leila Fawzi, Ahmed Allam, Sherifa Maher, Mohamed Mustafa Samy, Mostafa Hassan, Mansi Fahmi, Wedad Hamdy, Fakher Fakher, Salah Wahbi, Souraya Fakhry, Zaki Ibrahim, Mohammad Idris, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Soheir Fakhry
This is a 46.5" x 60.5" Egyptian poster for the 1985 Youssef Chahine
film Adieu Bonaparte [الوداع يا بونابرت] based on a screenplay by Youssef Chahine
and Yousry Nasrallah and starring Michel Piccoli as Cafarelli. "The
film relates the experiences of an Egyptian family during the
occupation of Alexandria by Napoleon and his army, and the uneasy
friendship between a young Egyptian poet and one of Bonaparte's
advisers. The exigencies of a big budget co-production might have
accounted for a diminution in the great Chahine's poetry and power,
but there are some spectacular scenes and excellent performances,
notably from [Patrice] Chereau as a fanatical Bonaparte." - The
Faber Companion to Foreign Films.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Michel Piccoli, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chereau, Mohsena Tewfik, Taheya Cariocca, Hoda Soltan, Gamil Ratib, Salah Zulfikar, Tewfik El Dekn, Seif El Dine, Mohamed Atef, Farid Mahmoud, Hassan Husseiny, Hassan El Adl, Mohamad Dardiri, Claude Cernay, Christian Patey, Mohsen Nasr, Abla Kamel
This is a 35" x 47" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman for the
1955 Bahaeddine Sharaf film The One Who is Happy with Little
[من رضي بقليلة man radi biqalila] based on story and screenplay by Mostafa Hassan
and starring Mahmoud Choukoukou as Mabsout. Plot summary: Mabsout and
Said [Omar El-Hariri] are two workers who decide to take a break from
their wives [Sherifa Maher and Wedad Hamdy] for a night on the town.
At a nightclub they meet two girls [Hoda Shamseddin and Gamalat
Zayed], form affectionate relationships and commit to marrying them.
Somehow their wives realize what is going on and disguise themsleves
as men so they can look for their husbands in the night spots. The
wives finally succeed in bringing their men back home.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda Anise to
promote the 1995 Roger Donaldson film Species> written by
Dennis Feldman and starring Natasha Henstridge as Sil, the alien
woman. Plot summary: In 1993 as a response to a transmission from
Earth during the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Project,
scientists receive a transmission from an alien source describing an
unknown DNA structure with instructions how to splice it with human
DNA. The resulting she-monster is both an irresistible temptation and
a deadly scourge.
Cast and crew: Roger Donaldson, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen,
Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge,
Michelle Williams, Jordan Lund, Don Fischer, Scott McKenna, Virginia
Morris, Jayne Luke, David K. Schroeder, David Jensen, Esther Scott
This is a 35" x 25.5" Egyptian stone litho one-sheet designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1953 Henry Barakat film The Rule of
Time [hukm al-zaman] based on a screenplay and dialogue by Youssef
Esa and starring Imad Hamdi as Adel. Plot summary: Engineer Adel
returns to Cairo from Europe looking for Wedad [Nour Al Hoda], the
woman he wants to marry.
Cast and crew: Hassan Mazhar Gasour, Giulio De Luca, Imad Hamdi, Henry Barakat, Magda, Nour Al Hoda, Zuzu Shakeeb, Seraj Munir, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Rahim al-Zerkani, Omar al-Hariri, Samiha Tawfik
This is a 27.5" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 2005 Sherif Mandour
film Sorry We Are Being Tortured starring Ahmad Adam based on a
screenplay by Youssef Maaty. Plot summary: After watching the
collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, El Armooty and
his son Wahid go to Iraq. During the war the father has to look for
his son in Baghdad because he has been jailed there. The father's
personality is a comic parody of an Egyptian farmer. He brags he is
friends with Kofi Annan, Tony Blair and George W. Bush and has been
invited to the White House. This was the first Egyptian film to
criticize President Bush [Brent Mendenhall].
Cast and crew: Sherif Mandour, Ahmed Rateb, Amira El Aldy, Youssef Maaty, Ahmad Adam, Brent Mendenhall