Movie Poster Collecting: Alexis Smith

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Turning Point (1952) - (William Holden) Argentine one-sheet

The Turning Point (1952) - (William Holden) Argentine poster

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1952 William Dieterle film The Turning Point based on the Horace McCoy novel Storm in the City, screenplay by Warren Duff and starring William Holden as Jerry McKibbon. Plot summary: Los Angeles District Attorney John Conroy [Edmond O'Brien] is trying to crack down on a crime syndicate, but the syndicate has many city officials under its control. Newspaper man and old friend Jerry McKibbon helps him, but he does not think Conroy is up to the job. The film was inspired by Senator Estes Kefauver's committee hearings in 1950-1951 on organized crime.

Cast and crew: William Dieterle, Horace McCoy, Warren Duff, William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Danny Dayton, Adele Longmire, Ray Teal, Ted de Corsia, Don Porter, Howard Freeman, Neville Brand

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Wyoming Mail (1950) - (Stephen McNally) US insert

This is a 14" x 36" US insert poster for the 1950 Riginald Le Borg film Wyoming Mail based on a story by Robert Hardy Andrews, screenplay by Harry Essex and Leonard Lee and starring Stephen McNally as Steve Davis. Plot summary: In the year 1869 the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West coast, which becomes a target for train robbers. Steve Davis, a prizefighter and a man experienced with intelligence work, is recruited by Associate Postmaster General George Armstrong [Dan Riss] to help fend off the robberies. To do this, Davis gets himself thrown into prison, breaks out and then infiltrates a gang of robbers.

Cast and crew: Reginald Le Borg, Robert Hardy Andrews, Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Howard Da Silva, Ed Begley, Dan Riss, Armando Silvestre, Whit Bissell, James Arness, Richard Jaeckel, Frankie Darro, Felipe Turich, Richard Egan, Gene Evans, Frank Fenton