Movie Poster Collecting: Billy Chan

Friday, March 2, 2018

The Amsterdam Kill (1977) - (Robert Mitchum) Italian two-sheet

This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster for the 1977 Robert Clouse film The Amsterdam Kill based on story and screenplay by Gregory Teifer and starring Robert Mitchum as Larry Quinlan. Plot summary: Larry Quinlan is a former DEA agent in London hired by a former leader in the Amsterdam Drug Cartel named Chung Wei [Keye Luke] to give DEA agents tips leading to drug busts, using information from the cartel provided by the former leader. The first two tips result in the murder of six DEA agents, leading to an agency reassessment of Quinlan's reliability as a source.

Cast and crew: Robert Clouse, Gregory Teifer, Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, Keye Luke, George Chung, Sing Chen, Stephen Leung, Billy Chan, Ching-Ying Lam, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Warriors Two (1978) - (Sammo Hung Kam-Bo) Hong Kong poster

Warriors Two (1978) - (Sammo Hung Kam-Bo) Hong Kong film poster

This is a 19.5" x 27.5" Hong Kong poster for the 1978 Sammo Kam-Bo Hung film Warriors Two with screenplay by On Szeto and starring the Korean actor Casanova Wong as the cashier Chan Wan-shun. This film is a classic early example of films depicting the use of the Wing Chun school of Kung Fu, which originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the Red Boat Opera Troupe. Plot summary: A lowly cashier discovers a plot to murder the mayor of his small town. The film consists mostly of wonkish talk about technique, training exercises to demonstrate and a few scattered fight scenes to move the plot along.

Cast and crew: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, ON Szeto, Casanova Wong, Billy Chan, Liang Chia-Jen, Ka Sa Fa, Fat Chung, Hark-On Fung, Lung Chan, Ching Ying Lam, Hoi Sang Lee, Ka-Yan Leung, Chia Yung Liu, Dean Shek, Eric Tsang, Cheng-Wu Yang, Biao Yuen