Movie Poster Collecting: Lee Remick

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Hard Contract (1969) - (James Coburn) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" poster for the 1969 S. Lee Pogostin film Hard Contract based on story and screenplay by S. Lee Pogosin and starring James Coburn as John Cunningham. Plot summary: John Cunningham is a CIA contract assassin who receives a contract for three kills, two in Spain and Belgium and a third at an unknown location. After the first two kills he has feelings of remorse and hesitates taking on the third assignment--a former CIA hit man named Michael Carson [Sterling Hayden]. His handler Ramsey Williams [Burgess Meredith] threatens to kill him and his jet setter friend Sheila Metcalfe [Lee Remick] if he does not do the job.

Cast and crew: S. Lee Pogostin, James Coburn, Lee Remick, Burges Meredith, Sterling Hayden, Lilli Palmer, Patrick Magee, Claude Dauphin, Helen Cherry, Karen Black, Sabine Sun

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - (James Stewart) Italian two-sheet

This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster using a design by Saul Bass to promote the 1959 Otto Preminger film Anatomy of a Murder based on a novel by John D. Voelker, screenplay by Wendel Mayes and starring James Stewart as Paul Biegler. Plot summary: Army lieutenant Frederick Manion [Ben Gazzara] is arrested for the murder of a bartender. He claims he was defending his wife Laura [Lee Remick] whom the bartender had raped, but his attorney Paul Biegler realizes the defense will claim Laura was the bartender's lover.

Cast and crew: Otto Preminger, Wendell Mayes, John D. Voelker, James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Saul Bass, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell