Movie Poster Collecting: Louis L'Amour

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The Tall Stranger (1957) - (Joel McCrea) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1957 Thomas Carr film The Tall Stranger based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Louis L'Amour, screenplay by Christopher Knopf and starring Joel McCrea as Ned Bannon. Plot summary: In the 1860s after Ned Bannon is shot and left for dead by a cattle rustler named Zarata [Michael Ansara] he is found and taken in by some people traveling in a wagon train. Mort Harper [George N. Neise] soon leads the group to a valley owned by Bannon's half brother, Hardy Bishop [Barry Kelley]. After the people in the wagon train decide to settle there, violence breaks out between Bannon and Bishop because of an old feud between them.

Cast and crew: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, Leo Gordon, Thomas Carr, Louis L'Amour, Chrisopther Knopf, George N. Neise, Adam Kennedy, Michael Pate, Leo Gordon, Ray Teal, Philip Phillips, Robert Foulk, Jenniffer Lea, George J. Lewis

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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Apache Territory (1958) - (Rory Calhoun) Belgian poster

This is a 14" x 22" Belgian poster for the 1958 Ray Nazarro film Apache Territory based on a novel by Louis L'Amour, screenplay by Charles R. Marion and George W. George and starring Rory Calhoun as Logan Cates. Plot summary: Logan Cates and a few fellow travelers are pinned down at a desert water hole by an Apache attack, and then killed one after another as their supplies run out. When a storm comes, Cates has an idea for an escape.

Cast and crew: Ray Nazarro, Charles R. Marion, George W. George, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Carolyn Craig, Tom Pittman, Leo Gordon, Myron Healey, Francis De Sales, Frank DeKova, Regis Parton, Bob Woodward, Fred Krone