The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1965 Richard Burton Italian locandina

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) - (Richard Burton) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x 28" Italian locandina poster for the 1965 Martin Ritt film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold based on the 1963 novel of the same title by John le Carre, screenplay by Paul Dehn and starring Richard Burton as Alec Leamas. Plot summary: British agent Alec Leamas is sent to East Germany to sow disinformation, but he begins to feel used, like a mere cog in a machine. He struggles to regain his humanity. Nan Perry [Claire Bloom] helps him with this.

Cast and crew: Martin Ritt, John le Carre (1963 novel), Paul Dehn, Guy Trosper, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter van Eyck, Michael Hordern, Robert Hardy, Bernard Lee, Beatrix Lehmann, Esmond Knight, Tom Stern, Niall MacGinnis

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Hud (1963) - (Paul Newman) Australian daybill

Hud (1963) - (Paul Newman) Australian daybill

This is a 13" x 30" Australian stone litho daybill poster for the 1963 Martin Ritt film Hud based on the 1961 Larry McMurtry novel Horseman, Pass By with screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. and starring Paul Newman as Hud Bannon. Plot summary: This is a contemporary Western drama played by a core ensemble cast including Texas cattle rancher Homer Bannon [Melvyn Douglas], his violent alcoholic son Hud, Hud's nephew Lonnie Bannon [Brandon de Wilde] and their middle-aged housekeeper Alma [Patricia Neal]. Life on the ranch is disrupted by the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease among the cattle, a state ordered livestock quarantine and the killing of the herd by order of the state veterinarian. Other problems cause major conflicts in the family including a profound antagonism between Homer and Hud and Hud's abusive interest in Alma. Hud won three academy awards including Best Actress (Patricia Neal), Best Supporting Actor (Melvyn Douglas) and Best Cinematography (James Wong Howe).

Cast and crew: Martin Ritt, James Wong Howe, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell, Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon de Wilde, Larry McMurtry, Crahan Denton, John Ashley, Val Avery, George Petrie, Curt Conway, Sheldon Allman, Pitt Herbert, Carl Low, Robert Hinkle, Don Kennedy

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Conrack (1974) - (Jon Voight) US one-sheet

Conrack (1974) - (Jon Voight) US one-sheet

This is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet poster for the 1974 Martin Ritt film Conrack starring Jom Voight based on the book The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy, screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. and starring Jon Voight as Conrack. Plot summary: In March 1969 Pat Conroy (Conrack) starts teaching at an isolated school on Daufuskie Island in a South Carolina river delta accessible only by boat, in an area inhabitied exclusively by blacks. He soon learns that the children at his school have not been served well by the school system and lack basic skills such as competence with the alphabet and simple arithmetic, as well as other elementary matters such as personal hygiene. Conrack decides to redress these oversights but in so doing he upsets the local social applecart and loses his job.

Cast and crew: Jon Voight, Martin Ritt, Hume Cronyn, Paul Winfield, Pat Conroy, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas, Ruth Attaway, James O'Rear, Gracia Lee, C.P. MacDonald, Jane Moreland, Thomas Horton, Nancy Butler, Robert W. Page, Mac Arthur Nelson

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The Outrage (1964) - (Paul Newman) Italian two-sheet

The Outrage (1964) - (Paul Newman) Italian two-sheet

This is an Italian 39" x 54" two-sheet poster made to promote the 1964 Martin Ritt film The Outrage based on a screenplay by Michael and Kay Kanin adapted from Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon and starring Paul Newman as Juan Carrasco. Plot summary: Juan Carrasco is tried for rape and murder, but the witnesses interpret the events they saw in drastically different ways.

Cast and crew: Martin Ritt, Michael Kanin, Akira Kurosawa, Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. robinson, William Shatner, Howard Da Silva, Albert Salmi, Thomas Chalmers, Paul Fix

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