Movie Poster Collecting: Massimo De Rita

Monday, November 4, 2019

Violent City 1970 Charles Bronson Lebanese poster

Violent City (1970) - (Charles Bronson) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27" x 37.5" Lebanese poster for the 1970 Sergio Sollima film Violent City AKA The Family based on a story by Dino Maiuri and Massimo De Rita, screenplay by Sauro Scavolini, Gianfranco Calligarich, Lina Wertmüller and Sergio Sollima and starring Charles Bronson as Jeff Heston. Plot summary: Jeff Heston goes to New Orleans to get revenge after he is double-crossed by a hit man. He then becomes the target of a manhunt after refusing to work for a crime boss who wants to hire him as a gunman.

Cast and crew: Sergio Sollima, Dino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita, Sauro Scavolini, Gianfranco Calligarich, Lina Wertmüller, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Michel Constantin, Ray Saunders, Benjamin, Lev, Peter Dane

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Rome against Rome (1964) - (John Drew Barrymore) Italian busta

Rome against Rome (1964) - (John Drew Barrymore) Italian Busta

This is an 18" x 26" Italian busta poster for the 1964 Giuseppe Vari film Rome against Rome AKA War of the Zombies AKA Night Star: Goddess of Electra with original Italian title Roma contro Roma, based on a story by Ferruccio De Martino and Massimo De Reta and starring John Drew Barrymore as Aderbad. Plot summary: This is a peplum fantasy horror epic about zombie civil war in the Roman Empire. A band of renegades steals the treasure of Sarmatia from Rome and the centurion Gaius [Ettore Manni] is sent to recover it. The rebel leader Aderbad invokes the evil powers of the Goddess of Electra to mobilize dead Roman soldiers as zombie warriors against the Roman army. This busta shows a blinded Aderbad leaning over the body of Tulia [Susy Andersen] after killing her.

Cast and crew: John Drew Barrymore, Giuseppe Vari, Ferruccio De Martino, Massimo De Rita, Susy Anderson, Ettore Mani, Ida Galli, Mino Doro, Ivano Staccioli, Philippe Hersent, Andrea Checchi, Liva Contardi, Mathilda Calnan, Rosy Zichel, Antonio Corevi, Giulio Maculani