The Colossus of Rhodes 1961 dir: Sergio Leone Italian locandina

The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) - (dir: Sergio Leone) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x26" Italian locandina poster for the 1961 Sergio Leone film The Colossus of Rhodes AKA Il colosso di Rodi based on story and screenplay by Sergio Leone, Ennio De Concini, Cesare Seccia, Luciano Martino, Ageo Savioli, Luciano Chitarrini and Carlo Gualtieri and starring Rory Calhoun as Dario. Plot summary: In the year 280 BC Dario, a Greek war hero, goes to Rhodes to visit his uncle. Rhodes has just built the famous Colossus in its harbor and is planning an alliance with Phoenicia, which would be hostile to Greece. Dario joins a revolt; an earthquake destroys the Colossus right after the revolt fails.

Cast and crew: Sergio Leone, Ennio De Concini, Cesare Seccia, Luciano Martino, Ageo Savioli, Luciano Chitarrini, Carlo Gualtieri, Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal, Conrado San Martin, Angel Aranda, Mabel Karr, Mimmo Palmara, Roberto Camardiel, Alfio Caltabiano, George Rigaud, Yann Larvor, Carlo Tamberlani, Felix Fernandez, Ignazio Dolce, Antonio Casas

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River of No Return (R1961) - (Marilyn Monroe) German one-sheet

River of No Return (R1961) - (Marilyn Monroe) German one-sheet poster

This is a 23" x 33" German one-sheet poster made for a 1961 rerelease of the 1954 Otto Preminger film River of No Return based on a story by Louis Lantz, screenplay by Frank Fenton and starring Marilyn Monroe as Kay Weston. Plot summary: Farmer Matt Calder [Robert Mitchum] helps Harry Weston [Rory Calhoun] after he has lost control of his raft in a nearby river. Weston then steals Calder's rifle and horse and absconds with them, leaving his wife Kay behind. Calder is expecting an indian attack and is forced to take Kay Weston and his son Mark [Tommy Rettig] on a treacherous journey downriver using the abandoned raft.

Cast and crew: Otto Preminger, Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer

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

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

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