This is an 18.5" x 28" Yugoslavian poster for the 1980 film The Big
Red One written and directed by Sam Fuller and starring Lee Marvin
as the sergeant. Plot summary: A tough infantry sergeant and four key
members of his squad fight a succession of battles in World War II
from North Africa through the Sicily and D-Day invasions. They watch
in stony detachment as the new recruits come and go.
Cast and crew: Samuel Fuller, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert
Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Stephane Audran, Siegfried
Rauch, Serge Marquand, Charles Macaulay, Alain Doutey, Maurice Marsac,
Colin Gilbert, Joseph Clark, Ken Campbell, Doug Werner
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian film poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour and Morteda Anise and printed by Arabic Cinema printers
to promote the 1984 110-minute Hussein El-Wakeel color film The
Curse [al-la'na] starring Nour El-Sherif with screenplay by
Hussein El-Wakeel, dialogue by Salah Gabin and cinematography by
Mostafa Imam, based on the 1963 film Shock Corridor written and
directed by Samuel Fuller. The film was produced by Aflam Eskandaria
and distributed by Ihab al-Leisi films. Plot summary: Chief Editor
Tantawy [Nabil Dessouky] gave the journalist Hamdy [Nour El-Sherif]
the job of investigating the murder of Saluma, an inmate at a mental
hospital. Hamdy gained entrance into the hospital claiming to be
insane, despite the objections of his wife Madiha [Madiha Kamel].
Based on consultations with a psychiatrist he learned how to imitate
the state of a mental patient. At the hospital he found three
witnesses who said the patient Khalil was the one who had killed
Salmuma because she had seen him assault another patient
sexually. Hamdy left the hospital and published his report, but
discovered he had gone insane himself.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Samuel Fuller, Madiha Kamel, Hussein El-Wakeel, Mustafa Imam, Gamil Ratib, Ahmed Bedir, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Aly El Cherif, Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Morshed, Ahmed Abdel Hadi, Mohamed Nouh, Nabil Dessouky, Kamal Hussein