Movie Poster Collecting: Slim Pickens

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Saturday, October 15, 2016

The White Buffalo (1977) - (Charles Bronson) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for the 1977 J. Lee Thompson film The White Buffalo based on novel and screenplay by Richard Sale and starring Charles Bronson as Wild Bill Hickok (James Otis). Plot summary: In the year 1874 in the state of Wyoming Wild Bill Hickok teams up with Crazy Horse [Will Sampson] to hunt a white buffalo he has seen in his dreams.

Cast and crew: Charles Bronson, J. Lee Thompson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Clint Walker, Slim Pickens, Stuart Whitman, Kim Novak, John Carradine, Shay Duffin, Cara Williams, Douglas Fowley, Clifford Al Pellow, Ed Lauter, Richard Gilliland, Martin Kove

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

The Getaway (1972) - (Steve McQueen) Polish one-sheet

Pictured is a 22" x 32" Polish one-sheet designed by Elzbieta Procka for the 1972 Sam Peckinpah film The Getaway based on the Jim Thompson novel, screenplay by Walter Hill and starring Steve McQueen as Doc McCoy. Plot summary: Jack Benyon [Ben Johnson], a corrupt San Antonio businessman, arranges parole for Doc McCoy on the condition that he rob a bank with two of Jack's cohorts. During the robbery Doc shoots both of Jack's men. One of the cohorts named Rudy [Al Lettieri] survives after being shot by Doc; after his injuries are treated he pursues Doc and his wife Carol [Ali MacGraw], as does Jack's brother Cully Benson [Roy Jenson]. As their flight continues our bank robbers are pursued by more people.

Cast and crew: Sam Peckinpah, Elzbieta Procka, Walter Hill, Jim Thompson, Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Jack Dodson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Roy Jenson, John Bryson, Bill Hart, Tom Runyon, Whitney Jones

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Friday, July 3, 2015

The Glory Guys (1965) - (Tom Tryon) US one-sheet

This is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet poster designed by Frank McCarthy for the 1965 Arnold Laven film The Glory Guys based on the Hoffman Birney novel The Dice of God, a fictionalized retelling of the 1876 Custer massacre at Little Bighorn. Screenplay is by Sam Peckinpah and Tom Tryon stars as Captain Demas Harrod. Plot summary: Captain Demas Harrod and Army Scout Sol Rogers [Harve Presnell] compete for the love of Widow Lou Woddard [Senta Berger] while they also deal with worries about indian fighting and tensions with Army high command. As the film begins raw recruits line up in civilian clothing to meet their commanders prior to the start of prelimary training as cavalry troopers in a unit modeled after George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment. In short order the green recruits are ushered into a concerted army campaign against battle-hardened Sioux warriors; their job is to force all the Sioux onto reservations.

Cast and crew: Arnold Laven, Sam Peckinpah, Frank McCarthy, Hoffman Birney, James Caan, Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, Senta Berger, Andrew Duggan, Slim Pickens, Peter Breck, Jeanne Cooper, Michael Anderson Jr., Laurel Goodwin, Adam Williams, Erik Holland, Robert McQueeney, Wayne Rogers, William Meigs

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

The Flim Flam Man (1967) - (George C. Scott) US one-sheet

This is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet for the 1967 Irvin Kershner film The Flim Flam Man based on a novel by Guy Owen, screenplay by William Rose and starring George C. Scott as Mordecai Jones, the Flim Flam Man. Mordecai Jones is a confidence man and a drifter in rural Kentucky who falls in with a US Army deserter named Curley [Michael Sarrazin] and teaches him some techniques. Curley objects when Mordecai takes up car theft and running away from the police in road chases, but as a deserter his objections are short-lived; the two become clever collaborators defrauding the population.

Cast and crew: Irvin Kershner, William Rose, Guy Owen, George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Michael Sarrazin, Harry Morgan, Alice Ghostley, Slim Pickens, Lawrence Turman, Jack Albertson, Albert Salmi, Strother Martin, Woodrow Parfrey, Jay Ose, Raymond Guth

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Santa Fe Pssage (1955) - (John Payne) US title card

Santa Fe Passage (1955) - (John Payne) US title card

This is an 11" x 14" US title card for the 1955 William Witney film Santa Fe Passage based on a screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Heck Allen and starring John Payne as Kirby Randolph. Plot summary: Kirby Randolph is a scout and wagon train guide who has been ostracized and is having difficulty finding work because a wagon train he was guiding was massacred by a Kiowa band led by Chief Satank [George Keymas]. Randolph hates all indians. He finds a new job with a train led by Jess Griswold [Rod Cameron] and manages to redeem himself by saving it from a wild horse stampede instigated by Chief Satank. Tension appears between Randolph and Griswold over Griswold's intended wife Aurelie St. Clair [Faith Domergue]. These tensions increase when Jess tells Kirby Aurelie is half indian.

Cast and crew: William Witney, Lillie Hayward, Heck Allen, John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron, Slim Pickens, Irene Tedrow, George Keymas, Leo Gordon, Anthony Caruso

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Never a Dull Moment (R1977) - (Dick Van Dyke) US 40x60

Never a Dull Moment (R1977) - (Dick Van Dyke) US 40x60 film poster

This is a US 40x60 poster designed to promote a 1977 rerelease of the 1968 Jerry Paris film Never a Dull Moment based on a novel by John Godey and screenplay by Al Carothers, starring Dick Van Dyke. Plot summary: Actor Jack Albany [Dick Van Dyke] is mistaken for a murderer named Ace Williams [Jack Elam] and taken to see a gangster boss named Leo Smooth [Edward G. Robinson]. Leo wants Jack to do a job for him and Jack plays along because he is frightened.

Cast and crew: Jerry Paris, John Godey, Al Carothers, Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Joanna moore, Tony Bill, Slim Pickens, Jack Elam, Ned Glass, Richard Bakalyan, Mickey Shaughnessy, Philip Coolidge, James Milhollin