This is a 41" x 81" US three-sheet poster for the 1962 James
Neilson Walt Disney film Moon Pilot based on a story by Robert
Buckner, screenplay by Maurice Tombragel and starring Tom Tryon as
Captain Richmond Talbot. Plot summary: When Air Force Captain Talbot
volunteers for the first manned lunar orbit, he makes unplanned
contact with a friendly woman from an unexpected place.
Cast and crew: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval, Bob Sweeny, Kent Smith, James Neilson, Tommy Kirk, Simon Scott
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
