Movie Poster Collecting: Whit Bissell

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The Tall Stranger (1957) - (Joel McCrea) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1957 Thomas Carr film The Tall Stranger based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Louis L'Amour, screenplay by Christopher Knopf and starring Joel McCrea as Ned Bannon. Plot summary: In the 1860s after Ned Bannon is shot and left for dead by a cattle rustler named Zarata [Michael Ansara] he is found and taken in by some people traveling in a wagon train. Mort Harper [George N. Neise] soon leads the group to a valley owned by Bannon's half brother, Hardy Bishop [Barry Kelley]. After the people in the wagon train decide to settle there, violence breaks out between Bannon and Bishop because of an old feud between them.

Cast and crew: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, Leo Gordon, Thomas Carr, Louis L'Amour, Chrisopther Knopf, George N. Neise, Adam Kennedy, Michael Pate, Leo Gordon, Ray Teal, Philip Phillips, Robert Foulk, Jenniffer Lea, George J. Lewis

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Monday, August 31, 2015

The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977) - (Bradford Dillman) US one-sheet

Pictured is a US one-sheet promotional poster for the 1977 James L. Conway film The Lincoln Conspiracy based on a book by Charles E. Selier Jr., David Balsiger and Jonathan Coppler and starring Bradford Dillman as John Wilkes Booth. Plot summary: This film presents an elaborate alternative theory about the forces behind the 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Cast and crew: James L. Conway, David Balsiger, Jonathan Cobbler, Charles E. Sellier Jr., Bradford Dillman, John Dehner, John Anderson, Robert Middleton, James Green, Whit Bissell, Christopher Allport, A. J. Andre, Bruce Atkins, Charlie Briggs, Paul Brown, Howard Brunner, Fred Bruch, Dick Callinan, John Cooler

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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Hud (1963) - (Paul Newman) Australian daybill

This is a 13" x 30" Australian stone litho daybill poster for the 1963 Martin Ritt film Hud based on the 1961 Larry McMurtry novel Horseman, Pass By with screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. and starring Paul Newman as Hud Bannon. Plot summary: This is a contemporary Western drama played by a core ensemble cast including Texas cattle rancher Homer Bannon [Melvyn Douglas], his violent alcoholic son Hud, Hud's nephew Lonnie Bannon [Brandon de Wilde] and their middle-aged housekeeper Alma [Patricia Neal]. Life on the ranch is disrupted by the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease among the cattle, a state ordered livestock quarantine and the killing of the herd by order of the state veterinarian. Other problems cause major conflicts in the family including a profound antagonism between Homer and Hud and Hud's abusive interest in Alma. Hud won three academy awards including Best Actress (Patricia Neal), Best Supporting Actor (Melvyn Douglas) and Best Cinematography (James Wong Howe).

Cast and crew: Martin Ritt, James Wong Howe, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell, Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon de Wilde, Larry McMurtry, Crahan Denton, John Ashley, Val Avery, George Petrie, Curt Conway, Sheldon Allman, Pitt Herbert, Carl Low, Robert Hinkle, Don Kennedy

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Wyoming Mail (1950) - (Stephen McNally) US insert

This is a 14" x 36" US insert poster for the 1950 Riginald Le Borg film Wyoming Mail based on a story by Robert Hardy Andrews, screenplay by Harry Essex and Leonard Lee and starring Stephen McNally as Steve Davis. Plot summary: In the year 1869 the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West coast, which becomes a target for train robbers. Steve Davis, a prizefighter and a man experienced with intelligence work, is recruited by Associate Postmaster General George Armstrong [Dan Riss] to help fend off the robberies. To do this, Davis gets himself thrown into prison, breaks out and then infiltrates a gang of robbers.

Cast and crew: Reginald Le Borg, Robert Hardy Andrews, Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Howard Da Silva, Ed Begley, Dan Riss, Armando Silvestre, Whit Bissell, James Arness, Richard Jaeckel, Frankie Darro, Felipe Turich, Richard Egan, Gene Evans, Frank Fenton