Movie Poster Collecting: William Dieterle

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Turning Point (1952) - (William Holden) Argentine one-sheet

The Turning Point (1952) - (William Holden) Argentine poster

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1952 William Dieterle film The Turning Point based on the Horace McCoy novel Storm in the City, screenplay by Warren Duff and starring William Holden as Jerry McKibbon. Plot summary: Los Angeles District Attorney John Conroy [Edmond O'Brien] is trying to crack down on a crime syndicate, but the syndicate has many city officials under its control. Newspaper man and old friend Jerry McKibbon helps him, but he does not think Conroy is up to the job. The film was inspired by Senator Estes Kefauver's committee hearings in 1950-1951 on organized crime.

Cast and crew: William Dieterle, Horace McCoy, Warren Duff, William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Danny Dayton, Adele Longmire, Ray Teal, Ted de Corsia, Don Porter, Howard Freeman, Neville Brand

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Boots Malone (1952) - (William Holden) Argentine one-sheet

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet for the 1952 William Dieterle film Boots Malone based on a story by Milton Holmes and Harold Buchman and starring William Holden as Boots Malone. Plot summary: Boots Malone is a jockey's agent at horse races who is down on his luck. He buys a horse that has unrecognized promise, and his fortunes look brighter when he finds an eager young aspiring jockey named Tommy [Johnny Stewart]. However part of the craft Boots practices is fixing horse races; conflicts arise when the races he throws in exchange for pay from gangsters are inflicted on his young trainee, who only wants to win.

Cast and crew: Harold Buchman, William Holden, Johnny Stewart, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael, Johnny Stewart, Milton Holmes, William Dieterle, Carl Benton Reid, Ralph Dumke, Ed Begley, Hugh Sanders, Harry Morgan, Ann Lee, Anthony Caruso, Billy Pearson