Movie Poster Collecting: William Schallert

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Speedway 1968 Elvis Presley Italian locandina

Speedway (1968) - (Elvis Presley) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x 26" Italian locandina poster made to promote the 1968 Norman Taurog film Speedway written by Phil Shuken and starring Elvis Presley as Steve Grayson. Plot summary: Steve Grayson is a successful race car driver who gets into trouble with the IRS through its agent Susan Jacks [Nancy Sinatra]. As John Lennon said, they killed Elvis ten years earlier in 1958 when he went into the Army.

Cast and crew: Norman Taurog, Phil Shuken, Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon, William Schallert, Victoria Paige Meyerink, Ross Hagen, Carl Ballantine, Poncie Ponce, Harry Hickox, Christopher West, Beverly Powers, Richard Petty, Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Sam Whiskey (1969) - (Burt Reynolds) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1969 Arnold Laven film Sam Whiskey written by William Norton and starring Burt Reynolds as Sam Whiskey. Plot summary: Widow Laura Breckenridge [Angie Dickinson] persuades Sam Whiskey to retrieve $250,000 in gold bars from the bottom of the Platte River, where it has been submerged as part of the cargo of a sunken riverboat. Breckenridge's late husband stole the gold from the Denver Mint and she wants Sam to return it before the theft is discovered, so she can protect her family's name.

Cast and crew: Arnold Laven, William W. Norton, Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker, Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson, William Schallert, Woodrow Parfrey, Rick Davis, Anthony James, Del Reeves, John Damler, Robert Adler, Chubby Johnson, Ayllene Gibbons, Sidney Clute, Wallace Earl Laven

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Speedway (1968) - (Elvis Presley) Italian four-sheet

This is a two-piece 55" x 77" Italian four-sheet poster using art by G.D. Stefano to promote the 1968 Norman Taurog flim Speedway based on a story by Phil Shuken and starring Elvis Presley as Steve Grayson. Plot summary: Steve Grayson is a big-time speedway driver who has problems with the IRS and then gets into a romantic dalliance with IRS agent Susan Jacks [Nancy Sinatra], who is also a singer.

Cast and crew: Norman Taurog, Phil Shuken, Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, G.D. Stefano, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon, William Schallert, Victoria Paige Meyerink, Ross Hagen, Carl Ballantine, Poncie Ponce, Harry Hickox, Christopher West, Beverly Powers, Richard Petty, Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough