Movie Poster Collecting

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Ali-Baba and the 40 Thieves (1979) - (Dharmendra) Soviet Export film poster

The Adventures and Ali-Baba and the 40 Thieves (1979) - (Dharmendra) Indian Soviet Export film poster

This is a 31" x 47" poster made to promote the 1979 Latif Faiziyev and Umesh Mehra Soviet Export film The Adventures of Ali-Baba and the 40 Thieves [Alibaba Aur chalis Chor] based on a story by Shanti Prakash Bakshi and Boris Saakov and starring Dharmendra as Ali-Baba. The film was made in India and the Soviet Union at Uzbekfilm (USSR) and Eagle Film Studios (India). Plot summary: This is a retelling with modifications of the tale of the same title from the 1001 Nights in which Ali-Baba makes his way into a sealed cave, steals jewels from it, is trapped inside and then confronts 40 thieves intent on killing him.

Cast and crew: Dharmendra, Latif Faiziyev, Umesh Mehra, Shanti Prakash Bakshi, Boris Saakove, Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman, Roland Bykov, Khodjadurda Narliyev, Prem Chopra, Zakir Mukhamedzhanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Madan Puri, Yakub Akhmedov, Rolan Bykov, Khodzha Durdy Narliyev, Frunze Mkrtchyan, Khamza Umarov, Dzhavlon Khamrayev, Elena Sanaeva, Sanat Divanov

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Friday, January 16, 2015

Across the Great Divide (1977) - (Robert Logan) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1977 Stewart Raffill film Across the Great Divide based on a story by Stewart Raffil and starring Robert Logan as Zachariah Coop. Plot summary: This is a family western pioneer story set in the 19th century about two orphan children (Jason and Holly Smith played by Mark Edward Hall and Heather Rattray) who cross the Rocky Mountains to claim a ranch that belongs to them in Oregon. On the way they join forces with the drifter Zachariah Coop and make the difficult trek together through many perilous adventures, with an endless supply of soundtrack harmonica and G-rated comradery.

Cast and crew: Stewart Raffill, Robert Logan, George Flower, Heather Rattray, Mark Edward Hall, George Raffill, George Flower, Hal Bokar, Frank Salsedo, Fernando Celis, Loren Ewing, Tiny Brooks, John Kauffman, James Elk, Stan Cowley, Indian People of Utah and Canada

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Crime and Passion (1976) - (Omar Sharif) Italian two-sheet

This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster printed to promote the 1976 Ivan Passer film Crime and Passion based on the 1971 James Hadley Chase novel There's an Ace Up My Sleeve with story adaptation by Ivan Passer and William Richert and starring Omar Sharif as Andre Ferren. Plot summary: After persuading his mistress Susan Winters [Karen Black] to marry a rich industrialist for his money, Andre Ferren discovers that Susan's new husband intends to kill him. The title on the poster is an Italian translation of the title of the original James Hadley Chase novel, Un Asso Nella Mia Manica

Cast and crew: James hadley Chase, Jesse Lasky Jr., Omar Sharif, Karen Black, Ivan Passer, Jemes Hadley Chase, Joseph Bottoms, Bernhard wicki, Heinz Ehrenfreund, Elma Karlowa, Volker Prechtel, Erich Padalewski, Robert L. Abrams, Franz Muxeneder, Margarete Soper

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Naked Autumn (1960) - (Simone Signoret) Belgian poster

This is a 15" x 20" Belgian poster made to promote the 1960 Francois Letterrier film Naked Autumn [Les mauvais coups] based on novel and screenplay by Roger Vailland and starring Simone Signoret as Roberte. Plot summary: The film tells the story of Roberte, her husband Milan [Reginald Kernan] and her young friend Helene [Alexandra Stewart], as they interact in the context of the troubled marriage between Roberte and Milan.

Cast and crew: Francois Letterrier, Roger Vailland, Simone Signoret, Reginald Kernan, Alexandra Stewart, Marcello Pagliero, Serge Rousseau, Nicole Chollet, Jose Luis de Vilallonga, Dorian Leigh Parker, Marie-Claude Poirier, Marcelle Ranson-Herve, Antoine Roblot, Serge Sauvion

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Murder Ahoy (1964) - (Margaret Rutherford) Danish poster

This a 23" x 34" Danish poster made to promote the 1964 George Pollock film Murder Ahoy based on a screenplay by David Pursall and Jack Seddon and starring Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple based on a character by Agatha Christie. Plot summary: Miss Marple finds evidence of murders and a ring of thieves when she boards a merchant marine training ship, of which she has been made a trustee.

Cast and crew: Lionel Jeffries, Stringer Davis, George Pollock, Agatha Christie, Margaret Rutherford, David Pursall, Jack Seddon, Charles Tingwell, William Mervyn, Joan Benham, Stringer Davis, Nicholas Parsons, Miles Malleson, Henry Oscar, Derek Nimmo, Gerald Cross, Norma Foster, Terence Edmond, Francis Matthews, Lucy Griffiths

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Murder She Said (1961) - (Margaret Rutherford) US one-sheet

Murder She Said (1961) - (Margaret Rutherford) US one-sheet poster

This is a US one-sheet poster made to promote the 1961 George Pollock film Murder She Said based on the 1952 Agatha Christie novel 4:50 from Paddington adapted for film by David Osborn, screenplay by David Pursall and Jack Seddon and starring Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple. Plot summary: Miss Marple takes employment at Ackenthorpe Hall so she can search for clues there for a murder she has witnessed while riding on a train.

Cast and crew: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson, Thorley Walters, Agatha Christie, George Pollock, David Osborn, David Pursall, Jack Seddon, James Robertson Justice, Thorley Walters, Charles Tingwell, Conrad Phillips, Ronald Howard, Joan Hickson, Stringer Davis, Ronnie Raymond, Gerald Cross, Michael Golden, Barbara Leake, Gordon Harris

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Murder Most Foul (1964) - (Margaret Rutherford) US one-sheet

Murder Most Foul (1964) - (Margaret Rutherford) US one-sheet poster

This is a US one-sheet poster printed to promote the 1964 George Pollock film Murder Most Foul based on the 1952 Agatha Christie novel Mrs. McGinty's Dead with screenplay by David Pursall and Jack Seddon and starring Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple. Plot summary: Miss Marple joins a theater group to collect information about one of its members, whom she suspects of murder.

Cast and crew: Agatha Christie, Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, George Pollock, David Pursall, Charles Tingwell, Andrew Cruickshank, Megs Jenkins, Ralph Michael, James Bolam, Stringer Davis, Francesca Annis, Pauline Jameson, Annette Kerr, Alison Seebohm, Windsor Davies, Neil Stacy, Maurice Good, Stella Tanner, Dennis Price, Terry Scott, Sydney ARnold, Eric Francis, Lucy Griffiths, Arthur Howell, Gerry Judge, Ross Parker, Susan Richards, Michael Segal, John Wilder