Saturday, June 13, 2015

Hellfighters (1969) - (John Wayne) Spanish one-sheet

Hellfighters (1969) - (John Wayne) Spanish one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US-made Spanish poster for the 1969 Andrew V. McLaglen film Hellfighters based on a screenplay by Clair Huffaker and starring John Wayne as Chance Buckman. Plot summary: This film tells the story of a group of oil well firefighters based on the life of Red Adair, who also served as an adviser in the making of the film. Chance Buckman travels around the world putting out oil well fires but he misses his ex-wife Madelyn [Vera Miles] and his daughter Leticia [Katharine Ross], who left him 20 years ago because Madelyn was upset about him risking his life fighting fires. When Chance is nearly killed in an accident with a bulldozer, his daughter visits and this leads to her marriage to his assistant Greg Parker [Tim Hutton]. Madelyn also visits, and with her back in his life Buckman takes a safer job at another oil company hoping to win her back.

Cast and crew: Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Red Adair, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C. Flippen, Bruce Cabot, Edward Faulkner, Barbara Stuart, Edmund Hashim, Valentin de Vargas, Frances Fong, Alberto Morin, Alan Caillou, Laraine Stephens, John Alderson





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Friday, June 12, 2015

Hell in the Pacific (1968) - (Lee Marvin) Spanish one-sheet

Hell in the Pacific (1968) - (Lee Marvin) Spanish one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Spanish poster printed in Barcelona to promote the 1968 John Boorman film Hell in the Pacific based on a story by Reuben Bercovitch, Alexander Jacobs and Eric Bercovici and starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. Plot summary: Marvin and Mifune are two soldiers from the American and Japanese armies marooned on an uninhabited Pacific island during World War II. The demands of survival require them to overcome their mutual hostility and learn to work together.

Cast and crew: John Boorman, Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune, Reuben Bercovitch, Alexander Jacobs, Eric Bercovici





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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

High Risk (1981) - (James Brolin) US one-sheet

High Risk (1981) - (James Brolin) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet for the 1981 Stewart Raffill film High Risk based on a story by Stewart Raffill and starring James Brolin as Stone. Plot summary: This film tells the story of a periolous venture by four friends with financial problems named Stone, Tony [Chick Vennera], Dan [Bruce Davison] and Rockney [Cleavon Little] to rob a drug lord named Serrano [James Coburn] in Columbia. With training and weapons supplied by Clint [Ernest Borgnine] they parachute into a jungle area where Serrano lives; their troubles begin after they break into his villa and steal $5 million in cash from him.

Cast and crew: James Brolin, Anthony Quinn, Lindsay Wagner, Bruce Davison, Cleavon Little, Chick Vennera, James Coburn, Ernest Borgnine, Stewart Raffill, Douglas Sandoval, David Young, Richard Young, Donna Powers, Stephanie Faulkner, Ana De Sade, Josephina Echinova





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Sunday, June 7, 2015

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) - (Peter Cushing) Argentine one-sheet

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) - (Peter Cushing) Argentine one-sheet

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1959 Terence Fisher Hammer Productions Gothic horror mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, screenplay by Peter Bryan and starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville. Plot summary: On a moor a legendary dog called the Hound of the Baskervilles is believed to lie in wait for opportunities to kill any member of the Baskerville family who ventures there alone, as revenge for the murder centuries earlier of a servant girl by Sir Hugo Baskerville [David Oxley]. This became known as "the curse of Sir Hugo." In the time of Sherlock Holmes the legend has become an issue in the life of Sir Henry Baskerville, the new owner of Baskerville Hall. Holmes, who has been called in to investigate, puts Watson [Andre Morell] in charge of watching over Sir Henry; Watson runs into unexpected difficulties.

Cast and crew: Terence Fisher, Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Bryan, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell, Maria Landi, David Oxley, Francis De Wolff, Miles Malleson, Ewen Solon, John Le Mesurier, Helen Goss, Sam Kydd, Michael Hawkins, Judi Moyens, Michael Mulcaster, David Birks



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Friday, June 5, 2015

The Hostage Tower (R1981) - (Peter Fonda) Spanish one-sheet

The Hostage Tower (1980) - (Peter Fonda) Spanish one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Spanish one-sheet for a 1981 rerelease of the 1980 Claudio Guzman film The Hostage Tower starring Peter Fonda as Mike Graham based on the novel by Alistair MacLean with screenplay by Robert Carrington. Plot summary: Mr. Smith [Keir Dullea] is a criminal mastermind who takes over the Eiffel Tower and demands a ransom for its return. Malcolm Philpott [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.], the head of an international peace organization, recruits a group of spies to help him get it back.

Cast and crew: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Britt Ekland, Keir Dullea, Peter Fonda, Maud Adams, Alistair MacLean, Rachel Roberts, Billy Dee Williams, Claudio Guzman



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Monday, June 1, 2015

A White Dress for Mariale (1972) - (Ida Galli) Belgian poster

A White Dress for Mariale (1972) - (Ida Galli) Belgian film poster

This is a 14" x 22" Belgian poster for the 1972 Romano Scavolini film A White Dress for Mariale written by Remigo Del Grosso and Giuseppe Mangione and starring Ida Galli (credited as Evelyn Stewart) as both Mariale and her mother. This was the first horror film by director Romano Scavolini, who later became famous for the slasher film Nightmare. Plot summary: As a young girl Mariale is driven out into a wooded area by her father [Franco Colgero], who then proceeds to shoot her mother, her mother's lover [Giancarlo Bonuglia Gianni Dei] and then himself while she watches. Later as an adult Mariale is living in a gothic castle with her husband Paulo [Luigi Pistilli]. Paolo does not allow Mariale to leave the castle and sedates her with drugs because he thinks she is too unstable to mix with other people. Because of her need for companionship Mariale invites some friends over for an evening including her friend Massimo [Ivan Rassimov], his friend Semy [Shawn Robinson] and a few other colorful characters. When Mariale's friends explore the castle with her and Paolo, in an underground chamber they find the white bloodstained dress Mariale's mother was wearing when she was murdered. Mariale decides to wear the dress at dinner that night. The dinner event leads to a free-for-all with loud music, promiscuous sex and a series of vicious murders.

Cast and crew: Romano Scavolini, Remigio Del Grosso, Giuseppe Mangione, Ida Galli, Ivan Rassimov, Luigi Pistilli, Pilar Velazquez,Ezio Marano, Giancarlo Bonuglia, Giancarlo Bonuglia Gianni Dei, Bruno Boschetti, Franco Calogero, Gengher Gatti, Edilio Kim, Carla Mancini, Shawn Robinson, Evelyn Stewart



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An Evening with the Royal Ballet (1963) - US one-sheet