Original Paramount Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Willard Huyck war comedy, BEST DEFENSE (1984) starring Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, and Kate Capshaw. Moore plays a competence-challenged tank designer, and Murphy plays the tank commander who must later take Moore’s tank into combat. Murphy’s character was only added to the film after the original version was completed but then was panned by test audiences. The film is yet another in a long line of films that portrays the American defense system as being run by an army of Chaplin-like buffoons. Neither comic star was impressed with the way the film turned out; indeed, Murphy admitted later on the David Letterman show, “A few years back I made a film called BEST DEFENSE. And it was bad. REAL bad!” This original one sheet poster is folded and in near mint condition.

Original United Artists 24 Sheet Poster (9 ft x 20 ft) for the Norman Panama spy comedy, THE ROAD TO HONG KONG (1962) starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins, and Robert Morley. In the seventh and last of their “road” films, Hope and Crosby return as con-men who get involved in Cold War intrigue about a secret Soviet formula for a new and improved rocket fuel. Peter Sellers steals the show with his uncredited Indian neurologist cameo. This original billboard-sized poster is unassembled but in very fine condition.

Original 20th Century-Fox Insert Poster (14×36) for the Samuel Fuller cold war action adventure, HELL AND HIGH WATER (1954) starring Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, and Cameron Mitchell. A privately financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer (Widmark) to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese plot against the United States. The film received one Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects. This original insert poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original RKO Three Sheet poster for the Josef Von Sternberg film JET PILOT (1957) starring John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Hans Conreid, and Roland Winters. The Duke portrays an Air Force Colonel chosen to “handle” Soviet pilot Janet Leigh after her defection from the USSR. She has secret plans to lure him back to her home country but he has a plan of his own in this Cold War drama personally produced by Howard Hughes. The poster is in very good condition, folded. The poster was a theater-used poster many years ago. Three sheets are generally printed on two separate panels which are joined for display. This poster has been assembled. The upper right-hand corner – in the border area – is missing a small chip. All the image area
is fine, however. A prime candidate for linen backing. Ask us about poster conservation.

Original 20th Century-Fox One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the George Seaton war drama, THE BIG LIFT (1950) starring Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, and Cornell Borchers. This film is a semi-documentary about the Berlin Airlift in 1948 intertwined with the stories of two Air Force NCOs involved in the operation. Truly a time capsule of postwar Berlin, the film was actually made on location in Berlin with the full cooperation of the US Air Force whose men actually played minor roles. This original one sheet poster with bright colors is folded and in fine plus condition, with only some minor paper distress along one fold line.

Original Columbia Pictures Style B One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Ivan Reitman war comedy, STRIPES (1981)—starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, and John Candy. Two losers—John (Murray) and his best friend Russell (Ramis) decide to join the army. John becomes a defacto leader in his basic training platoon as we follow the two misfits through training to their first assignment. This film is yet another in a long line of army comedies that started with Chaplin back in the silent days. This film was originally conceived as a vehicle for Cheech and Chong but was eventually rewritten for Murray and Ramis. This original style B one sheet poster is folded and in fine condition, with only some scotch tape on the top border which should be removed.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the short documentary, THE DIVIDED CITY (n.d.) about West Berlin. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Paramount Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Hamilton Wright cold war era short documentary, DEFIANT ISLAND (1964), the story of the Free China island of Quemoy. Sovereignty over the island was a big foreign policy issue between what was then called Communist China and the United States. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the short documentary film, THE RACE TO SPACE (c. 1958-1962). The beep-beep of the first satellite, Sputnik, launched into earth orbit by the Soviets in 1957, initiated a furious contest to see whether the Russians or the Americans would be first in aerospace technology. This space age artifact is a rare documentary short from Universal Pictures. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

This is an original Japanese B2 Poster (20×29) for the Guy Hamilton spy thriller, GOLDFINGER (1964) starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, and Gert Frobe. This has been described as the quintessential, definitive Bond film. While investigating a gold magnate’s (Frobe) smuggling, Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. The character of Goldfinger is the most famous Bond villain and was spoofed in well over 100 other productions, the most famous being AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER (2002). This original Japanese poster is linen-backed and in very fine plus condition with only slight fold wear.

Original United Artists Style B One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Terrence Young spy thriller, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963) starring Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, and Robert Shaw. This is the second installment in the Bond tales, and many critics consider this to be the pinnacle of the entire series if not the best spy movie of all time. It has the charm and wit of the first film, plus exotic locales, beautiful women, and sinister villains. Lenya plays the hatchet-faced sadist Colonel Klebb and Robert Shaw steals every scene he is in as Grant– a vicious, small-time thug transformed by SPECTRE into a fearsome enforcer. This original Style B one sheet poster is folded and in very fine plus condition. This poster is folded, has good color, some pinholes, a very small tear (repaired) of about an inch in the upper border, and no fold separations. This poster would linen-back beautifully. See the featured content on this website about Linen Backing and Restoration.

This is an original United Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Billy Wilder fast and funny cold-war comedy, ONE, TWO, THREE (1961) starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, and Arlene Francis. Cagney’s character runs the German branch of Coca-Cola in Berlin. He realizes that he may be fired if he can’t keep his American boss’s daughter (Tiffin) from marrying a raging communist (Buchholz). Even though the Berlin Wall began construction during production, Wilder nevertheless had a ball reducing the Cold War to its basic absurdities. This was James Cagney’s last major role in his long and illustrious career. He was patient and kind to the relatively inexperienced Tiffin (her third feature film) but came to loath Buchholz, whom he accused of trying to steal every scene. The film received a lone Academy Award nomination for best Black and White Cinematography for Daniel L. Fapp. The poster is autographed by Billy Wilder. The poster is folded and in fine plus condition. An excellent example of a Saul Bass poster. The poster says DESIGNED BY SAUL BASS.