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Auction History Result 3x547 PURPLE GANG style A 1/2sh '59 Blake, Barry Sullivan, they matched Al Capone crime for crime! Date Sold 2/17/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) The Purple Gang, the 1959 Frank McDonald crime thriller ("They matched Capone kill for kill, in a tidal wave of terror!"; "Authentic! Brutally Real!"; "Authentically told! Brutally real!"; "This was the Murder Machine that matched AL CAPONE crime for crime, vice for vice, kill for kill!"; "They ran Detroit with rum-running, highjacking, and murder! They were the top executioners of Prohibition's underworld! They sold a million worth of dope...in flowers! They invented the Rub-Out Car and the 'Cement Overcoat'! They organized the most feared 'Protection Racket' on the history of crime!"; "Authentic the way it happened!"; "The roaring mob of gangland's worst marauders, the 300 killers if 'Honeyboy' Willard who held a gun at the heart off a city and brought the underworld to its knees!"; "They invented the 'Cement Overcoat' for squealers!"; "They used the first 'Rub-Out Car' for execution!"; "They introduced the Machine Gun to gang warfare!"; "All authentic!"; "How it happened and why!"; "With a screen foreword by Congressman James Roosevelt"; "Written by Jack DeWitt") starring Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Mark Cavell, Judy Lawrence, Joseph Turkel, Nestor Paiva, and Suzanne Ridgway (billed as "Suzy Marquette") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has never been machine folded! Most half-sheet posters were folded once horizontally and once vertically right off of the printing press. It is very difficult to find an unfolded example of most half-sheets, especially from before 1970! Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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