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Auction History Result 2g046 ATTACK 1sh '56 Robert Aldrich, art of WWII soldiers Jack Palance & Eddie Albert! Date Sold 10/29/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Attack!, the classic 1956 Robert Aldrich World War II (WWII) military action thriller ("It rips open the hot hell behind the glory!"; "COSTA he had the guts of a hundred men!"; "COONEY a frightened, quivering shell of a man!"; "BARTLETT a brass hat who played hard and dirty!"; " WOODRUFF up for a medal - and a court martial!"; "BERNSTIEN quick with his wise cracks and his rifle!"; "TOLLIVER he spoke as slowly and easily as he killed!"; "The story that every soldier knew, but none would dare tell... this is war as you've never smelled it... tasted it... seen it before. This is the raw, naked face of battle where not everyone is a hero... and not every gun is pointed at the enemy!"; "Told as hard... Straight... And dirty as war itself!"; "'If I ever lose another man on account of you - I'll shove this grenade down your throat and pull the pin!'"; "'I'm the commanding officer here...and I say we give up!'"; "'You go for those stairs, Captain - and I'll kill you!'"; "Stripped of everything but the truth - here is the fighting mad story of the flash-fused, fouled-up company the army called 'Fragile Fox' ...as real as the screaming steel that melted their guts... As acid as the fear that dissolved their bones... As relentless and powerful as a ten-ton tank!"; "Marching with the handful of battle pictures... No 'phony' glory, no candy-coated sentiment - but the raw naked guts of war grinding at you head-on like a ten-ton tank!"; "The war story so raw... So 'hot' that no one dared film it till now!"; "...the story of the flash-fused, fouled-up company the army called 'Fragile Fox'!"; "THIS is what Hell looks like!"; "This is the story every soldier knew, but none would dare tell... this is war as you've never smelled it ...tasted it... seen it before. This is the raw, naked face of battle where not everyone is a hero... and not every gun is pointed at the enemy!"; "From the play 'Fragile Fox' by Norman Brooks") starring Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Buddy Ebsen, William Smithers (billed as "introducing William Smithers"), and Steven Geray 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 item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away last year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: good. There are small bits of paper loss along some parts of the foldlines and/or crossfold(s). There is much separation in the upper vertical foldline that has been repaired with tape from the back. There is rippling along some edges from exposure to moisture. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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