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Auction History Result 2p236 MANIA Italian one-panel '60 cool different artwork of Peter Cushing by Rodolfo Gasparri! Date Sold 11/4/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian One-Panel (known in Italy as a "2 Fogli") Movie Poster (1p; measures 39" x 55") (Learn More) The Flesh and the Fiends (released in the U.S. in 1961 as "Mania"), the 1960 John Gilling English grave-robbing horror crime thriller ("Violent crime with and without passion!"; "Murder was their business!"; one of many movies inspired by the true life grave-robbing crimes of Englishmen Burke and Hare) starring Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence (as William Hare), George Rose (as William Burke), June Laverick, Dermot Walsh, Billie Whitelaw, and Melvyn Hayes. Note that Burke and Hare were an incredibly notorious pair of English grave robbers who sold the bodies to doctors for medical experimentation! It was a major scandal in England, and their story has spawned many, many movies, including 1945's "The Body Snatcher" starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Rodolfo Gasparri Condition: fair to good. There are many tape repairs on the back of the poster, and there are water stains in parts of the borders. There are tears and areas of paper loss on parts of some foldlines, some of which are repaired with tape from the back. Learn More about condition grades 
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