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Auction History Result 2y084 THIS GUN FOR HIRE linen Dutch '40s different art of Alan Ladd with gun & sexy Veronica Lake! Date Sold 12/4/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original late 1940s (from the first release of this movie in the Netherlands) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Dutch Movie Poster (measures 20" x 27 1/2") (Learn More) This Gun For Hire, the classic 1942 Frank Tuttle spy espionage counterfeiting murder crime film noir ("Killer without a conscience! Lover without a heart?"; "Based on the novel by Graham Greene") starring Veronica Lake (as a magician who does card tricks!), Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Mikhail Rasumny, Marc Lawrence, Pamela Blake, Emmett Vogan, and Victor Kilian. Note that Alan Ladd was fourth billed in this movie (he had been in movies for several years, including in Citizen Kane, but he had mostly tiny roles), but this movie made him a major star. It is incredibly fortunate that the U.S. poster artist chose to feature only fourth-billed Ladd and first-billed Lake on the one-sheet, making it one of the most desirable U.S. posters! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good to fine. The poster was folded once in each direction and had some minor fold and border wear. There is a perfectly printed (perhaps over-printed?) or stamped Dutch stamp in the top right blank background area (I really cannot tell if it was stamped on the poster or if it is printed or over-printed, but if it was stamped, it was done perfectly!). Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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