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Auction History Result 2a0686 G-MEN linen Japanese R1950s different striking art of James Cagney w/smoking gun, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably early 1950s) Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked Japanese "B2" Movie Poster (measures 20 1/4" x 28 5/8" [51 x 73 cm]) (Learn More) G-Men (G Men), the 1935 William Keighley gangster crime melodrama ("See Uncle Sam draw his guns to halt the march of crime! The federals are coming - in Warner Bros.' epic of the end of gangdom!"; for the first time, Cagney played "a good guy", a young man who wants to become a "G-Man", or government man, and Warner's wanted to downplay that in its advertising, so they had advertising that was ambiguous as to which side of the law Cagney was on!) starring James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Nolan, Robert Armstrong, Barton MacLane, Monte Blue, Regis Toomey, Edwin Maxwell, Russell Hopton, Noel Madison, Ward Bond, Raymond Hatton, and William Harrigan 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 we have never before auctioned this Japanese poster! While we would think this movie was first released in Japan in 1935 or soon after, we are only guessing at that, so while this poster is likely a re-release, it also might be first release, and it also might be that no posters survive from the first release, if there was one. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had minor wear on the folds and some tiny paper loss in the top and bottom. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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