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Auction History Result

4j302 BATTLE HELL 3sh '57 Richard Todd, Michael Anderson's story of H.M.S. Amethyst!

Date Sold 1/13/2015
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More)

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (released in the U.S. as "Battle Hell"), the 1957 Michael Anderson English Communist Chinese Revolution war military melodrama ("Pin-pointed by shot and shell on the Yangtze - The day it flowed red! To sail was to be sunk... To stay was to starve!"; "The most amazing adventure a fighting ship and its fighting crew ever encountered... trapped by enemy cannon-fire on the most dangerous water-way in the world!"; "The most incredible naval exploit ever attempted!"; "THE MEN... Unconquerable! THE SHIP... Unsinkable! THE GALLANTRY... Unforgettable!"; "'Under point-blank fire from enemy shore batteries... Our casualties heavy... Ammunition almost gone... We are attacking!'"; "THE COMMANDER... out-gunned... out-manned... he out-fought the enemy! THE COMMISSAR... more a machine than a man! THE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER iron discipline with a steel core of courage! THE ENEMY COLONEL... so polite... so shrewd.... so deadly!"; "The Amethyst story"; "Screenplay by Eric Ambler") starring Richard Todd, Akim Tamiroff, William Hartnell, Keye Luke, Donald Houston, Sophie Stewart, and Robert Urquhart
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Important Added Info: Note that this three-sheet was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap.

Condition: very good. There is some darkening on the back of the part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded. There are some creases and several tears along the foldlines that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on some foldlines, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds.
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