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Auction History Result 4d252 LONG WAIT style B 1/2sh '54 Mickey Spillane, Anthony Quinn, Peggie Castle & sexy dames! Date Sold 8/16/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) Mickey Spillane's The Long Wait, the 1954 Victor Saville romantic crime thriller ("'Three thrill-hungry dames played me for a sucker... Now it's my turn!'"; "It raps you with gun-butt fury... ...rocks you with hot-blooded excitement!"; "Mickey Spillane goes all the way... In the hottest story that ever belted the screen!"; "A new high in Spillane savagery!"; "Mickey Spillane's hottest story blasts the screen!"; "Carol... 'All blond - all innocence... a real doll who walks, talks and even says 'murder'!'"; "A scream... The sound of ripping silk... A shot!.. ...and Spillane hurls you on a murder merry-go-round of strong-armed thugs and warm-armed blondes... -In his hottest story of all!"; based on the novel by Mickey Spillane) starring Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay, Shawn Smith, and Dolores Donlon. Note that Mickey Spillane was a department store salesman in 1940 when he discovered he could sell stories for comic books, and he quickly wrote for all the major companies. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. After the war, he wrote "I, the Jury" in 19 days, and it was published in 1947, and it sold 6.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Its hero, Mike Hammer, a hard-boiled private eye, would appear in many more novels. Spillane would write for the movies, and he even played Mike Hammer in "The Girl Hunters" in 1963! 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 poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. There are some creases throughout the poster from it being oddly folded at one time. There are some pairs of staple holes and there is a small amount of tattering around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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