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Auction History Result 1d867 RUTHLESS FOUR 3sh '69 Van Heflin, Gilbert Roland, Klaus Kinski, spaghetti western! Date Sold 7/16/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1969 Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Ognuno Per Se (released in the U.S. in 1969 as "The Ruthless Four"), the 1968 Giorgio Capitani (billed as "George Holloway" on some posters) German/Italian cowboy spaghetti western ("Sam Cooper's Gold Started The Blood Flowing Across The State Of Nevada!"; "In the tradition of Treasure of Sierra Madre") starring Van Heflin, Gilbert Roland, Klaus Kinski, George Hilton, and Sarah Ross. Note that there is an oddity about this movie. It was first released in the U.S. by "Goldstone Pictures" in 1969, and there is a U.S. one sheet for that release with a M-rating. After that, either MGM purchased the U.S rights from Goldstone and released it in the U.S., or they purchased the international releasing rights from the original producers, because there is a second one sheet from MGM, also dated 1969, but that poster has a completely different image and no rating! So there is a mystery here which we can't solve at present. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 is a poster or lobby card that was printed by MGM for a European movie that they distributed in the U.S.. Somewhere in the early 1960s, MGM apparently made a huge "trade" deal with European movie distributors. From the early 1960s to the late 1960s, MGM released 100 or more non-U.S. movies in the U.S. under the MGM logo (some dating back to the 1950s), and in return, they apparently gave 100 or more MGM movies (from the 1950s and early 1960s) to those European distributors to release in Europe. All of the posters from both sets of releases have a very similar type of somewhat garish, very colorful artwork, and some have an MGM logo that is different from than on other MGM movies of the same time period, which makes it likely that those (with different logos) are from re-releases. None of these posters (except for the very first few of them) have any dates on them. Over the years, I have seen many of these posters (from both types) sold as first release, but, as stated above, some of these are mid to late 1960s re-releases, and the ones from U.S. movies are "international" posters (or lobby cards) that were used in non-U.S. countries. Condition: fair to good. There is paper loss in the top center and a triangular tear and paper loss that falls just above Heflin's eye. There is much darkening on the back of that area. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades 
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