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Auction History Result f191 ENFORCER linen French 23x30 movie poster R60s Humphrey Bogart Date Sold 2/7/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1960s) Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French Movie Poster (measures 22 3/4" x 30 1/4") (Learn More) The Enforcer, the 1951 Bretaigne Windust & Raoul Walsh organized crime thriller ("'If you're smart you'll come in - if you're dumb you'll be dead...'"; "The hero of this story is the fighting District Attorney of this city - and every city!"; "Here is the story of the man who matched himself against a nationwide network of 'killers-for-hire'... The first story of the double-fisted D.A. who tore apart the evil dynasty that peddled murder for a price!"; "The Most Vicious Words In Crimedom and Angela learned them all! 'Contract': an order for a killing 'Hit': a murder victim 'Troop': the local murder mob 'Finger': he set up the 'hit'"; "Written by Martin Rackin"; detailing the history of the famous "Murder, Inc." crime gang) starring Humphrey Bogart ("as the double-fisted District Attorney who matched bullet for bullet with a nationwide network of killers-for-hire!"), Zero Mostel (excellent in an early non-comedic role!), Ted de Corsia, Roy Roberts, Everett Sloane, Adelaide Klein, and Patricia Joiner. Note that organized crime language had never achieved mainstream use before this, so they needed to explain on the posters what "contract", "hit", "troop", and "finger" meant! 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 French poster measures 22 3/4" x 30 1/4" and is linenbacked. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some very minor defects that were not completely restored, and are somewhat noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). Note that we gave this condition grade to a very few posters that were in pretty good condition prior to linenbacking, but which were not all that well linenbacked, and which could be fairly easily re-backed with only minor additional restoration. The poster had the most minor of creases on the foldlines and a few pinholes in the corners and in the borders. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great! Learn More about condition grades 
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