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Auction History Result

1a338 PURPLE GANG 3sheet '59 Robert Blake, Barry Sullivan, they matched Al Capone crime for crime!

Date Sold 6/17/2008
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81") (Learn More)

The Purple Gang, the 1959 Frank McDonald crime thriller ("They matched Capone kill for kill, in a tidal wave of terror!"; "Authentic! Brutally Real!"; "Authentically told! Brutally real!"; "This was the Murder Machine that matched AL CAPONE crime for crime, vice for vice, kill for kill!"; "They ran Detroit with rum-running, highjacking, and murder! They were the top executioners of Prohibition's underworld! They sold a million worth of dope...in flowers! They invented the Rub-Out Car and the 'Cement Overcoat'! They organized the most feared 'Protection Racket' on the history of crime!"; "Authentic the way it happened!"; "The roaring mob of gangland's worst marauders, the 300 killers if 'Honeyboy' Willard who held a gun at the heart off a city and brought the underworld to its knees!"; "They invented the 'Cement Overcoat' for squealers!"; "They used the first 'Rub-Out Car' for execution!"; "They introduced the Machine Gun to gang warfare!"; "All authentic!"; "How it happened and why!"; "With a screen foreword by Congressman James Roosevelt"; "Written by Jack DeWitt") starring Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Mark Cavell, Judy Lawrence, Joseph Turkel, Nestor Paiva, and Suzanne Ridgway (billed as "Suzy Marquette")
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Important Added Info: This three-sheet was printed in 2 sections.

Condition: very good to fine. The poster was likely never used and has minor fold and border wear.
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