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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Category: movie poster

1978, The Eiger Sanction

poster art by John Alvin

an A- movie adaptation of an A++ novel by Trevanian

December 19, 2013

Posted on April 23, 2026April 5, 2026Categories Hardboiled, pulp, finest kind, espionage fiction, original art, movie posterTags assassin, clint eastwood, george kennedy, john alvin, the eiger sanction, travanianLeave a comment on 1978, The Eiger Sanction

Deported, 1950

Marina Berti in Robert Siodmak’s Deported, 1950

Posted on April 18, 2026April 5, 2026Categories uncategorized, pulp, spicy, gangster, film noir, movie posterTags dame, femme fatale, marina berti, publicity photo, smoking, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Deported, 1950

1946 Columbia Pictures

Gilda (Columbia, 1946). Fine+ on Linen. Six Sheet (78.5″ X 80.25″).

Posted on April 9, 2026April 5, 2026Categories finest kind, movie posterTags columbia pictures, gilda, glenn ford, rita hayworthLeave a comment on 1946 Columbia Pictures

1932, The Beast in the City

Jean Harlow in a production still from The Best of the City (Charles Brabin, 1932)

December 18, 2013

Posted on April 3, 2026March 31, 2026Categories movie posterTags dame, jean harlow, line up, movie stillLeave a comment on 1932, The Beast in the City

a Frazetta?

Poster art for the film “A Man Called Dagger” (a low budget film made to cash in on the James Bond craze in the 60s) painted by Frank Frazetta.

It was never used for the film and only recently came to light and was sold at auction.

Apparently it was used as collateral for a bar tab which was never paid.

Posted on April 1, 2026March 31, 2026Categories movie poster, pulpTags frank frazettaLeave a comment on a Frazetta?

United Artists, 1955

Kiss Me Deadly (United Artists, 1955). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27″ X 41.25″).

the woman who dies at the start of the story was played by Cloris Leachman, in her first movie appearance

Posted on March 21, 2026March 16, 2026Categories film noir, movie poster, pulpTags marian carr, mickey spillane, mike hammer, private eye, ralph meeker, robert aldrich, united artistsLeave a comment on United Artists, 1955

1956 MGM Pictures

screen debut of Leslie Nielsen

December 09, 2013

Posted on March 15, 2026February 23, 2026Categories film noir, movie posterTags glenn ford, mgm picturesLeave a comment on 1956 MGM Pictures

2007 Universal Pictures

American Gangster & Other Lot (Universal, 2007). Rolled, Overall: Very Fine+. One Sheets (2) (27″ X 40″) DS Regular. Crime

Posted on January 27, 2026January 17, 2026Categories movie posterTags american gangster, denzel washington, ridley scott, russell croweLeave a comment on 2007 Universal Pictures

1953 20th Century-Fox

screenplay and directed by Samuel Fuller

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories Hardboiled, film noir, movie posterTags jean peters, richard widmark, samuel fuller, thelma ritterLeave a comment on 1953 20th Century-Fox

Wicked

movie poster – Wicked – Oct 1931

artist unknown (??orge ??uere = George Bruere?)

Wicked (1931) is an American Pre-Code prison melodrama about a woman who commits murder while trying to save her bandit husband and bears a child in prison

Posted on January 6, 2026January 5, 2026Categories finest kind, movie poster, pulpTags allan dwan, movie poster, spencer tracy, wicked, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Wicked

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