Tag: assassin

The Manchurian Candidate x 2 +

Frank McCarthy (American, 1924-2002)
The Manchurian Candidate paperback cover, 1962 Signet reissue
Gouache on board, 22-7/8 x 13 inches (58.1 x 33.0 cm) (image)

1969 Signet reissue

So Young, So Wicked x 2

pseudonym of Frank E. Smith

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by William Rose

non-series noir thriller

a syndicate killer has a contract to take out this 15-year-old who has played the risky game of blackmailing mobsters.

undated Gold Medal reissue

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1964, The Killers

publicity photo from The Killers, Don Siegel’s 1964 adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway short story. also starred Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, and Ronald Reagan as the head bad guy. Marvin and Gulager play hit men who, having killed Cassavetes, try to figure out why a guy would just sit there and wait to be shot. Reagan’s last film role before heading into politics.

August 10, 2013

April 10, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Remington Schuyler

April 10, 1932

cover art by Remington Schuyler