I was 10 or 11 when I first saw this at the cinema in 1967 and Paul Newman’s performance resonated with me so much that Cool Hand Luke became a favourite character for me. I couldn’t wait to get the poster from the cinema at the end of its run and it took pride of place on my bedroom wall until I left home for my own place. It wasn’t the version shown above but this one…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
One of the best. I used to do the same thing for posters and amassed a fair collection. All lost in time now, sadly - some would have been worth a surprising amount now.
I’ve kept some of my favourites - the first 7 Bonds - Magnificent Seven (re-release 1965) - the Flint movies - Planet Of The Apes and a few more but the rest I sold before relocating here - got some nice prices but they’re worth even more now.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
John Wayne is arguably America’s greatest iconic actor - what he certainly had was screen presence, when he was on screen everyone else was in the background, in his latter years he gave several nuanced performances. He got a long overdue best actor “Oscar” for True Grit, but he gave better performances before and after that. He sits comfortably in my top 10 favourite actors list.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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I know there are issues with John Wayne the man…but his films are great…here’s my favourite of his…
Yes, my local one did the same. Great way to catch assorted movies before videos.
Sir MilesThe Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,937Chief of Staff
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Same with me…used to love being able to sit through both movies, or come in halfway through one and stay in the cinema to watch up to the point you came in - none of this ‘getting thrown out’ silliness we have now 🤣
Were these double bills supposed to be related in anyway? Other than the Dr Who, the insectoid horror of the second and the Hammer Production line of several others , there doesn't appear to be. BTW, that Dr Who one looks as if it was designed by a children's comic book artist; a neat way to convey the kiddie-lite content of the 'horror' there.
@chrisno1 The lesser known ones would have been cobbled together by the film distributors - any relative meaning between them would have been entirely accidental - knock up some cheap posters and “Hey Presto!” you have a double bill for paying customers at a loose end. Those “cheap” posters can fetch hundreds of pounds nowadays!
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I found most of those online during the pandemic, I've seen all except the last three (from the Sinatra film down), can anybody tell us about those?
I highly recommend all the ones I've seen! and I'm sure I filed reports on each somewhere in the general Film Review thread, as I think all vintage SpyMania is on topic
Deadlier Than the Male and Some Girls Do are both Bulldog Drummond adventures. Deadlier... comes first. In both films the bad girls are much more entertaining than the actor playing Drummond.
the one with foreign text is a Man from UNCLE film, for anyone who hasnt figured it out yet (the english title is in very small text and I dont see Vaughn or McCallum's names anywhere, or the word UNCLE)
Modesty Blaise is better than its reputation if you just forget these characters are supposed to be Modesty and Willie, very good spychedelic set design
and Operation Kid Brother is a more essential fakeBond film than the "funny" version of Casino Royale (which came out round the same time), it could almost be canonical
lookit the pose in that Raquel Welch poster! it oughta come with 3D glasses, so you can see them coming right at you, er, I mean the spy gadgets and parachutes and everything
FATHOM is a great little caper spy film, very amusing, with a super jazzy score from Johnny Dankworth and Raquel Welch looking divine. It was filmed in Malaga and Nerja in Spain and one scene - where Miss Welch parades down to the beach in her red bikini - is filmed on the Balcon de Europa. My Mum & Dad's apartment was right next to this, you could see the beach from the balcony and the old fisherman's hut. All in the movie, just, and fleetingly. The Vetrano bull sign which features repetitively in the climatic airborne chase is still there as well. A great poster.
Three really good films, one I haven't seen (the Western), and one of the poorest Elvis efforts (although there are worse). It's also the only one above that I have the OST of!
Sidetrack - the billing for the Western is interesting. That style of "diagonal billing" as it's called became popular after "The Towering Inferno" and it's unusual to find earlier examples. Not impossible, "Key Largo" from the 40s may have been the first, but it didn't become routine till the 70s.
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Keep them coming, CHB, loving these!
Some excellent cinema posters - as usual, thanks @CoolHandBond
And Basil Rathbone will always be Sherlock Holmes for me 🙂
It’s difficult to disagree that Rathbone is the best ever Holmes.
I wish I had seen this double bill…
And some more fine posters…
Due to popular demand (in my head) - here are some good Norwegian movie posters!
Himmelfall (translation: Skyfall, but made in 2002)
Gone with the woman (Not inspired by any movie classsic you've ever heard of ...)
Some of those look interesting @Number24
The inimitable Lucas Jackson…’Nuff said…
And some golden oldies…
Some classics there- must watch the last one again soon. I guess I don't get a prize for spotting your favourite? 😁
I was 10 or 11 when I first saw this at the cinema in 1967 and Paul Newman’s performance resonated with me so much that Cool Hand Luke became a favourite character for me. I couldn’t wait to get the poster from the cinema at the end of its run and it took pride of place on my bedroom wall until I left home for my own place. It wasn’t the version shown above but this one…
One of the best. I used to do the same thing for posters and amassed a fair collection. All lost in time now, sadly - some would have been worth a surprising amount now.
I’ve kept some of my favourites - the first 7 Bonds - Magnificent Seven (re-release 1965) - the Flint movies - Planet Of The Apes and a few more but the rest I sold before relocating here - got some nice prices but they’re worth even more now.
John Wayne is arguably America’s greatest iconic actor - what he certainly had was screen presence, when he was on screen everyone else was in the background, in his latter years he gave several nuanced performances. He got a long overdue best actor “Oscar” for True Grit, but he gave better performances before and after that. He sits comfortably in my top 10 favourite actors list.
I know there are issues with John Wayne the man…but his films are great…here’s my favourite of his…
^^^ 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Good choice, Sir Miles.
These double bills were often shown in flea-pit cinemas in London on a Sunday - maybe the same elsewhere in the UK?
Yes, my local one did the same. Great way to catch assorted movies before videos.
Same with me…used to love being able to sit through both movies, or come in halfway through one and stay in the cinema to watch up to the point you came in - none of this ‘getting thrown out’ silliness we have now 🤣
Were these double bills supposed to be related in anyway? Other than the Dr Who, the insectoid horror of the second and the Hammer Production line of several others , there doesn't appear to be. BTW, that Dr Who one looks as if it was designed by a children's comic book artist; a neat way to convey the kiddie-lite content of the 'horror' there.
@chrisno1 The lesser known ones would have been cobbled together by the film distributors - any relative meaning between them would have been entirely accidental - knock up some cheap posters and “Hey Presto!” you have a double bill for paying customers at a loose end. Those “cheap” posters can fetch hundreds of pounds nowadays!
Some of those great 60’s spy posters…
Ah, Elke Sommer 💕 - where would 60s espionage movies have been without her ? 😁
"Circle Of Deception" is one I don't know or know about. "The Naked Runner" was so boring I switched off and never got to the end.
I’m sad to say there are very few of those that I’ve seen 🫣
Although I do adore Operation Kid Brother 👏🏻
Out of those I have seen Modesty Blaise. I have it on DVD. What a truly mad film it is! 😀
I found most of those online during the pandemic, I've seen all except the last three (from the Sinatra film down), can anybody tell us about those?
I highly recommend all the ones I've seen! and I'm sure I filed reports on each somewhere in the general Film Review thread, as I think all vintage SpyMania is on topic
Deadlier Than the Male and Some Girls Do are both Bulldog Drummond adventures. Deadlier... comes first. In both films the bad girls are much more entertaining than the actor playing Drummond.
the one with foreign text is a Man from UNCLE film, for anyone who hasnt figured it out yet (the english title is in very small text and I dont see Vaughn or McCallum's names anywhere, or the word UNCLE)
Modesty Blaise is better than its reputation if you just forget these characters are supposed to be Modesty and Willie, very good spychedelic set design
and Operation Kid Brother is a more essential fakeBond film than the "funny" version of Casino Royale (which came out round the same time), it could almost be canonical
lookit the pose in that Raquel Welch poster! it oughta come with 3D glasses, so you can see them coming right at you, er, I mean the spy gadgets and parachutes and everything
FATHOM is a great little caper spy film, very amusing, with a super jazzy score from Johnny Dankworth and Raquel Welch looking divine. It was filmed in Malaga and Nerja in Spain and one scene - where Miss Welch parades down to the beach in her red bikini - is filmed on the Balcon de Europa. My Mum & Dad's apartment was right next to this, you could see the beach from the balcony and the old fisherman's hut. All in the movie, just, and fleetingly. The Vetrano bull sign which features repetitively in the climatic airborne chase is still there as well. A great poster.
Sean Connery…
That first one is ... Phu-yuck!
Haven’t seen either of those…but I enjoyed the other two films 🍸
Some nice ones here from the 60’s…
Three really good films, one I haven't seen (the Western), and one of the poorest Elvis efforts (although there are worse). It's also the only one above that I have the OST of!
Sidetrack - the billing for the Western is interesting. That style of "diagonal billing" as it's called became popular after "The Towering Inferno" and it's unusual to find earlier examples. Not impossible, "Key Largo" from the 40s may have been the first, but it didn't become routine till the 70s.