Verlag: United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1972
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film, including five mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card. Based on the 1970 novel by Wally Ferris, about two New York City cops who become involved in a bloody struggle between the Italian mob, the Harlem mob, and a pair of small-time crooks who have stolen thousands of dollars from both groups. Due to its setting in Harlem, this underrated crime drama is often lumped with other Blaxploitation pictures of the era, when in truth it belongs to the great pantheon of gritty, violent police procedurals of the early 1970s?something of a New York City companion to Don Siegel's "Dirty Harry," released the year before. Set in Harlem, shot on location in New York City. Cards 10 x 8 inches. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches. Color studio still photographs and presentation cards Very Good plus. Grant US. Parish and Hill 3. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard, Blaxploitation Cinema, p. 68, 83-84.
Verlag: Columbia Pictures Television, Burbank, CA, 1978
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Revised Draft script for the 1978 film, seen here under the working title "Inside the Ku Klux Klan." Dramatizes the experiences of Gary Thomas Rowe Jr., an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated Alabama's Eastview Klavern 13, widely known as the most violent branch of the Klan in the nation, as part of the FBI's Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO). Although not depicted in the film, Rowe would go on to become an actual Klan member, and was implicated in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing as well as the shooting of a civil rights worker and other acts of violence against freedom riders and activists?all crimes for which he was never charged. Set in Alabama, shot on location in Nevada City, Roseville, and Sacramento, California. Beige titled Columbia Pictures Television wrappers, dated January 17, 1978, noted as REVISED DRAFT on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated January 17, 1978, noted as REVISED DRAFT, with credits for Rowe and screenwriter Lane Slate. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.
Verlag: NGC Distributors, London, 1971
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film, showing actor Robert F. Lyons behind the wheel of a convertible, sporting a leather jacket and aviators. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the true crimes of charismatic serial killer Charles Schmid, known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson," who murdered several women in 1964 and 1965. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.