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Auction History Result 1b278 ENFORCER slabbed 8x10 still '51 great close up of tough Humphrey Bogart busting a bad guy! Date Sold 8/17/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Slabbed Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Still (measures 9 1/2" x 12" with slab) (Learn More) The Enforcer, the 1951 Bretaigne Windust & Raoul Walsh organized crime thriller ("'If you're smart you'll come in - if you're dumb you'll be dead...'"; "The hero of this story is the fighting District Attorney of this city - and every city!"; "Here is the story of the man who matched himself against a nationwide network of 'killers-for-hire'... The first story of the double-fisted D.A. who tore apart the evil dynasty that peddled murder for a price!"; "The Most Vicious Words In Crimedom and Angela learned them all! 'CONTRACT': an order for a killing 'HIT': a murder victim 'TROOP': the local murder mob 'FINGER': he set up the 'hit'"; "Written by Martin Rackin"; detailing the history of the famous "Murder, Inc." crime gang) starring Humphrey Bogart ("as the double-fisted District Attorney who matched bullet for bullet with a nationwide network of killers-for-hire!"), Zero Mostel (excellent in an early non-comedic role!), Ted de Corsia, Roy Roberts, Everett Sloane, Adelaide Klein, and Patricia Joiner. Note that organized crime language had never achieved mainstream use before this, so they needed to explain on the posters what "contract", "hit", "troop", and "finger" meant! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this a movie paper item that was "authenticated" and "graded" by CGC, the famous authenticator of comic books. They gave it a grade of "very fine", and encased it in a mylar sleeve, with an informative strip at the top, and three punch holes in the border. Also note that this still appears in every way to be original U.S. release EXCEPT that there is one very tiny line of French type in the lower right. It reads, "IMPRIME AUX ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE". A collector has told us that he believes this means the still was printed for use in areas that included French-speaking parts of Canada, but that it WAS printed in the U.S., and that makes complete sense to us! So it is an original still from 1951, but it was printed partially for use in French-speaking Canada. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: very good. There are some smudges and scuffs scattered in the image. Learn More about condition grades 
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