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Auction History Result 6w274 THIEVES' HIGHWAY 1sh 1949 art of trucker Richard Conte & Valentina Cortese, Jules Dassin Date Sold 6/13/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Thieves' Highway, the 1949 Jules Dassin post-World War II (WWII) truck-driving romantic love triangle crime film noir ("When these two meet - somebody's bound to get hurt!!!"; "You need a friend, strong man - and I'm friendly!"; "Screen Play by A.I. Bezzerides - Based on his novel 'Thieves' Market'"; about a veteran who returns from the war and his truck driving father has been maimed, and he becomes a truck driver himself to find the people responsible) starring Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese (billed as "Valentina Cortesa"), Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, and Hope Emerson. Note director Jules Dassin had started by making patriotic anti-Nazi movies during World War II, and after the war, he would make some great film noirs, and then he made his greatest movie, "Du rififi chez les hommes", in 1955, "Never on Sunday" in 1960, and "Topkapi" in 1962. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some extra creases and tiny tears on parts of some folds, with pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to paperbacking. Someone had the poster paperbacked onto a thin paper backing, but with no restoration. In addition, the poster has acquired some light creases scattered throughout, due to rough handling, and also some paper loss in the upper right of the excess paper (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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