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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing actress Audrey Hepburn. Twentieth Century-Fox release stamp, provenance stamp, and the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossell on the verso. A woman decides to steal a statue from a Parisian museum in order to keep her father's art forgery business a secret. Screenwriter Harry… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Dominion Enterprises, 1970. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Jackson Stanley, about a man's attempt to steal a priceless Italian ring from a museum and sell it to an antique dealer. Set in Florence. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Graybill Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting the name and telephone number of talent agent and producer Bill Shiffrin. A thrill-seeking sadist arrives in town intending to ride broncos, soon teaming up with a local prostitute and an American Indian alcoholic. The trio… Read more about this item

N.p.: Sunland Studios, 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, also seen here under the working title "One Last Heist." SIGNED on the title page by several actors, including Lori Petty, Dean Cain, Richard Tyson, David Beach, John O'Hurley, and Harry Van Gorkum. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum, with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout, and… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation, 1967. Final script for the 1968 film, seen here under its working title "The Crown Caper." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member James D. Pasternak, with his name on the title page in manuscript ink. One of the best heist films from the late 1960s, combining humor, style,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few manuscript annotations throughout, most noting deletions. Two professional gamblers plan to pull off an international long con. Set in Lucerne and Las Vegas. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Michael Curry. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1994. Revised Shooting Script for the 1995 film. Included with the script is a 30-page bound set of vintage xerographically duplicated storyboards. A New York cop decides to rob a "money train," the railcar used to transport subway revenue. It's up to his foster brother, a fellow cop, to stop him. Set and shot… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1950 film noir directed and adapted for the screen by John Huston, starring Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, and Marilyn Monroe. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Board edges lightly rubbed and toned. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with a short closed tear on… Read more about this item

New York: Avon Books, 1968. First Edition. No. S-354. First Edition, a paperback original. Movie tie-in edition, featuring an image from the 1968 film starring Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen on the front cover. Near Fine in wrappers, with faint creasing on the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Holroyd, p. 102.

Hollywood: Gross-Krasne, 1956. Draft script for the seventh episode of season one of the syndicated television series, which originally aired on March 6, 1957. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name in manuscript ink to the title page, and manuscript ink annotations throughout, noting his lines. Housed in brown wrappers with the episode and series titles and… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1964. Vintage reference photograph of actress Pola Negri from the 1964 film. With a stamp for United Press International to the verso, along with a folded mimeo snipe dated 6/13/64, as issued. Based on the 1962 novel, wherein an English aunt and niece on vacation in Greece begin to suspect that a… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1968. Revised Estimating script for the 1969 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Frank O'Rourke. A genre-bending film combining a heist feature and a comedy Western in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly, Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. … Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 film, one showing actors Mai Zetterling and Nigel Patrick, the other showing Zetterling alone. Based on the 1953 novel by Max Catto. A US sergeant aids a German woman in smuggling a group of orphans out of the country to Brazil in order… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the popular Arsene Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. In this entry, roguish gentleman thief Lupin robs a young heiress of her jewels while on a train to England, but later reconsiders his actions and saves her life. Set in… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1978. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film. With mimeo snipes on the verso. Fed up with the lies of factory management and union heads, three working-class, Rust Belt auto workers decide to rob a safe at their union headquarters. The directorial debut of Paul Schrader. Set… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1978. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the 1978 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Fed up with the lies of factory management and union heads, three working-class, Rust Belt auto workers decide to rob a safe at their union headquarters. The directorial debut of Paul… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the collection of noted British film producer John Palmer. A cool, disaffected criminal (James Coburn) recruits a group of con men to pull off a heist at a bank located in the Los… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1971. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A security consultant teams up with a call girl to steal a fortune in dirty money from criminals' safe deposit boxes, which are stored in a high-tech bank vault. Set and shot on location in Hamburg, West Germany.… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1971. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A security consultant teams up with a call girl to steal a fortune in dirty money from criminals' safe deposit boxes, which are stored in a high-tech bank vault. Set and shot on location in Hamburg, West Germany.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film, showing Kim Novak topless, mid-costume change, aided by two wardrobe ladies. Based on the 1961 novel. A genre-bending film combining heist, comedy, and Western genres, in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly, Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable… Read more about this item