The Quick and the Dead / The 5th Battalion bi plane Brilliant photography by Helmut Newton

Brilliant photography by Helmut Newton and an analysis of exploitation on different levels

From a story by Robert Hutchinson Ray Milland is unfortunately wheelchair bound as the clever frogs enlist the help of snakes

John Boorman directs

The idea of the artwork for the poster duplicating the real life newspaper advert from Gerald Kingsland inviting applications for a woman to join him on a desert island is a good one

The film is the story of the Sand Creek massacre of 1864 when the US cavalry committed atrocities to the Cheyenne including the women and children

The Quick and the Dead / The 5th Battalion bi plane Brilliant photography by Helmut NewtonPrinted by the Electric (Modern) Printing Co. Ltd. of Manchester 8. comes this highly coloured Second World War double bill film poster in the 1960's. "The Quick and the Dead" was coupled with "The 5th Battalion" which told the fight against the Germans and the Gestapo. The corner tips are missing and there is a little paper loss in the top centre border as seen with two small closed tears and some old historic tape marks.