I’ll have to tally up the performers when all is said and done, but if Claire Trevor doesn’t make the most appearances in the countdown I’ll be really surprised. This is probably the best treatment she ever got on a film poster, and that may be partly because the poster itself is so good. The big image of a cigarette-smoking Lawrence Tierney is pure film noir, and anticipates the style of contemporary movie posters, but it’s Claire in the classic femme fatale pose that sells the tickets. The composition here is exceedingly simple and strong, with a juxtaposition of imagery and style that is incredibly evocative of a tornado — see it? There’s one tagline — that’s all this poster needs. It’s positioned well and says a mouthful. The rest of the type balances the tag and occupies just the right amount of space in the composition.
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