Sheesh, I know it’s a lotta text, but c’mon — this is one of the greatest poster images in all of noir! What a great pose…and the girl even has a gun. I love how classic this is, covered from top to bottom in hand drawn letters — surprising for a poster from 1954. Sure, there are a few typefaces there, but they don’t dominate and despite the sheer volume of text, everything fits together harmoniously and nothing reduces the power of the central image. If this were a little less busy, I’m betting it would have cracked the top twenty. From a content point of view, this is pure Spillane — somebody sure got this one right.
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