Rififi in Tokyo

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the American release of the 1963 French film, one showing Barbara Lass and Michel Vitold, the other showing Lass and Karlheinz Böhm.

From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.

Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Loosely based on the 1953 novel by Auguste Le Breton. A gangster arrives in Tokyo, planning on stealing a precious diamond from a bank vault, but is forced to rely on a friend of a friend when his second-in-command is killed.

Set and shot on location in Tokyo.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

[Book #162092]