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Who Dares Wins

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Who Dares Wins

Additional information

Year

1982

Size/Type

UK Quad / (30″ x 40″) / Single Sided / Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd

Country of Origin

UK / British

Condition

Very Fine Plus / Originally Folded (as issued)

Director

Ian Sharp

Actor/Actress

Edward Woodward, John Duttine, Judy Davis, Lewis Collins, Richard Widmark, Robert Webber

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“When the SAS is called upon to do what we’re trained to do, we have been likened to a surgeon cutting out a cancer. It’s a filthy and difficult job. We don’t like doing it, but it’s our duty”

The 1980’s is generally regarded as a ‘golden’ age for explosive action movies at the cinema and in 1982 fresh from a hugely successful TV career Lewis Collins was cast in the British actioner “Who Dares Wins”. Based in part on the storming of the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980 and the book “The Tiptoe Boys” it tells the story of how Britain’s elite fighting force the S.A.S. operates. Released at a time to be considered politically incorrect it never achieved the success or praise it richly deserved but has since gone on to be a firm favourite with fans of gritty action genre films. The original 1982 UK quad movie poster offered here is from first year of release and displays and presents to excellent effect. Originally folded (as issued) the colours are bright and unfaded and the imagery dramatic and exciting. With hardly a defect of note this beautiful unrestored film poster represents a fine example of rare and collectable original movie memorabilia from one of the best British action films of the 80’s.

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Trivia #1: When the movie’s grand action sequence, the storming of the embassy by SAS troopers, to be played by movie stuntmen, was about to be filmed, the real-life SAS soldiers offered to do the sequence for the production, not requiring the use of stuntmen. For director Ian Sharp, it was an offer he simply couldn’t refuse, as this level of authenticity couldn’t be achieved by acting stuntmen, no matter how well trained.

Trivia #2: The movie was one of former actor and US President Ronald Reagan‘s favourite films. Producer Euan Lloyd personally delivered a print of the movie via Concorde jet to Camp David so Reagan could watch the film. Reportedly, Reagan allegedly thought it was the best ever movie made about terrorism he had ever seen and congratulated Lloyd.

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Film Description

Who Dares Wins Movie Poster

“The closest you’ll ever get to knowing the secrets of the legendary S.A.S.”

Lewis Collins was a huge TV star from 1978 to 1980 and like all British kids at the time I wanted to be either Bodie or Doyle (Martin Shaw) from “The Professionals“. I saw Who Dares Wins at the cinema and was enthralled by it. I really felt it would take Lewis Collins to Hollywood and beyond but it wasn’t to be and that’s a shame. He would have made a perfect James Bond. Anyway, Who Dares Wins. It is a first class action movie and a fine tribute to our Special Air Service soldiers. The dialogue is sometimes “wobbly” and melodramatic but the exchanges between Richard Widmark and Judy Davis are fantastic and the action sequences vie with anything you’ll see from Hollywood. The photography direction and music are excellent too. As for the plot. The early 1980s were a very paranoid time. I well remember how nervous I often felt at the crazy pronouncements of Thatcher & Regan who both seemed to be on a religious crusade against Communism and both seemed to believe a nuclear war was “winnable” option. If Gorbechov hadn’t come along and the USSR had had an equally hard-line ideolgoue in The Kremlin I’m not sure any of us would be here today, so the plot of “Who Dares Wins” isn’t nearly as unrealistic as it might appear in 2015. It’s a fine movie and it shows how we Brits can still compete with the dollars of Hollywood.

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Mint
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11 x 14″ printed on heavy stock paper. Used as display in theatre lobbies. Originally made in sets of eight. Some sets have a title card, which contains credits and artwork, essentially a mini-poster. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie.

WINDOW CARD
14 x 22″ printed on heavy stock paper with the top 4-6 inches usually left blank for the local cinema owner to fill in the cinema and the date it was due to play. Largely discontinued during the 1970’s.

HALF SHEET
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