BB17-123 — LAST EMBRACE
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YEAR: 1979
FILM STUDIO / PRODUCTION: Taylor-Wigutow Productions / United Artists
TAGLINE: “It begins with an ancient warning. It ends at the edge of Niagara Falls. In between there are 5 murders. Solve the mystery. Or die trying.”
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
CAST: Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, John Glover, Sam Levene, Charles Napier, Christopher Walken
SCREENPLAY: David Shaber, based on the novel The 13th Man by Murray Teigh Bloom
PRODUCERS: Michael Taylor and Dan Wigutow
MUSIC: Miklós Rózsa
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tak Fujimoto
GENRE: Mystery / Thriller / Neo-Noir / Romance
POSTER PRINTER: Not identified with enough certainty
FORMAT: Australian DaybillLast Embrace is a 1979 mystery thriller starring Roy Scheider as a government agent who, following his wife's death and a mental breakdown, becomes convinced someone is trying to kill him. The investigation leads through New York and ultimately to Niagara Falls.

POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: Dramatic blue Australian Daybill dominated by painted Niagara Falls artwork showing a woman falling towards the water while Roy Scheider reaches desperately towards her. A smaller photographic image of Scheider and Janet Margolin sits beside the blood-red title. The artwork is signed Cadino.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: An early film from director Jonathan Demme, who later directed The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia. The cast also includes Christopher Walken, while cinematographer Tak Fujimoto later worked with Demme on several major films. Contemporary critics noted the film's deliberate Hitchcock-style construction, particularly its climactic Niagara Falls setting.

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