BB17-107 — HANKY PANKY
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YEAR: 1982
FILM STUDIO / PRODUCTION: Columbia Pictures / Martin Ransohoff Production
TAGLINE: “When you’re wanted for a murder you didn’t commit, chased for secrets you didn’t steal, and running from people who want to kill you, the worst mistake you can make is falling in love.”
DIRECTOR: Sidney Poitier
CAST: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark
SCREENPLAY: Henry Rosenbaum and David Taylor
PRODUCER: Martin Ransohoff
MUSIC: Tom Scott
GENRE: Comedy / Crime / Thriller
POSTER PRINTER: Robert Burton Printers Pty. Ltd.
FORMAT: Australian Daybill

Hanky Panky is a 1982 comedy-thriller pairing Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner in a mistaken-identity adventure involving murder, espionage and an increasingly chaotic cross-country chase.

POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: Full-colour illustrated Australian Daybill dominated by Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner escaping in a helicopter, pursued by armed men in a second helicopter. The blue sky and desert landscape contrast strongly with the bright red-and-white title treatment. The artwork is signed Velez.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Hanky Panky has an important connection beyond the film itself — Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner met while making the movie, beginning the relationship that later led to their marriage. It was also directed by acclaimed actor and filmmaker Sidney Poitier. Heritage specifically notes the Wilder/Radner connection in its catalogue entry for the film's original poster material.