The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1958's "The Fiend Who Walked the West" in the Pacific Northwest. "Gang War" (1958) was the second feature in both Seattle and Portland.
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The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
A convicted bank robber serving his sentence, and wishing nothing more than to finish his time and get back to his family, gets involved with a psychotic, homicidal inmate who turns on him and winds up terrorizing his wife and murdering his friends.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Writers: Harry Brown (screenplay), Philip Yordan, (screenplay)
Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels
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Gang War (1958)
A Los Angeles high-school teacher's problems begin when he happens to witness a gangland killing and agrees to identify the murderers, not realizing this will cause the underworld to retaliate in a big way.
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Writers: Louis Vittes (screenplay), Ovid Demaris (novel "The Hoods Take Over")
Stars: Charles Bronson, Kent Taylor, Jennifer Holden
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August 19, 1958 ad (Portland)
August 19, 1958 ad (Portland)
August 19, 1958 ad (Seattle)
August 20, 1958 ad (Portland)
August 20, 1958 ad (Portland)
August 20, 1958 ad (Seattle)
August 21, 1958 ad (Portland)
August 21, 1958 ad (Seattle)
August 22, 1958 ad (Seattle)
August 23, 1958 article (Portland)
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) trailer
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Gang War (1958) trailer
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