John McIntire Cowboy Actor in Scene Of The Crime 10x8 Hand Signed Photo

CHAU3264 This is a rare MGM 10" x 8" hand signed photo for Western actor John McIntire as Detective Fred Piper in Scene Of The Crime who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait - has just light surface and some mild fingerprinting both which are only visible if held to the light otherwise this is great condition and the signing is undedicated too (ex minus grading).

Scene of the Crime is a 1949 American film noir directed by Roy Rowland, starring Van Johnson, and featuring Gloria DeHaven, and John McIntire. The film's screenplay, by Charles Schnee, is based on a nonfiction article by John Bartlow Martin, "Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders". It was the only property sold by Martin to be made into a film Scene of the Crime was producer Harry Rapf's last film of his thirty-plus year career; he died of a heart attack a week after principal photography for the film began.

"Scene Of The Crime is one of few film noirs attempted by MGM. It came when Dore Schary was the studio head and insisted on producing more realistic films. This is a transitional film from the 1930s gangster film and a forerunner of the modern day TV cop show. It preaches the credo that 'Crime Does Not Pay'.