I suspect it must have been particularly challenging, for even the most experienced of on-set stills photographers to capture great shots which accurately depicted the true intensity of key scenes from “action” movies.

Here are a selection of lobby cards and sets from this eternally popular movie genre..

Baron Samedi the voodoo figure practises his mystical art in a scene from Live and Let Die (1973)
Live and Let Die (1973)
Action | Adventure
Secret Agent James "007" Bond in the grip of the giant Jaws! [scanned-in image]
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Action | Adventure
The Man With the Golden Gun (1974) USA Lobby Card #03 NSS 74/251 [scanned-in image]
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Adventure | Action
Truck Turner (1974) USA Lobby Card #01 NSS 74/173 [scanned-in image]
Truck Turner (1974)
Action | Blaxploitation | Crime
Walking Tall (1973) USA Lobby Card #05 [scanned-in image]
Walking Tall (1973) [x3]
Action | Biopic
Condorman (1981) British "Front of House" colour lobby card [scanned-in image]
Condorman (1981) [UK]
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance
Condorman (1981) American 14" x 11" Title Lobby Card
Condorman (1981) [USA] (14 x 11)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance
Condorman (1981) vintage French cinema lobby card featuring the Condormobile! [scanned-in image]
Condorman (1981) [French set “B”]
Action | Adventure
Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner: The Director's Cut (1992)
Blade Runner (1982) [Photos (x6)]
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi
Kevin Costner in a scene from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Action | Adventure
The late Richard Roundtree starring in Shaft (1971)
Shaft (1971) [UK]
Action | Blaxploitation | Crime
Skyjacked (1972) UK Front of House Lobby Card
Skyjacked (1972) [UK]
Action | Drama
A vintage cinema colour still featuring a scene from The Horsemen (1971)
The Horsemen (1971)
Action | Adventure
The Young Racers (1963) USA Lobby Card #01 NSS 63/201
The Young Racers (1963)
Action | Drama | Sport
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) USA Lobby Card #07 NSS 72/292
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
Western | Action | Drama
Roy Scheider starring in Jaws 2 (1978)
Jaws 2 (1978) [UK]
Action | Horror | Thriller
A scene from Mike Hodges' space-opera Flash Gordon (1980)
Flash Gordon (1980) [UK]
Action | Adventure
Steve McQueen starring in Le Mans (1971)
Le Mans (1971)
Action | Adventure | Sport
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) USA Lobby Card
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Action | Adventure
Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod in Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) [Photo]
Action | Fantasy
Super Mario Bros. (1993) cinema lobby card
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Action | Comedy | Family
With doubt THE most memorable publicity still from Spielberg's E.T. (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [Photos]
Action | Adventure | Family
A vintage lobby card from the 1978 rerelease of Jaws in cinemas
Jaws (1975)
Action | Adventure
Goldfinger (1964) UK Lobby Card featuring Sean Connery and Shirley Eaton
Goldfinger (1964) [UK]
Action | Adventure
An iconic scene from The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection (1971) [USA]
Action | Crime
Badlands (1974) USA Lobby Card #04 NSS 74/94
Badlands (1974)
Action | Crime
Bronco Billy (1980) USA Lobby Card #07 NSS 800013
Bronco Billy (1980)
Action | Adventure
Outland (1981) USA Lobby Card NSS 810031
Outland (1981)
Action | Crime
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Press Kit Photograph ref BK-36
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) [Photos]
Action | Adventure
Solarbabies (1986) USA Lobby Card
Solarbabies (1986)
Action | Adventure
Blue Thunder (1983) lobby card #7
Blue Thunder (1983)
Action | Crime | Drama
A scene from Street Gangs of Hong Kong (1973) (aka "The Delinquent")
Street Gangs of Hong Kong (1973)
Action | Drama
Deathsport (1978)
Deathsport (1978)
Action | Drama
A Prayer for the Dying (1987) cinema lobby card
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Action | Crime | Drama
Harrison Ford in an iconic early scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [14″ x 11″]
Action | Adventure
Condorman (1981) Press Kit Photograph
Condorman (1981) [Photo]
Action | Adventure
A scene from Cobra (1986)
Cobra (1986)
Action | Crime
The Dirty Dozen (1967) vintage American cinema lobby card
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Action | Adventure
Message from Space (1978) cinema lobby card
Message from Space (1978) [10 x 8]
Action | Adventure
Sean Young co-stars as Replicant Rachael in Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982) [Germany]
Sci-Fi | Action
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