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..

Dillon (Carl Weathers) with Dutch (Schwarzenegger) in Predator (1987)
Predator (1987)
Action | Adventure | Horror
A vintage lobby/front of house card from Raw Deal (1986)
Raw Deal (1986) [UK]
Action | Crime | Thriller
A scene from the SAS drama Who Dares Wins (1983)
The Final Option [Who Dares Wins] (1983)
Action | Thriller
The iconic "Ecto-1" Ghostbusters vehicle in action!
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Action | Comedy
A vintage The Italian Job (1969) USA Lobby Card featuring Mini Cooper cars
The Italian Job (1969)
Action | Comedy
The Running Man (1987) UK Front of House Lobby Card
The Running Man (1987) [UK]
Action | Sci-Fi
Firefox (1982) USA lobby card number 6 (of 8)
Firefox (1982)
Action | Adventure
Sudden Impact (1983) USA Lobby Card 08 NSS 830169
Sudden Impact (1983)
Action | Crime
Part Man. Part Machine. All Cop. RoboCop!
RoboCop (1987)
Action | Crime
Warren Beatty stars as comic book hero Dick Tracy.
Dick Tracy (1990)
Action | Comedy
Peter Weller returns as RoboCop in RoboCop 2 (1990) UK Front of House Lobby Card [scanned-in image]
RoboCop 2 (1990) [UK]
Action | Crime
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) USA Lobby Card #01 NSS 810100
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Action | Adventure
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) USA Lobby Card 06 NSS 840047
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Action | Adventure
Bruce Willis stars as John McClane in Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Action | Thriller
An all-action scene from Die Hard 2 (1990)
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) [UK]
Action | Thriller
A USA lobby card featuring a scene from The Blues Brothers (1980). The scene includes Dan Ackroyd, Ray Charles and John Belushi
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Action | Adventure
Max von Sydow (Ming) alongside Ornella Muti (Princess Aura)
Flash Gordon (1980) [USA]
Action | Adventure
The most memorable marketing image from the film, featuring Sean Connery and Harrison Ford
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Action | Adventure
Sean Connery reprised what was surely his most famed role, as secret agent 007: James Bond
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Adventure | Action
The late Lloyd Bridges in Hot Shots! (1991)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Comedy | Action
The full platoon from Predator (1987)
Predator (1987) [UK]
Action | Adventure | Horror
The Predator
Predator 2 (1990)
Action | Horror
Darkman (1990) UK Lobby Card A
Darkman (1990)
Action | Sci-Fi
Smokey and the Bandit Part III (1983) USA Lobby Card #07 NSS 830101
Smokey and the Bandit Part III (1983)
Action | Comedy
Mel Gibson as Max alongside Tim Burns as "Johnny the Boy" in Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max (1979)
Action | Adventure
Twice Upon a Time (1982) USA Lobby Card #04 NSS 820190
Twice Upon a Time (1983)
Animation | Action
The Net (1995) USA Lobby Card #02
The Net (1995)
Action | Crime
Heller in Pink Tights (1960) USA Lobby Card A NSS 60-52
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
Comedy | Action
Spartacus (1960) Front of House Lobby Card
Spartacus (1960) [UK]
Action | Biopic
Michael Caine starring as Jack Carter in a scene from Mike Hodges' crime classic Get Carter (1971)
Get Carter (1971)
Crime | Action
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Action | Drama
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Front of House Lobby Card C
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Action | Biopic
Rocky III (1982) USA Lobby Card 03 (Sylvester Stallone with Talia Shire)
Rocky III (1982)
Sport | Action | Drama
Roar of the Crowd (1953) USA Lobby Card NSS release 53/257
Roar of the Crowd (1953)
Action | Drama | Romance | Sport
The French Connection (1971) [UK] Card A
The French Connection (1971) [UK]
Crime | Action | Drama | Thriller
Firestarter (1984)
Action | Horror
New Face in Hell (1968) (aka P.J.) UK Lobby Card featuring George Peppard
New Face in Hell (1968)
Drama | Action
An original James Bond 007 Moonraker lobby card, from 1979
Moonraker (1979)
Action | Adventure
The Killer Elite (1975) USA Lobby Card #01
The Killer Elite (1975)
Action | Drama | Thriller
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