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Auction: 23147 - Original Vintage Film Posters
Lot: 11

Bullitt (1968)
Original US poster, international style

Unframed: 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm)

Linen backed

This is one of the rarest and most sought-after posters on this classic 60s title as it was only produced for international use, and therefore far fewer were printed. The artwork was also only used on this poster.

This action thriller was directed by Peter Yates, and stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset. It is undoubtedly Steve McQueen's most famous role, where he plays San Francisco Police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt. Bullitt and his team are given the important task of guarding, who they think is, mobster Johnny Ross over the weekend, as Ross is due to give evidence on the Monday, in a Senate subcommittee hearing on organised crime. Things don't go quite to plan when two hitmen burst in and shoot Ross, who later dies in hospital. Bullitt is then determined to find who was behind killing the witness in his protection, and in doing so a bigger story unfolds. The other star of the film is the 1968 Ford Mustang, which Bullitt drives in the exciting, and now classic car chase scenes.

Excellent condition, colours remaining very bright, very minor restoration to folds.

Material of piece: Paper, backed on linen

LITERATURE:

Film Posters of the 60s, Aurum Press Limited, 1997, p. 74

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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000