Bullitt

About the Item

Original German film poster for the action thriller 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 mobster Johnny Ross over the weekend, as Ross is due to give evidence on the Monday, in a Senate subcommittee hearing on organized 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. The poster is is conservation linen backed and would be shipped rolled in a strong tube,

Dimensions:

Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Place of Origin:

Germany

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

1968

Condition:

Repaired: Very good condition, with the colours remaining very bright. Minor restoration to folds. Posters of this age were disributed folded so the restoration to the folds is quite normal.

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU989139132682

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