BITE THE BULLET

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1975 Richard Brooks Western BITE THE BULLET starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent and Dabney Coleman.

A newspaper organises a gruelling 700-mile horse race across the wilderness, with a substantial cash prize at stake. Two former cavalry soldiers must put their friendship to one side to compete for first place, but face stiff competition in a cunning prostitute, an English sportsman and a cocky would-be gunslinger.

Poster art by Brian Bysouth.

Brian Bysouth was born in London in 1936 and attended Willesden Art School as a junior. He joined Downtons agency in the late 1950s where his first accepted film art was for “Tiger Bay”. Apart from a short break with another agency he stayed with Downtons until 1973 when he went freelance. In 1983 he joined Feref Associates where he stayed till his retirement in 2002. In his 40 odd year career he has produced some of the most iconic film posters, from the initial “Tiger Bay” to “Cromwell”, “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad”, “The Island at the Top of the World”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Big Trouble in Little China”, “The Bounty” and “The Emerald Forest”.

The poster is in very good folded condition.