COLOSSUS OF RHODES

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1961 Sergio Leone Adventure THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES (IL COLOSSO DI RODI) starring Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal and Conrado San Martín.

The Colossus of Rhodes is a fictional account of the island of Rhodes during its Classical period in the late third century before coming under Roman control, using the Colossus of Rhodes as a backdrop for the story of a war hero who becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow a tyrannical king: one by Rhodian patriots and the other by Phoenician agents.

The film was Leone’s first work as a credited director, in a genre where he already had worked before (as the replacement director for The Last Days of Pompeii and as a secondary director for both Ben-Hur and Quo Vadis). It is perhaps the least known of the seven films he officially directed, and is notable for being the only one without an Ennio Morricone score.

The poster is in very good folded condition with extra folds close to the originals and slight creasing at the upper left corner.