I WAS MONTY’S DOUBLE

Original Polish 22 1/4 inch x 33 inch Poster for the 1959 John Guillermin Wartime Drama I WAS MONTY’S DOUBLE, based on the book by Clifton James and starring M.E. Clifton James as Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery’s double , John Mills, Cecil Parker, Bryan Forbes, Marius Goring, Patrick Allen, Patrick Holt, Leslie Phillips, Michael Hordern, Duncan Lamont, Kenneth J. Warren, James Hayter, Sidney James, Edward Judd, Victor Maddern, Bryan Forbes, Alfie Bass, John Le Mesurier, Walter Gotell, David Lodge, Marne Maitland, Vera Day, Sam Kydd and Allan Cuthbertson, .

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German’s about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

Poster art by Marian Stachurski Born in Lazy 1931, Marian Stachurski studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under Henryk Tomaszewski. Stachurski created film posters from the late-1950s through the mid-70s, for both domestic and international films. He worked in quite a comical cartoon-style manner.

The poster is in fine folded condition.