ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO

Original British 11 inch x 17 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1967 Arnold Laven Western ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO starring Dean Martin, George Peppard and Jean Simmons, John McIntire, Slim Pickens and Don Galloway.

A former deputy and a strong-willed widow determine to stop a ruthless town boss.

Ad 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 Advertisement is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold and a few staple holes along it.