SHADOW OF THE EAGLE

Original U.S. 22 inch x 28 inch Half Sheet Poster for the 1950 Sidney Salkow Adventure SHADOW OF THE EAGLE, based on the story “Tarakanova” by Jacques Companéez and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Greta Gynt, Binnie Barnes, Charles Goldner, Hugh French and Walter Rilla.

Set during the reign of Russia’s Catherine the Great, dashing Count Orlof (Richard Greene) is dispatched to Venice to kidnap Princess Elizabeth (Valentina Cortesa), a pretender to Catherine’s throne. Falling in love with the princess, Orloff casts his lot with Elizabeth’s followers. When Catherine (Binnie Barnes) finally gets her clutches on Elizabeth and sentences her to death, Orloff nobly offers to die in her place.

The poster is in very good folded condition with a full length vertical crease 1 1/4 inches in from the left edge