SHADOW OF THE EAGLE

Original British 11 inch x 8 1/4 inch Trade Advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly 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 Advertisement is in good to very good condition with a vertical crease 2 inches in from the right.