Description
Bold red sunburst graphics and a collage of action stills anchor this vintage Japanese release poster for Scorpio, the 1973 espionage thriller starring Alain Delon and Burt Lancaster. The central artwork features Delon in a sharp black suit brandishing a pistol, set against a towering close-up of Lancaster in a flat cap, with smaller inset photos depicting a Concorde jet, a car chase past the Eiffel Tower, gunfights, and an explosion at a construction site — all classic elements of the Cold War-era CIA-versus-KGB storyline referenced in the top tagline.
The poster is printed in Japanese, with the film’s title rendered in large red katakana as “Scorpio” alongside a stylized scorpion graphic, and the stars’ names listed in Japanese script: Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, and Gayle Hunnicutt. Credits for United Artists, producer Walter Mirisch, director Michael Winner, cinematographer Robert Paynter, and composer Jerry Fielding appear along the bottom margin, along with a small Japanese film-rating (Eirin) stamp. The poster is currently housed in a clear plastic display sleeve, mounted with small acrylic corner pins.
Colors remain bright and the paper is free of major tears, with the image showing the expected light handling creases from age and prior folding, most visible as faint vertical lines running through the composition. Edges are clean and the sleeve appears to be protecting the piece from further handling wear.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.