Description
Bold red banner text reading “CLINT EASTWOOD / THE GAUNTLET” cuts across this Japanese theatrical release poster for the 1977 action film, with the Japanese title カントレット rendered in dramatic black brushstroke lettering across the lower half. The large central image shows Eastwood in aviator sunglasses gripping a revolver beside Sondra Locke, framed above by scenes of a bullet-riddled Greyhound bus surrounded by riot police and below by a motorcycle chase with an explosion on a desert hillside — capturing the film’s signature stunt sequence in which the bus is shredded by tens of thousands of rounds.
Japanese-language credit text along the bottom lists the director, producer, and cast including Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, and William Prince, along with the Warner Bros. and Malpaso Company production credits. Text along the top and right side references the film’s large-scale special effects and 4-channel stereo sound presentation, and the poster is printed in the vertical Japanese B2 theatrical format typical of Warner Bros. releases from this period.
The poster is currently housed in a protective plastic sleeve and shows visible creasing and light wrinkling across the surface, along with small pinholes at each corner consistent with having been mounted or displayed at one time. No tears, water staining, or color fading is apparent through the sleeve.
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