BITE THE BULLET 1975 Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn UK QUAD POSTER

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1975 Richard Brooks Western BITE THE BULLET starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent and Dabney Coleman.

A newspaper organises a gruelling 700-mile horse race across the wilderness, with a substantial cash prize at stake. Two former cavalry soldiers must put their friendship to one side to compete for first place, but face stiff competition in a cunning prostitute, an English sportsman and a cocky would-be gunslinger.

Poster 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 i