UGLY AMERICAN 1962 Marlon Brando, Pat Hingle RENATO FRATINI UK QUAD POSTER

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1962 George Englund Drama THE UGLY AMERICAN, based on the novel by William J. Lederer and starring Marlon Brando, Pat Hingle, Arthur Hill, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle, Jocelyn Brando, Kukrit Pramoj, Judson Pratt, Reiko Sato and George Shibata.

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?.

Poster art by Renato Fratini (1932 - 1973). An Italian commercial artist who specialised in cinema posters. In Italy he worked in Augusto Favalli’s studio, a major producer of Italian posters. He then moved to London at the behest of Eric Pulford, who ran the Downton agency, which had accounts with Rank and several other film companies. There Fratini enjoyed a successful career throughout the 1960s.

Poster printed by Charles & Read Ltd., London

The poster is in very good folded condition with corner pinholes.