BB17-015 — City Heat
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YEAR: 1984
FILM STUDIO: The Malpaso Company / Deliverance Productions / Warner Bros.
TAGLINE: Take Clint the street-smart cop... take Burt the wise-guy private eye... and then take cover!
DIRECTOR: Richard Benjamin
CAST: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn, Irene Cara, Richard Roundtree, Tony Lo Bianco
GENRE: Crime, Comedy, Action
POSTER PRINTER: M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd.

POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: Original Australian daybill featuring large illustrated portraits of Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds as 1930s lawmen, both holding revolvers, surrounded by smaller action and character scenes. A red border, bold red star billing and the City Heat street-sign title create a strong period crime-comedy design. The artwork used on this Australian daybill is credited to Julian Pucken.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Original first-release Australian daybill for the 1984 crime comedy City Heat, pairing two major screen stars of the era, Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds. Set in 1930s Kansas City, the film teams Eastwood’s police lieutenant with Reynolds’ private investigator in a Prohibition-era gangster story. The combination of both stars on a single illustrated Australian daybill gives the poster particularly good crossover appeal for Eastwood, Reynolds and 1980s cinema collectors.