BB17-016 — Endless Night
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YEAR: 1972
FILM STUDIO: British Lion Films / EMI Films
TAGLINE: Only 3 people in 1000 guess the answer to Endless Night
DIRECTOR: Sidney Gilliat
CAST: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, George Sanders, Per Oscarsson
GENRE: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama
POSTER PRINTER: Robert Burton Printers Pty. Ltd. Sydney

POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: Striking original Australian daybill dominated by a large hand-drawn face partially concealed behind a hand, with a single vivid red eye creating the focal point. Bold red MURDER typography and a yellow panel advertising “Agatha Christie’s All-Time Best Seller!” give the design a classic 1970s mystery-thriller appearance. The smaller illustrated couple and strong red, yellow, black and white palette make this a particularly graphic Australian daybill design.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Original Australian daybill for the 1972 screen adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Endless Night, a psychological murder mystery Christie herself regarded as one of her favourite works. The combination of Agatha Christie, Hayley Mills and Britt Ekland, together with the poster’s unusually dramatic illustrated artwork, gives this example crossover appeal to collectors of Christie memorabilia, British cinema, mystery and horror-thriller posters.