Poster Title: Shalako
Format: Australian Daybill
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Condition: Very Good (VG) – original fold lines, light handling marks, bright colour saturation; no major edge wear or staining visible.
Year of Release: 1968 (Australian release 1969)
Film Studio: Anglo-Amalgamated
Film Distributors / Dimitri De Grunwald
Production Tagline: “Connery is Shalako – He tamed the West! Bardot is Irina – She tamed Shalako!”
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Honor Blackman, Woody Strode, Peter Van Eyck, Valerie French
Writer: James Griffith (screenplay), based on the novel by Louis L’Amour
Music: Robert Farnon
Genre: Western / Adventure / Romance
Country of Origin (Poster): Australia
Printer: M.A.P.S. Litho Pty Ltd (Melbourne)
Distributor: B.E.F. (British Empire Films)

Design & Features: Vibrant full-colour illustration of Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot in classic Western attire with dynamic action montage below—gunfights, stagecoaches, and desert pursuits. Features contrasting turquoise header and bold red title text. Includes “Not Suitable for Children” classification and B.E.F. logo.

Collectors’ Note: Shalako is one of the few late-1960s British-produced Westerns to feature major Hollywood and European stars. The Australian daybill, with its vivid Technicolor artwork and striking portrait of Connery and Bardot, is a favourite among collectors of crossover Westerns and 1960s cinema art. Increasingly scarce in the Australian market, it combines pop-culture appeal (Connery’s post-Bond career) with classic Western aesthetics, ensuring stable collector demand.