🤠 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1964 RE-RELEASE

Original UK Quad Poster – United Artists
Format: UK Quad (30 × 40 in)
Country: United Kingdom
Distributor: United Artists
Film Process: Panavision / Colour by DeLuxe
Year of Original UK Release: 1960

🎨 VERSION IDENTIFICATION & DETAILS

Your poster is the original UK quad from the 1964 British re-release, identifiable by:

✅ 1. Large Orange Upper Field

Dominated by the giant white typography:
“THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN”,
with the tagline above:
“They fought like seven hundred…”

✅ 2. Silhouette Rider Artwork

A row of seven mounted gunfighters in black silhouette riding across a fiery orange-to-yellow gradient horizon. This layout is used only on the early UK quad.

✅ 3. Star-Billed Strip Featuring:

• YUL BRYNNER (left photo inset)

• STEVE McQUEEN (right photo inset)

• ELI WALLACH

• CHARLES BRONSON

• ROBERT VAUGHN

• HORST BUCHHOLZ (“Introducing” credit)

🖼️ POSTER DESCRIPTION:

This quad features one of the most iconic Western poster compositions ever issued in the UK.

Upper Half — Dominant Orange Sky

A bold orange field fades into deep red, symbolising heat, dust, and frontier warfare. The typography is huge and imposing, capturing the epic scale of the film.

Middle Silhouettes — The Seven Ride Together

A dramatic frieze of black silhouettes charges across the horizon:

• Hats, rifles, and dust clouds create an immediately recognisable Western iconography.

• This strip is unique to UK advertising and has become synonymous with the film’s British poster identity.

Lower Section — Star Billing & Photographic Portraits

• Yul Brynner appears at left with his signature shaved head and black hat—a striking portrait that collectors love.

• Steve McQueen, young and defiant, anchors the right portrait box.

• The credit block lists the remaining cast: Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn (absent from photo section), and Horst Buchholz.

Credit Block

Directed by John Sturges, screenplay by William Roberts, executive producer Walter Mirisch.
Music by Elmer Bernstein, whose score remains one of cinema’s most famous themes.

⭐ COLLECTABILITY & RARITY

The original UK quad is:

✔ Highly collectible

The Magnificent Seven is one of the most important Westerns ever made, and posters from the original UK release continue to appreciate.

✔ Scarcer than U.S. one-sheets

Far fewer quads were printed, and fewer still survive in collectible condition.

✔ The most desirable British version

The illustrated quad is more sought after than reissues because:

• It features the best artwork by Bob Peak

• It prominently shows Brynner and McQueen

• It uses the iconic silhouette riders not present on U.S. posters

✔ Strong crossover appeal

Collectors of:

• Westerns

• Steve McQueen memorabilia

• United Artists

• Mirisch Company films

• 1960s classic cinema

📜 CONDITION ASSESSMENT:

• Listed in Very Fine condition.

• Standard pre-1985 original fold lines clearly present

• Moderate fold wear but no major paper loss

• Strong colour retention (the orange field commonly fades)

• No major tears or stains

• Corners and borders look clean but have small pinholes (see photo)