HELL'S ANGELS 69 - Vintage Finnish Movie Tour Poster - Near Mint Condition de Directed by Lee Madden and Connie Van Dyke, Starring Tom Stern and Jeremy Slate - 1970

Helsinki: American International Pictures, 1970. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. A Finnish "tour" movie poster for the biker movie Hell's Angels 69, starring Tom Stern. The film did not reach Northern Europe until 1970 and was therefore re-titled accordingly. With only a limited release in Finland (opened in July) this dates this poster to late 1970 The title in Finnish translates as "Hell's Angels Strike". You are looking at a "tour" poster printed for distribution to the small regional cinemas and other venues (e.g. clubs, village halls etc) outside of the main cities following the initial theatrical run. Finnish tour posters are re-sized printings of the normal A2 lobby poster, usually slightly narrower and longer with printed margins at top or bottom (sometimes both) with spacing for information about location, times, ticket prices etc. They were intended for circulation around the area where a screening was due to take place and were therefore posted at bus stops and on telegraph poles as well in shop windows or on community noticeboards etc. They are actually much rarer than cinema-lobby posters because they were a million times more likely to be trashed after use so when they occasionally turn up they are likely to be unused examples. Measures 15.25" by 24" approx. In excellent, clean condition, a rolled poster without folding creases. No nicks or tears to edges. No pinholes, paste residue or clamping marks, probably an unused example. The only very slight fault with the poster is a few small printing marks to the bottom margin and the margin is a trifle tanned, perhaps. The verso is unmarked. C9 - Near Mint.