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Auction History Result 8a0625 BATTLE HELL British quad 1957 Richard Todd, Michael Anderson's Yangtse Incident, ultra rare! Date Sold 3/21/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded British Quad Movie Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (released in the U.S. as "Battle Hell"), the 1957 Michael Anderson English Communist Chinese Revolution war military melodrama ("Pin-pointed by shot and shell on the Yangtze - The day it flowed red! To sail was to be sunk... To stay was to starve!"; "The most amazing adventure a fighting ship and its fighting crew ever encountered... trapped by enemy cannon-fire on the most dangerous water-way in the world!"; "The most incredible naval exploit ever attempted!"; "THE MEN... Unconquerable! THE SHIP... Unsinkable! THE GALLANTRY... Unforgettable!"; "'Under point-blank fire from enemy shore batteries... Our casualties heavy... Ammunition almost gone... We are attacking!'"; "THE COMMANDER... out-gunned... out-manned... he out-fought the enemy! THE COMMISSAR... more a machine than a man! THE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER iron discipline with a steel core of courage! THE ENEMY COLONEL... so polite... so shrewd.... so deadly!"; "The Amethyst story"; "Screenplay by Eric Ambler") starring Richard Todd, Akim Tamiroff, William Hartnell, Keye Luke, Donald Houston, Sophie Stewart, and Robert Urquhart NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: E.M.C. Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have only auctioned one in all our years of auctioning and that was in 2007! Note also that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster has discoloration along portions of the upper and lower horizontal folds and some adjacent vertical foldlines. It has pinholes around the edges with some paper loss at upper right. After proper restoration the very rare poster will display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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