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Auction History Result 7k242 TO TRAP A SPY linen int'l 1sh 1966 Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, The Man from UNCLE! Date Sold 6/15/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1966 Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked International One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) To Trap a Spy, the 1964 feature movie based on the pilot episode for the television (TV) series, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", the Don Medford spy espionage crime action adventure comedy spoof ("America's favorite U.N.C.L.E.s have a date with danger!"; "there are a thousand thrilling ways 'To Trap a Spy'!"; adapted from the episodes "The Vulcan Affair" and "The Four Steps Affair" of the TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."; "DANGER: U.N.C.L.E.s at work!"; "Join these two amazing undercover agents in the kind of wild, way-out action that made them famous!"; "Only the Men from U.N.C.L.E. stand between this country and disaster."; "A feature length hit from the TV show!"; "Written by Sam Rolfe"; the two episodes were joined together and re-edited to make a single feature movie) starring Robert Vaughn ("as Mr. [Napoleon] Solo"; "as 'Napoleon Solo'"), David McCallum ("as 'Illya'"; as Illya Kuryakin), Luciana Paluzzi (billed as "Special Guest Star Luciana Paluzzi"), Patricia Crowley, Fritz Weaver, and William Marshall. Note that this TV show was immensely popular in the U.S., and because of that, the first episodes were edited into a feature movie that was released theatrically in 1964. But because the show remained extremely popular, the producers were able to give that same feature movie U.S. distribution in 1966, even though it was a re-edited version of the first TV shows (the show was that popular!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is a one-sheet that was printed by MGM for a European movie that they distributed in the U.S.. Somewhere in the early 1960s, MGM apparently made a huge "trade" deal with European movie distributors. From the early 1960s to the late 1960s, MGM released 100 or more non-U.S. movies in the U.S. under the MGM logo (some dating back to the 1950s), and in return, they apparently gave 100 or more MGM movies (from the 1950s and early 1960s) to those European distributors to release in Europe. All of the posters from both sets of releases have a very similar type of somewhat garish, very colorful artwork, and most have an MGM logo that is different from that on other MGM movies of the same time period. None of these posters (except for the very first few of them) have any dates on them. Over the years, I have seen many of these posters (from both types) sold as first release, but I believe that they are all mid to late 1960s re-releases, and that the ones from U.S. movies are "international" posters. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. The poster was displayed and the yellows have faded, but oddly, some of the reds have not. It also had tears and small paper loss scattered down the vertical fold and pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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