Artwork by Brian Bysouth on this quad for the UK release of Saigon (opens in a new tab), which is also known as Off Limits in the USA. As the international title suggests, the film is set during the Vietnam war and sees two military policemen played by Willem Dafoe (opens in a new tab) and Gregory Hines (opens in a new tab) investigating the deaths of several prostitutes in Saigon’s red light district. It soon becomes clear that the prime suspect is a high-ranking US Army officer and that the two cops are in for more than they bargained for.

Despite a strong supporting cast, including Scott Glenn (opens in a new tab), Keith David (opens in a new tab) and Fred Ward (opens in a new tab), the film appears to have failed to make much of a box-office or critical impact. It certainly saw none of the success of Dafoe’s previous Vietnam-based film, the oscar-winning Platoon (opens in a new tab). The film features some brilliantly odd character names, such as Buck McGriff (Dafoe) and Albaby Perkins (Hines).

Bysouth’s artwork has similar star portraits to the ones seen on the US one sheet (opens in a new tab), but the street scene and other characters are unique to the quad. In 2012 I met and interviewed the artist.

See the other posters I’ve collected by the artist.

The trailer for the film can be seen on YouTube (opens in a new tab).