A striking design features on this US one sheet for the little-seen 1977 film Short Eyes (opens in a new tab), which is based on the Miguel Piñero (opens in a new tab) play of the same name and was directed by Robert M. Young (opens in a new tab). The lead is played by Bruce Davison (opens in a new tab), one of the all-time classic ‘that guy’ character actors. The film sounds like a pretty tough watch if its Wikipedia description is anything to go by:

‘Short Eyes is set in an unnamed House of Detention in New York City, the prisoners of which are predominantly black or Puerto Rican. One day, a new prisoner is brought in: Clark Davis, a young, middle-class white man accused of raping a young girl. His fellow prisoners immediately turn on him —pedophiles are considered the lowest form of prison life — except for Juan, one of the institution’s older prisoners, who treats him with dignity. While Davis insists he doesn’t remember raping the girl, he admits that he has molested several other children.’

Despite the subject matter it was reviewed well on release and was praised for its realistic depiction of prison life. The film was recently released on blu-ray should you wish to check it out.

The poster design is credited to LSC&P Design Group Inc about whom I’ve been unable to discover much. There’s this page (opens in a new tab) of some of their work on the AIGA website. It also appears to have been (opens in a new tab) a company that was originally founded by the famous designer Herb Lubalin (opens in a new tab).