Colt Official Police

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The Official Police was manufactured between 1927 to 1969 of fine carbon steel, with bright royal Colt blued as well as nickel plated finishes, and was offered in 4”, 5”, and 6” barrels. It was manufactured in a variety of calibers including .22 LR, .32-20 , .41 Long Colt, and .38 Special. Colt produced over 400,000 revolvers, the Official Police ranks as one of the most successful and well-liked handguns ever made. During World War II the Colt Official Police became the Colt Commando for use by US Government Agencies and for Lend Lease. The most famous agency to use the Colt Commando was the OSS which became the CIA.

==Colt Official Police==
[[Image:ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special]]
[[Image:ColtOP5.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Official Police - 5" Barrel]]

'''Specifications:'''
* Calibers: .22 Long Rifle, .32-20, .38 Special, .41 Long Colt
* Length:
* Barrel Length: 4.00 inches, 5.00 inches, 6.00 inches,

'''The Colt Official Police appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''

=== Film ===
* [[Lew Temple]] as Deputy Tommy Smalls in ''[[Visitation, The|The Visitation]]'' (2006)

* 1940s FBI agent in ''[[Smokin' Aces]]'' (2006)

* [[Josh Hartnett]] as L.A.P.D. Detective Bleichert in ''[[Black Dahlia, The]]'' (2006)

* [[Tom Hanks]] as Paul Edgecomb, [[Barry Pepper]] as Dean Stanton, [[David Morse]] as Brutus "Brutal" Howell and [[Doug Hutchison]] as Percy Wetmore in ''[[The Green Mile]]'' (1999)

* [[Laurence Fishburne]] as "Bumpy" Johnson in ''[[Hoodlum]]'' (1997)

* Police officers in ''[[Fargo]]'' (1996)

* [[Felton Perry]] as an FBI agent in ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' (1994)

* [[Ed Lauter]] as Agent Fitch in ''[[Rocketeer, The|The Rocketeer]]'' (1991)

* [[Tom Atkins]] as Det. Cameron in ''[[Night of the Creeps]]'' (1986)

* [[Harrison Ford]] as Indiana Jones in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' (1984)

* [[James Russo]] as Bugsy in ''[[Once Upon A Time In America]]'' (1984)

* Police officers in ''[[...And Justice For All]]'' (1979)

* ''[[Big Bad Mama]]'' (1974)

* [[Al Pacino]] as Frank Serpico in ''[[Serpico]]'' (1973)

* [[Joanne Linville]] as Sarah in ''[[Scorpio]]'' (1973)

* [[Joe Santos]] as Eddie Van in ''[[The Friends of Eddie Coyle]]'' (1973)

* [[Charles Durning]] as Lt. Snyder in ''[[The Sting]]'' (1973)

* Las Vegas Police in ''[[Night Stalker, The|The Night Stalker]]'' (1972)

* ''[[Across 110th Street]]'' (1972)

* [[Cliff Robertson]] as Lietutenat (jg) Sam Lawson in ''[[Too Late the Hero]]'' (1970)

* [[Michael J. Pollard]] as C.W. Moss in ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]'' (1967)

* [[John Ericson]] as Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd in ''[[Pretty Boy Floyd]]'' (1960)

* [[Jimmy Stewart]] as Agent "Chip" Hardesty in ''[[The FBI Story]]'' (1959)

* [[Murray Hamilton]] as Agent Sam Crandall in ''[[The FBI Story]]'' (1959)

* [[Larry Pennell]] as FBI Trainee George Crandall in ''[[The FBI Story]]'' (1959)

* [[Larry J. Blake]] as Motorcycle Cop in ''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956)

* [[Danny Dayton]] as Digger in ''[[The Enforcer (1951)|The Enforcer]]'' (1951)

* [[Ted de Corsia]] as Joseph Rico in ''[[The Enforcer (1951)|The Enforcer]]'' (1951)

* [[Lloyd Bridges]] as Tris Stewart in ''[[Trapped]]'' (1949)

* [[John Archer]] as Philip Evans in ''[[White Heat]]'' (1949)

* [[Humphrey Bogart]] as Dobbs, [[Walter Huston]] as Howard and [[Tim Holt]] as Curtain in ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'' (1949)

* [[John Dall]] as Bart Tare in ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' (1949)

* ''[[Parole, Inc.]]'' (1948)

* [[Ruby Dandridge]] as Mabel in ''[[Dead Reckoning]]'' (1947)

* ''[[The Hat Box Mystery]]'' (1947)

* [[Ward Bond]] as Bert the cop in ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' (1946)

* [[Humphrey Bogart]] as Philip Marlowe in ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946)

* [[Tommy Rafferty]] as Carol Lundgren in ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946)

* [[Regis Toomey]] as Chief Insp. Bernie Ohls in ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946)

* [[Sonia Darrin]] as Agnes Lowzier in ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946)

* [[Bob Steele]] as Lash Canino in ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946)

* [[Jerome Cowan]] as John Kavanaugh in ''[[Fog Island]]'' (1945)

* [[Roland Drew]] as Carey Wells in ''[[Lady Gangster]]'' (1942)

* [[Willard Robertson]] as Lang in ''[[Each Dawn I Die]]'' (1939)

* [[Edward Pawley]] as Dale in ''[[Each Dawn I Die]]'' (1939)

* [[Maxie Rosenbloom]] as Fargo Red in ''[[Each Dawn I Die]]'' (1939)

* [[Willard Parker]] as Dick Whitewood in ''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]'' (1938)

* [[Edward G. Robinson]] as Remy Marco in ''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]'' (1938)

* [[James Cagney]] as Rocky Sullivan in ''[[Angels With Dirty Faces]]'' (1938)

* [[Murray Alper]] as Horace 'Red' Graham in ''[[Escape by Night]]'' (1937)

* [[Arthur Aylesworth]] as Sheriff Charlie Thornton in ''[[Escape by Night]]'' (1937)

* [[Ward Bond]] as Peter 'Spudsy' Baker in ''[[Escape by Night]]'' (1937)

* [[William Hall]] as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen in ''[[Escape by Night]]'' (1937)

* [[Humphrey Bogart]] as 'Bugs' Fenner in ''[[Bullets or Ballots]]'' (1936)

* [[James Cagney]] as Brick Davis in ''[[G Men]]'' (1935)

* [[George 'Gabby' Hayes]] as Joe the watchman in ''[[Mystery Liner]]'' (1934)

* [[Vince Barnett]] as Studio Officer Gulliver in ''[[The Death Kiss]]'' (1932)

=== Television ===

* [[Sonny Stroyer]] as Deputy Enos Strate on ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)|The Dukes of Hazzard]]''

* [[Matthew Gray Gubler]] as Agent Spencer Reid on ''[[Criminal Minds]]''.

* [[Don Knotts and Andy Griffith]] as Barney Fife and Andy Taylor on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''

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==Colt Commando==
[[Image:ColtCommandoRev2In.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Commando - 2" Barrel]]
[[Image:Cltcommando38.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Commando - 4" Barrel]]

The Colt Commando was the military's adopted version of the Colt Official Police. The Commando was parkerized and outfitted with plain grips or subdued grips with the Colt logo in the plastic. It was issued during World War 2 to governmental agencies not involved directly in the frontline fighting.

'''Specifications:'''
* Calibers: .38 Special
* Length:
* Barrel Length: 2.00 inches, 4.00 inches, 5.00 inches,

'''The Colt Commando appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''

=== Film ===
* [[Ted de Corsia]] as Policeman Randy Kennan in ''[[The Killing]]'' (1956)

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