A Bullet for Pretty Boy - Revision history

Ben41 at 06:38, 28 May 2019

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	==M1911A1==		==M1911A1==
	The federal agent who accompanies Hossler for much of the film carries a [[M1911A1]] pistol.		The federal agent who accompanies Hossler for much of the film carries an [[M1911A1]] pistol.
	[[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|none\|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war.]]		[[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|none\|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war.]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-1911a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A federal agent aims his M1911A1 during the film's climax.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-1911a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A federal agent aims his M1911A1 during the film's climax.]]

Ben41 at 06:37, 28 May 2019

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	''A Bullet for Pretty Boy'' ~~starred~~ [[Fabian Forte]] in a very fictionalized and simplified retelling of the life and crimes of Depression-era outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Directed by Larry Buchanan and an uncredited Maury Dexter, this was one of a wave of low-budget 1930s-set crime films released by American International Pictures in the wake of ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]''.		'''''A Bullet for Pretty Boy''''' is a 1970 gangster film starring [[Fabian Forte]] in a very fictionalized and simplified retelling of the life and crimes of Depression-era outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Directed by Larry Buchanan and an uncredited Maury Dexter, this was one of a wave of low-budget 1930s-set crime films released by American International Pictures in the wake of ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (1967)]]''.
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	==Winchester Model 1894==		==Winchester Model 1894==
	Prison guards are armed with [[Winchester Model 1894]] rifles with plated receivers while overseeing Floyd and his fellow prisoners at the work camp.		Prison guards are armed with [[Winchester Model 1894]] rifles with plated receivers while overseeing Floyd and his fellow prisoners at the work camp.
			[[Image:PheonixentWinchester1894.jpg\|thumb\|none\|450px\|Winchester 1894 - .30-30]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A prison guard stands with his rifle.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A prison guard stands with his rifle.]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The rifle-toting prison guard talks to Floyd about his treatment of equipment.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The rifle-toting prison guard talks to Floyd about his treatment of equipment.]]

Speakeasy804 at 04:54, 28 May 2019

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	[[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|none\|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war.]]		[[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|none\|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war.]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-1911a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A federal agent aims his M1911A1 during the film's climax.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-1911a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A federal agent aims his M1911A1 during the film's climax.]]

			==Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model "Triple Lock"==
			Sheriff Taylor ([[Troy Hoskins]]), the rural lawman who encounters a sleeping Floyd and "Preacher", draws a nickel revolver with a shrouded ejector rod that appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector Series#Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector 1st Model "Triple Lock"\|Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model "Triple Lock"]]. In real life, this lawman was Wellsville, Ohio, police chief John H. Fultz, who was carrying a .32-caliber revolver for the capture of Adam Richetti on October 20, 1934.
			[[File:HEnickleTriple.jpg\|none\|thumb\|350px\|Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector "Triple Lock" with nickel finish and pearl grips.]]
			[[Image:BulletforPB-SWRev1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Sheriff Taylor draws his Smith & Wesson revolver on "Preacher".]]

	==Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snubnose==		==Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snubnose==
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	[[Image:BulletforPB-SWSnub1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|William falls with his Model 10 next to him.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-SWSnub1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|William falls with his Model 10 next to him.]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-SWSnub3.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Ned holds his Model 10 on bank customers during a robbery.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-SWSnub3.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Ned holds his Model 10 on bank customers during a robbery.]]

	~~==Smith & Wesson Model 66==~~
	Sheriff Taylor ([[Troy Hoskins]]), the rural lawman who encounters a sleeping Floyd and "Preacher", draws a stainless revolver with a shrouded ejector rod that appears to be an anachronistic [[Smith & Wesson Model 66]]. In real life, this lawman was Wellsville, Ohio, police chief John H. Fultz, who was carrying a .32-caliber revolver for the capture of Adam Richetti on October 20, 1934.
	~~[[Image:Smith-&-Wesson-Model-66.jpg\|thumb\|none\|350px\|Smith & Wesson Model 66 with 4" barrel - .357 Magnum]]~~
	~~[[Image:BulletforPB-SWRev1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Sheriff Taylor draws his Smith & Wesson revolver on "Preacher".]]~~

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	[[Image:BulletforPB-Winchester3.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|"Preacher" attempts to fire his Winchester in vain after he is cornered.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Winchester3.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|"Preacher" attempts to fire his Winchester in vain after he is cornered.]]

	==~~Unidentified Lever-Action Rifle~~==		==Winchester Model 1894==
	Prison guards are armed with ~~lever-action~~ rifles while overseeing Floyd and his fellow prisoners at the work camp.		Prison guards are armed with [[Winchester Model 1894]] rifles with plated receivers while overseeing Floyd and his fellow prisoners at the work camp.
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A prison guard stands with his rifle.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2a.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A prison guard stands with his rifle.]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The rifle-toting prison guard talks to Floyd about his treatment of equipment.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle2b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The rifle-toting prison guard talks to Floyd about his treatment of equipment.]]

	==Unidentified Rifle==		==Unidentified Rifle==
	Jack Dowler ([[Hugh Feagin]]) one of Ruby's old suitors, shoots Floyd's father with a rifle after a fight at Floyd and Ruby's wedding. Floyd is jailed when he goes to confront Jack and accidentally kills him, the film's way of both simplifying the early years of Floyd's life—combining his 1925 marriage and first arrest and the 1929 murder of his father,—and providing a more "acceptable" explanation for his life of crime. In fact, Floyd's father was well alive when Floyd was arrested in September 1925 for holding up a Kroger grocery store. Floyd's father was killed in an Oklahoma feud with neighbor Jim Mills in late 1929, and it's rumored that Floyd had a hand in the retributive killing of Mills, but that certainly wasn't what sent him to jail or set him on the path to a life of crime.		Jack Dowler ([[Hugh Feagin]]) one of Ruby's old suitors, shoots Floyd's father with a bolt-action rifle after a fight at Floyd and Ruby's wedding. Floyd is jailed when he goes to confront Jack and accidentally kills him, the film's way of both simplifying the early years of Floyd's life—combining his 1925 marriage and first arrest and the 1929 murder of his father,—and providing a more "acceptable" explanation for his life of crime. In fact, Floyd's father was well alive when Floyd was arrested in September 1925 for holding up a Kroger grocery store. Floyd's father was killed in an Oklahoma feud with neighbor Jim Mills in late 1929, and it's rumored that Floyd had a hand in the retributive killing of Mills, but that certainly wasn't what sent him to jail or set him on the path to a life of crime.
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle1b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Jack aims his rifle at the Floyd family.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle1b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Jack aims his rifle at the Floyd family.]]

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	==Unidentified Pump-Action Shotgun==		==Unidentified Pump-Action Shotgun==
	Many rural lawmen carry pump-action shotguns.		Many rural lawmen carry pump-action shotguns that appear to be either a J.C. Higgins Model 20 or a Winchester Model 120 with a ventilated rib and a Cutts compensator.
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Shotgun1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A lawman outside the Farmers & Merchants Bank aims his shotgun at Floyd's gang.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Shotgun1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A lawman outside the Farmers & Merchants Bank aims his shotgun at Floyd's gang.]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Shotgun2.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A lawman fires his shotgun during Floyd's last stand.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Shotgun2.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A lawman fires his shotgun during Floyd's last stand.]]

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	==Unidentified Rifle==		==Unidentified Rifle==
	Jack Dowler ([[Hugh Feagin]]) one of Ruby's old suitors, shoots Floyd's father with a rifle after a fight at Floyd and Ruby's wedding. Floyd is jailed when he goes to confront Jack and accidentally kills him, the film's way of both simplifying the early years of Floyd's life—combining his 1925 marriage and first arrest and the 1929 murder of his father,—and providing a more "acceptable" explanation for his life of crime. In fact, Floyd's father was well alive when Floyd was arrested in September 1925 for holding up a Kroger grocery store. Floyd's father was killed in an Oklahoma feud with neighbor Jim Mills in late 1929, and it's rumored that Floyd had a hand in the retributive killing of Mills, but that certainly wasn't what sent him to jail or set him on the path to a life of crime.		Jack Dowler ([[Hugh Feagin]]) one of Ruby's old suitors, shoots Floyd's father with a rifle after a fight at Floyd and Ruby's wedding. Floyd is jailed when he goes to confront Jack and accidentally kills him, the film's way of both simplifying the early years of Floyd's life—combining his 1925 marriage and first arrest and the 1929 murder of his father,—and providing a more "acceptable" explanation for his life of crime. In fact, Floyd's father was well alive when Floyd was arrested in September 1925 for holding up a Kroger grocery store. Floyd's father was killed in an Oklahoma feud with neighbor Jim Mills in late 1929, and it's rumored that Floyd had a hand in the retributive killing of Mills, but that certainly wasn't what sent him to jail or set him on the path to a life of crime.
	[[Image:BulletforPB-~~Rifle1a~~.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Jack aims his rifle at the Floyd family~~.]]~~		[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle1b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Jack aims his rifle at the Floyd family.]]
	~~[[Image:BulletforPB-Rifle1b.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Jack with his rifle~~.]]

	=Shotguns=		=Shotguns=

Speakeasy804 at 23:22, 27 May 2019

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	[[Image:BulletforPB-Tommy7.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Floyd holds his Thompson during a bank robbery.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Tommy7.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Floyd holds his Thompson during a bank robbery.]]
	[[Image:BulletforPB-Tommy8.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Floyd makes his last stand after driving an old Model A into the lake.]]		[[Image:BulletforPB-Tommy8.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Floyd makes his last stand after driving an old Model A into the lake.]]
			[[Image:Abulletforprettyboypic2.jpg\|thumb\|none\|500px\|Production photo of [[Fabian Forte]] holding a Thompson.]]

	=Rifles=		=Rifles=

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	\|character10=William Ash		\|character10=William Ash
	\|actor10=[[[Gene Ross]]		\|actor10=[[Gene Ross]]
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	\|distributor=American International Pictures		\|distributor=American International Pictures
	\|character1=Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd		\|character1=Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd
	\|actor1=[[Fabian Forte]]]		\|actor1=[[Fabian Forte]]
	\|character2=Betty		\|character2=Betty
	\|actor2=[[Jocelyn Lane]]		\|actor2=[[Jocelyn Lane]]

Speakeasy804 at 23:16, 27 May 2019

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	~~'''~~''A Bullet for Pretty Boy'' starred [[Fabian Forte]] in a very fictionalized and simplified retelling of the life and crimes of Depression-era outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Directed by Larry Buchanan and an uncredited Maury Dexter, this was one of a wave of low-budget 1930s-set crime films released by American International Pictures in the wake of ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]''.~~'''~~		''A Bullet for Pretty Boy'' starred [[Fabian Forte]] in a very fictionalized and simplified retelling of the life and crimes of Depression-era outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Directed by Larry Buchanan and an uncredited Maury Dexter, this was one of a wave of low-budget 1930s-set crime films released by American International Pictures in the wake of ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]''.
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Speakeasy804 at 23:16, 27 May 2019

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	'''''A Bullet for Pretty Boy'' starred [[Fabian Forte]] in a very fictionalized and simplified retelling of the life and crimes of Depression-era outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Directed by Larry Buchanan and an uncredited Maury Dexter, this was one of a wave of low-budget 1930s-set crime films released by American International Pictures in the wake of ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]''.'''		'''''A Bullet for Pretty Boy'' starred [[Fabian Forte]] in a very fictionalized and simplified retelling of the life and crimes of Depression-era outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Directed by Larry Buchanan and an uncredited Maury Dexter, this was one of a wave of low-budget 1930s-set crime films released by American International Pictures in the wake of ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]''.'''
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