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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Movie<br />
|name = Ricco <br />
|picture = Ricco Poster.jpg<br />
|caption = ''English Language Release Poster''<br />
|country = [[Image:ITA.jpg|25px]] Italy<BR>[[Image:ESP_45-77.jpg|25px]] Spain<br />
|director =Tulio Demicheli<br />
|date= 1973<br />
|language =<br />
|studio=B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l.<BR>Tecisa<br />
|distributor=<br />
|character1=Ricco Aversi<br />
|actor1=[[Christopher Mitchum]]<br />
|character2=Scilla Calogero<br />
|actor2=[[Barbara Bouchet]]<br />
|character3=Don Vito<br />
|actor3=[[Arthur Kennedy]]<br />
|character4=Rosa<br />
|actor4=Malisa Longo<br />
|character5=Cyrano <br />
|actor5=[[Eduardo Fajardo]]<br />
|character6=The Marsigliese<br />
|actor6=[[Jose Maria Caffarel]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ricco''''' (original Italian title ''Un tipo con una faccia strana ti cerca per ucciderti'' (A guy with a strange face looking for you to kill you); also released in English as ''Ricco the Mean Machine'' and ''Cauldron of Death'') is an Italian-Spanish English language 1973 crime drama directed by Tulio Demicheli. The boss of Turin mafia is killed by his rivals. Two years later his son Ricco ([[Christopher Mitchum]]) is released from prison and now plans to avenge his father's death.<br />
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= Handguns =<br />
== Vis wz. 35 ==<br />
A [[Vis wz. 35]] is used by Ricco's father Gaspare Aversi ([[Luis Induni]]) in the opening scene. In the final scene Ricco ([[Christopher Mitchum]]) uses his father's pistol.<br />
[[Image:PistoletWZ35 RADOM.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Vis wz. 35 - 9x19mm]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Vis-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wounded Gaspare Aversi draws his pistol.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Vis-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Slide mounted safety is seen.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Vis-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ricco takes the pistol.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Vis-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ricco holds the pistol in the final scene.]]<br />
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== Star Model A ==<br />
[[Star Model A]] pistols are widely used by the criminals (it is possibly the same movie prop). In the opening scene Don Vito ([[Arthur Kennedy]]) uses a Star to finish Gaspare Aversi. Later Cyrano ([[Eduardo Fajardo]]) uses a suppressed Star. The pistol has a curved mainspring housing in [[M1911A1]] style that matches 1931 version of Model A.<br />
[[File:Star Model A.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Star Model A - 9x23mm Largo]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Star-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Don Vito murders Gaspare Aversi. Note the hole in the hammer, a typical feature of Model A, and lanyard ring.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Star-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A henchman fires at escaping Ricco.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Star-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another henchman in shootout with Ricco.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Star-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cyrano holds a suppressed pistol.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Star-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cyrano's pistol on the ground.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Star-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Scilla Calogero ([[Barbara Bouchet]]) holds Cyrano's pistol.]]<br />
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== Astra 400/600 ==<br />
An [[Astra 400]] or [[Astra 600|600]] pistol is used by Don Vito ([[Arthur Kennedy]]) in the final scene.<br />
[[File:Astra 400 right.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Astra 400 - 9x23mm Largo]]<br />
[[Image:Astra600.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Astra 600 - 9x19mm]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Astra-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Don Vito covers behind barrels with Astra pistol in hand.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Astra-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The barrel is seen.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Astra-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pistol runs dry.]]<br />
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== Walther P38 ==<br />
Some of Don Vito's henchmen carry [[Walther P38]] pistols.<br />
[[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-P38-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A hitman waits with a P38 in hand.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-P38-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A P38-wielding henchman chases Ricco.]]<br />
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== Arminius HW-10 ==<br />
Some of Don Vito's henchmen carry [[Arminius HW-10]] revolvers. When Ricco escapes from Don Vito's estate, he disarms a henchman and uses his revolver.<br />
[[Image:Arminius HW10.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Arminius HW-10 - 9mm blank firing]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Arminius-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ricco ([[Christopher Mitchum]]) holds an Arminius revolver.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Arminius-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ricco fires.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Arminius-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Arminius-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Arminius revolvers are seen in the scene of the assassination of Ricco's family.]]<br />
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== Unidentified revolvers ==<br />
Revolvers that are seen in hands of Don Vito's henchmen resemble [[Smith & Wesson Military & Police]] or some of its Spanish counterparts but as they are seen only in darkness, a positive identification is hampered.<br />
[[File:Orbea8mm.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Orbea Revolver 1892 Espagnol - 8 x 27mm M1892. This Spanish-manufactured clone of M&P revolver was widely used by French army during WW1.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Revolver-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A revolver-wielding henchman is shot in the opening scene.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Revolver-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Revolver-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Don Vito's driver holds a revolver in the final scene.]]<br />
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= Rifles =<br />
== Bolt Action Sniper Rifle ==<br />
In one scene The Marsigliese ([[Jose Maria Caffarel]]), Don Vito's partner in crime business, holds a bolt action rifle with sniper scope. Ricco ([[Christopher Mitchum]]) disarms him in brawl and uses the rifle as a club.<br />
[[File:Ricco-Rifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marsigliese holds Ricco at gunpoint.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Rifle-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ricco mauls Marsigliese with the buttstock.]]<br />
[[File:Ricco-Rifle-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ricco holds the rifle.]]<br />
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= Trivia =<br />
[[File:Ricco the Mean Machine Poster.jpg|thumb|none|300px|''Ricco the Mean Machine'' poster.]]<br />
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