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Police Python 357 | {{Infobox Movie | ||
[[Image: | |name = Police Python 357 | ||
|picture = Police Python 357.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Original French Poster'' | |||
|country = [[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France<BR>[[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] West Germany | |||
|director = [[Alain Corneau]] | |||
|date= 1976 | |||
|language = French | |||
|studio= Albina Productions<BR>TIT Filmproduktion GmbH | |||
|distributor= | |||
|character1=Inspector Marc Ferrot | |||
|actor1=[[Yves Montand]] | |||
|character2=Commissioner Victor Ganay | |||
|actor2=[[François Périer]] | |||
|character3=Thérèse Ganay | |||
|actor3=[[Simone Signoret]] | |||
|character4=Sylvia Leopardi | |||
|actor4=Stefania Sandrelli | |||
|character5=Inspector Ménard | |||
|actor5=[[Mathieu Carrière]] | |||
|character6=Inspector Abadie | |||
|actor6=Vadim Glowna | |||
}} | |||
'''''[[Police Python 357]]''''' is a French 1976 crime thriller directed by [[Alain Corneau]] and starring [[Yves Montand]] as Orleans police inspector Marc Ferrot. The film is named after the eponymous revolver that is Ferrot's weapon of choice. | |||
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Note that | = Handguns = | ||
[[Image: | == Colt Python == | ||
The [[Colt Python|titular gun]] is displayed prominently throughout the film in hands of Inspector Marc Ferrot ([[Yves Montand]]). In one scene Sylvia Leopardi (Stefania Sandrelli) briefly holds Ferrot's revolver. | |||
[[Image:Colt-Python.jpg|thumb|300px|none|[[Colt Python]] with 4" Barrel and factory wood grips - .357 Magnum]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Python is seen during the opening credits.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ferrot loads the revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ferrot trains at the range, using several different positions. ]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He opens the cylinder. Note that one brass stucks and doesn't fall like others.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Python-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ferrot cleans the revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt28.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ferrot uses the revolver in the final shootout, during the armored car robbery.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt29.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt30.jpg|thumb|none|600px|While the cylinder holes seem not completely round, it is only an optical illusion.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt31.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ferrot puts the Python back in holser after the shootout.]] | |||
== | == Walther PP == | ||
Commissaire Ganay's ([[François Périer]]) personal handgun is a [[Walther PP]]. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:Walther-PP-Post-War.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP. Though most of the pistols built immediately after the war were made by ''Manurhin'' of France (under license), the guns are marked ''"Made in West Germany"''.]] | ||
[[File:Police Python 357-WaltherPP-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Walther PP and [[Astra Cub]] in drawer.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-WaltherPP-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ganay loads the pistol.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ganay draws his pistol.]] | |||
== | == Astra Cub == | ||
An [[Astra Cub]] is seen in hands of Thérèse Ganay ([[Simone Signoret]]). | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:AstraCub.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Astra Cub - .25 ACP]] | ||
[[ | [[File:Police Python 357-WaltherPP-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Walther PP]] and Astra Cub in drawer.]] | ||
[[File:Police Python 357-AstraCub-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Thérèse takes the pistol from drawer.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-AstraCub-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|She raises the pistol at Ferrot.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-AstraCub-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A closeup.]] | |||
== MAC Mle 1950 == | |||
In the final scene Inspector Ménard ([[Mathieu Carrière]]) carries a [[MAC Mle 1950]] pistol. | |||
[[File:Mas 1950.jpg|thumb|none|300px|French MAS Mle 1950 pistol - 9x19mm Parabellum.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt21.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ménard and wounded Inspector Abadie (Vadim Glowna) in the car under the heavy fire of robbers.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-MAC1950-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The barrel of the pistol is seen.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-MAC1950-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One more view of Ménard's pistol.]] | |||
==MAB | ==MAB Model D == | ||
In the final scene police officers use [[MAB Model D]] pistols. | |||
[[Image:Ppyt20.jpg|thumb|none| | [[File:MAB D.jpg|thumb|300px|none|MAB Model D Type I - .32 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Ppyt20.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A motorcycle policeman in center fires a MAB.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-MAT49-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MAB is seen in hands of a policeman at the background.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-MAT49-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MAB is seen at the left.]] | |||
== | == M1911 == | ||
At the beginning of the movie, two long guns and three handguns are seen in a gun rack in Ferrot’s house. The handgun at the left appears to be an original [[M1911]]. Note that the gun has a lanyard loop. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:M1911-RAFIssue455.jpg|thumb|300px|none|M1911 - .455 Webley, a licensed handgun to the British Armed Forces during and after World War 1, later issued to members of the R.A.F. and Royal Navy]] | ||
[[Image:Ppyt2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A 1911 is seen at the left.]] | |||
A thief in church carries an M1911-style pistol, possibly the same movie prop, or possibly an [[M1911A1]]. | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-M1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The thief draws his pistol.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-M1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the gun.]] | |||
== | == Smith & Wesson Model 10 == | ||
Another gun in the gun rack looks like a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]]. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:Ppyt2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A revolver is seen at the right.]] | |||
== | == CZ 27 == | ||
A [[CZ 27]] is also seen in the gun rack. | |||
[[Image:Ppyt2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:CzechCZ27Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Czech CZ27 Pistol - 7.65mm]] | ||
[[Image:Ppyt2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A CZ 27 is seen in center.]] | |||
== | =Submachine gun= | ||
==MAT-49== | |||
[[Image: | Both the police officers and the robbers use [[MAT-49]] SMGs in the final shootout. | ||
[[Image:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MAT-49 - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-MAT49-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A robber holds MAT-49 with unfolded stock.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt26.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another robber fires at police.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt20.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-MAT49-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Police officers and detectives fire MAT-49s.]] | |||
== | = Shotguns = | ||
== High Standard Flite King == | |||
[[Image:Ppyt2.jpg|thumb|none| | A [[High Standard Flite King]] shotgun is seen in Ferrot's gun rack. | ||
[[Image:HighStandardK120Shotgun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|High Standard FLITE KING K-1200 Riot '''Standard''' Model (Catalog #8111) - 12 gauge. This is the screen used shotgun, held by [[Steve McQueen]] in the film [[Getaway, The (1972)|The Getaway (1972)]]. ]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Shotgun-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The muzzle and magazine cup are seen.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Shotgun-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pump.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Shotgun-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The receiver.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The receiver.]] | |||
== | = Rifles = | ||
== M1 Carbine == | |||
[[Image: | While two robbers are armed with [[MAT-49]]s, the third one uses a [[M1 Carbine]]. M1 Carbines with sniper scopes are seen in hands of police snipers. | ||
[[Image:AutoOrdM1Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|The Modern Manufactured version of the [[M1 Carbine|M1 Carbine]], with standard stock, from Auto-Ordnance. Chambered in .30 Carbine]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-M1Carbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A plainclothed detective holds a scoped M1 at the background.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-M1Carbine-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sniper at the right.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-M1Carbine-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sniper at the left.]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A robber fires from below the car.]] | |||
== Unidentified Rifle == | |||
[[ | A bolt action rifle is seen in Ferrot's gun rack. | ||
[[File:Police Python 357-Rifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Shotgun-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Shotgun-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Rifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
= Trivia = | |||
At the beginning of the movie, we see that Ferrots handloads his own ammo at his reloading bench. | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Reloading-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He even casts his bullets.]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Reloading-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:Police Python 357-Reloading-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Ppyt7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The general view of the reloading bench.]] | |||
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Police Python 357 is a French 1976 crime thriller directed by Alain Corneau and starring Yves Montand as Orleans police inspector Marc Ferrot. The film is named after the eponymous revolver that is Ferrot's weapon of choice.
The following weapons were used in the film Police Python 357:
Handguns
Colt Python
The titular gun is displayed prominently throughout the film in hands of Inspector Marc Ferrot (Yves Montand). In one scene Sylvia Leopardi (Stefania Sandrelli) briefly holds Ferrot's revolver.
Walther PP
Commissaire Ganay's (François Périer) personal handgun is a Walther PP.
Astra Cub
An Astra Cub is seen in hands of Thérèse Ganay (Simone Signoret).
MAC Mle 1950
In the final scene Inspector Ménard (Mathieu Carrière) carries a MAC Mle 1950 pistol.
MAB Model D
In the final scene police officers use MAB Model D pistols.
M1911
At the beginning of the movie, two long guns and three handguns are seen in a gun rack in Ferrot’s house. The handgun at the left appears to be an original M1911. Note that the gun has a lanyard loop.
A thief in church carries an M1911-style pistol, possibly the same movie prop, or possibly an M1911A1.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Another gun in the gun rack looks like a Smith & Wesson Model 10.
CZ 27
A CZ 27 is also seen in the gun rack.
Submachine gun
MAT-49
Both the police officers and the robbers use MAT-49 SMGs in the final shootout.
Shotguns
High Standard Flite King
A High Standard Flite King shotgun is seen in Ferrot's gun rack.
Rifles
M1 Carbine
While two robbers are armed with MAT-49s, the third one uses a M1 Carbine. M1 Carbines with sniper scopes are seen in hands of police snipers.
Unidentified Rifle
A bolt action rifle is seen in Ferrot's gun rack.
Trivia
At the beginning of the movie, we see that Ferrots handloads his own ammo at his reloading bench.
