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[[Image:Top Secret!.jpg|thumb|500px|right|'''Top Secret! (1984)''']]
[[Image:Top Secret!.jpg|thumb|500px|right|'''Top Secret! (1984)''']]


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=Handguns=
'''The following firearms can be seen in the 1984 comedy film ''Top Secret!'':'''
==Browning Hi-Power==
 
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm]]
 
[[Image:TopSecretHiPower.png|thumb|none|600px|Du Quois ([[Harry Ditson]]) points a [[Browning Hi-Power]] at Nick Rivers ([[Val Kilmer]]).]]
 
[[Image:Topsecret-19.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The very short Resistance member Albert Potato ([[Sydney Arnold]]) struggles to shoot out a window that's ''totally'' in his reach.]]
==[[Browning Hi-Power]]==
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:TopSecretHiPower.png|thumb|none|600px|Du Quois ([[Harry Ditson]]) points a Hi-Power at Nick Rivers ([[Val Kilmer]]).]]
[[Image:Topsecret-19.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The very short Resistance member Albert Potato struggles to shoot out a window that's out of his reach]]


==Walther P38==
==Walther P38==
Colonel Von Horst ([[Warren Clarke]]) uses a [[Walther P38]] to threaten Nick after he smarts-off in German. Sergeant Kruger ([[Jack Cooper]]) also uses one to shoot an informant later.
Colonel von Horst ([[Warren Clarke]]) uses a [[Walther P38]] to threaten Nick after he smarts-off in German. Sergeant Kruger ([[Doug Robinson]]) also uses one to shoot an informant later.
[[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Walther P38 pistol World War II date of production]]
[[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 pistol World War II date of production]]
[[Image:Topsecret-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Von Horst with his Walther P38.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Von Horst with his Walther P38.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kruger's hand holding a Walther P38]]
[[Image:Topsecret-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of a Walther P38 in Kruger's hand.]]


==Luger P08==
==Luger P08==
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[[Image:Topsecret-23.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nigel and Nick grapple over the Luger P08.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-23.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nigel and Nick grapple over the Luger P08.]]


==SIG P210==
During the shootout at the farm between the Resistance members and East German troops, Nick Rivers is given a [[SIG P210]] to use against the Germans.
[[Image:Sig P210.jpg|thumb|none|400px|SIG P210 (1950s Manufacture) - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Topsecret-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nick fires a SIG P210 out the window. With his eyes closed.]]
==Unique BCF-66==
Du Quois uses a [[Unique Bcf-66|Unique BCF-66]] in the hideout.
[[File:Unique Bcf-66.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Unique Bcf-66 - .380 ACP]]
[[Image:Topsecret-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Du Quois, holding his BCF-66, alerts the others to the presence of a German grenade.]]
==Colt Single Action Army==
Nigel uses a [[Colt SAA]] during the firefight in the hideout.
[[Image:Colt Single Action Army Custom Engraved Ivory 32-20 WCF.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, custom engraved with ivory - .32-20 Winchester]]
[[Image:Topsecret-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled SAA, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In an obvious satire of old B-Movie westerns and gangster movies, Nigel goes for the one '''unbroken''' window, smashes it with his revolver and shoots through that.  ''(In reality smashing ALL of the panes allows you one less obstruction to a target and keeps the enemy's fire from hurling glass shards at you when their fire smashes the pane.)'']]
==Charter Arms Undercover==
Déjà Vu ([[Jim Carter]]) tries to break a window using an early [[Charter Arms Undercover]], only for the barrel to bend. It appears as if a easily bendable tube to the end of the revolver, allowing the barrel to "bend".
[[Image:CharterArmsUndercoverOldSS.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Early Model Stainless Charter Arms Undercover - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Topsecret-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Déjà Vu ([[Jim Carter]]) confusedly looks at his now unusable revolver.]]
=Submachine Guns=
==M1928 Thompson==
==M1928 Thompson==
Chocolate Mousse's ([[Eddie Tagoe]]) weapon is an [[M1928 Thompson]].  During one scene, Chocolate Mousse "loads" his weapon like a musket, even pouring gunpowder and using a ramrod.
Chocolate Mousse's ([[Eddie Tagoe]]) weapon is an [[M1928 Thompson]].  During one scene, Chocolate Mousse "loads" his weapon like a musket, even pouring gunpowder and using a ramrod.
[[Image:M1928.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928 "Tommy Gun" - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:M1928.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1928 "Tommy Gun" - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Topsecret-17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chocolate Mousse loads his Thompson in a...most unusual way.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chocolate Mousse loads his Thompson in a...most unusual way.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chocolate Mousse blasts away at the East Germans.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chocolate Mousse blasts away at the East Germans.]]
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==Sten Mk II==
==Sten Mk II==
[[Image:Unitsten2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm]]
[[Image:Unitsten2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm]]
[[Image:TopSecretHiPower.png|thumb|none|600px|Man in the back holds a Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm]]
[[Image:TopSecretHiPower.png|thumb|none|600px|Man in the back holds a Sten Mk II Submachine gun. Holding it by the magazine would cause it to jam.]]


==[[Karabiner 98k]]==
=Rifles=
The Karabiner 98k can be seen in the hands of the East Germans.
==Karabiner 98k==
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|Mauser|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
The [[Karabiner 98k]] can be seen in the hands of the East Germans.
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|Mauser|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:TopSecretKar98s.png|thumb|none|600px|A quite brutal scene greets Nick Rivers as he enters East Germany.  Here, German soldiers with Karabiner 98k's apprehend, and later execute, a guy carrying a suspicious package, which is later revealed to contain dog biscuits...]]
[[Image:TopSecretKar98s.png|thumb|none|600px|A quite brutal scene greets Nick Rivers as he enters East Germany.  Here, German soldiers with Karabiner 98k's apprehend, and later execute, a guy carrying a suspicious package, which is later revealed to contain dog biscuits...]]


==M1 Garand==
==M1 Garand==
Deja Vu uses an M1 Garand.  Also, in when the East Germans attack the Resistance headquarters, a German soldier, for some reason, is using an M1 Garand.
Deja Vu uses an M1 Garand.  Also, in when the East Germans attack the Resistance headquarters, a German soldier, for some reason, is using an M1 Garand.
[[Image:M1_Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]]
[[Image:M1_Garand.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]]


==M1 Carbine==
==M1 Carbine==
An M1 Carbine can be seen in the hands of at least one of the French Resistance fighters.
An M1 Carbine can be seen in the hands of at least one of the French Resistance fighters, and later on a Flergendorf Prison guard.
[[Image:M1-Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine]]
[[Image:M1-Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine]]
[[Image:Topsecret-15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The grey-haired resistance fighter with the M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-Car1-b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M1 Carbine in the hands of an East German prison guard.]]


==[[MG34]]==
==Enfield No.4 Mk.1==
An [[MG34]] is seen mounted on an East German car that chases the heroes after they rescue Hillary's father from Flergendorf Prison.
[[Image:LeeEnfield4Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British]]
[[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum]]
[[Image:TopSecretHiPower.png|thumb|none|600px|Man in the back holds a Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 rifle - .303 British]]
[[Image:Topsecret-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier riding in back wields the MG34 (trivia: this is the same mockup of a Mercedes-Benz G5 used in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'').]]
[[Image:Topsecret-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the MG34 as the German driver loses control of the vehicle.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier in back continues firing the MG34 even as the car heads wildly out of control and right into a Ford Pinto.]]


==Miscellaneous Shotguns==
==Miscellaneous Shotguns==
During the "Skeet Surfin'" scene near the beginning of the movie, the surfers can be seen with a variety of shotguns.
During the "Skeet Surfin'" scene near the beginning of the movie, the surfers can be seen with a variety of shotguns.


==SIG P210==
During the shootout at the farm between the Resistance members and East German troops, Nick Rivers is given a [[SIG P210]] to use against the Germans.
[[Image:Sig P210.jpg|thumb|none|350px|SIG P210 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Topsecret-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nick fires a SIG P210 out the window - 9mm]]


==Enfield No.4 Mk.1==
=Machine Guns=
[[Image:LeeEnfield4Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British]]
===MG34===
[[Image:TopSecretHiPower.png|thumb|none|600px|Man in the back holds a Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 rifle - .303 British]]
An [[MG34]] is seen mounted on an East German car that chases the heroes after they rescue Hillary's father from Flergendorf Prison.
[[Image:MG34 Lafette.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG34 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Topsecret-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier riding in back wields the MG34 (trivia: this is the same mockup of a Mercedes-Benz G5 used in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'').]]
[[Image:Topsecret-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the MG34 as the German driver loses control of the vehicle.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier in back continues firing the MG34 even as the car heads wildly out of control and right into a Ford Pinto.]]


=Other=
===Black Powder Cannon===
Chocolate Mousse ([[Eddie Tagoe]]) uses a muzzle-loading field cannon during the attack on the French Resistance's headquarters.
[[Image:Topsecret-15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The loaded cannon being aimed at Nick and Hillary as they enter the Resistance's hideout]]
[[Image:Topsecret-18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chocolate Mousse using the cannon as a hand-held weapon]]


==Unknown automatics==
[[Image:Topsecret-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Du Quois, holding a gun, alerts the others to the presence of a German grenade.]]
The gun in this picture looks to me like a Beretta 92F, however the film is set around WWII and the 92F was not designed until 1972 so it could just be a movie mistake and they were not careful to use guns and other weapons from that era.
*It's set in the 1950's. Still too early for such a gun, but then again, they also have a 1970's Ford Pinto and overall ''intentional'' flagrant disregard for period authenticity anyway.


==Unknown revolvers==


[[Image:Topsecret-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled revolver, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In an obvious satire of old B-Movie westerns and gangster movies, Nigel goes for the one '''unbroken''' window, smashes it with his revolver and shoots through that.  ''(In reality smashing ALL of the panes allows you one less obstruction to a target and keeps the enemy's fire from hurling glass shards at you when their fire smashes the pane.)'']]
[[Image:Topsecret-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Déjà Vu ([[Jim Carter]]) tries to break a window using a revolver, only for the barrel to bend.]]


==Cannon==
Chocolate Mousse ([[Eddie Tagoe]]) uses a muzzle-loading field cannon during the attack on the French Resistance's headquarters.
[[Image:Topsecret-15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The loaded cannon being aimed at Nick and Hillary as they enter the Resistance's hideout]]
[[Image:Topsecret-18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chocolate Mousse uses the cannon.]]
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Top Secret! (1984)


The following weapons were used in the film Top Secret!:


Handguns

Browning Hi-Power

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Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm
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Du Quois (Harry Ditson) points a Browning Hi-Power at Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer).
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The very short Resistance member Albert Potato (Sydney Arnold) struggles to shoot out a window that's totally in his reach.

Walther P38

Colonel von Horst (Warren Clarke) uses a Walther P38 to threaten Nick after he smarts-off in German. Sergeant Kruger (Doug Robinson) also uses one to shoot an informant later.

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Walther P38 pistol World War II date of production
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Von Horst with his Walther P38.
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A close-up of a Walther P38 in Kruger's hand.

Luger P08

French Resistance leader and secret traitor Nigel (Christopher Villiers) uses a Luger P08 when he abducts Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge) at the climax.

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Luger P08 9mm
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Nigel and Nick grapple over the Luger P08.

SIG P210

During the shootout at the farm between the Resistance members and East German troops, Nick Rivers is given a SIG P210 to use against the Germans.

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SIG P210 (1950s Manufacture) - 9x19mm
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Nick fires a SIG P210 out the window. With his eyes closed.

Unique BCF-66

Du Quois uses a Unique BCF-66 in the hideout.

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Unique Bcf-66 - .380 ACP
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Du Quois, holding his BCF-66, alerts the others to the presence of a German grenade.

Colt Single Action Army

Nigel uses a Colt SAA during the firefight in the hideout.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, custom engraved with ivory - .32-20 Winchester
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Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled SAA, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.
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In an obvious satire of old B-Movie westerns and gangster movies, Nigel goes for the one unbroken window, smashes it with his revolver and shoots through that. (In reality smashing ALL of the panes allows you one less obstruction to a target and keeps the enemy's fire from hurling glass shards at you when their fire smashes the pane.)

Charter Arms Undercover

Déjà Vu (Jim Carter) tries to break a window using an early Charter Arms Undercover, only for the barrel to bend. It appears as if a easily bendable tube to the end of the revolver, allowing the barrel to "bend".

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Early Model Stainless Charter Arms Undercover - .38 Special
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Déjà Vu (Jim Carter) confusedly looks at his now unusable revolver.

Submachine Guns

M1928 Thompson

Chocolate Mousse's (Eddie Tagoe) weapon is an M1928 Thompson. During one scene, Chocolate Mousse "loads" his weapon like a musket, even pouring gunpowder and using a ramrod.

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M1928 "Tommy Gun" - .45 ACP
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Chocolate Mousse loads his Thompson in a...most unusual way.
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Chocolate Mousse blasts away at the East Germans.
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"My man!"

MP40

The MP40 is seen quite frequently in the hands of the East Germans and the French Resistance.

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MP40 9mm
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An East German guard on the train platform holding an MP40.

Sten Mk II

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Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm
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Man in the back holds a Sten Mk II Submachine gun. Holding it by the magazine would cause it to jam.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k can be seen in the hands of the East Germans.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A quite brutal scene greets Nick Rivers as he enters East Germany. Here, German soldiers with Karabiner 98k's apprehend, and later execute, a guy carrying a suspicious package, which is later revealed to contain dog biscuits...

M1 Garand

Deja Vu uses an M1 Garand. Also, in when the East Germans attack the Resistance headquarters, a German soldier, for some reason, is using an M1 Garand.

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M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06

M1 Carbine

An M1 Carbine can be seen in the hands of at least one of the French Resistance fighters, and later on a Flergendorf Prison guard.

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M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine
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The grey-haired resistance fighter with the M1 Carbine.
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An M1 Carbine in the hands of an East German prison guard.

Enfield No.4 Mk.1

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Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British
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Man in the back holds a Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 rifle - .303 British

Miscellaneous Shotguns

During the "Skeet Surfin'" scene near the beginning of the movie, the surfers can be seen with a variety of shotguns.


Machine Guns

MG34

An MG34 is seen mounted on an East German car that chases the heroes after they rescue Hillary's father from Flergendorf Prison.

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MG34 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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The soldier riding in back wields the MG34 (trivia: this is the same mockup of a Mercedes-Benz G5 used in Raiders of the Lost Ark).
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Another view of the MG34 as the German driver loses control of the vehicle.
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The soldier in back continues firing the MG34 even as the car heads wildly out of control and right into a Ford Pinto.

Other

Black Powder Cannon

Chocolate Mousse (Eddie Tagoe) uses a muzzle-loading field cannon during the attack on the French Resistance's headquarters.

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The loaded cannon being aimed at Nick and Hillary as they enter the Resistance's hideout
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Chocolate Mousse using the cannon as a hand-held weapon