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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)The Spook Who Sat by the Door Ivan Dixon , based on the novel by Sam Greenlee, and starred Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, and J.A. Preston . Virtually unknown to white audiences, the film is only one of two IMFDB Blaxploitation films to be included in the National Film Registry, Shaft (1971)
The following firearms were used in the film The Spook Who Sat by the Door :
Colt Detective Special Dan Freeman (Lawrence Cook) and Chicago police detective Dawson (J.A. Preston ) both carry the Colt Detective Special .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Square Butt - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Freeman warns Do-Daddy Dean (Paul Butler). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dawson tries to calm the crowd. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dawson confronts Freeman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dawson and Freeman struggle for the gun. M1911A1 Members of the Cobras carry the M1911A1 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP. This was an issued U.S. Army pistol with parkerized finish, thus the official designation of M1911A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cobras threaten an Illinois National Guard Colonel (Stephen Ferry). M16 Rifle Both National Guardsmen and Cobras carry M16 Rifles .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original 3-prong flash hider. It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry patrols the National Guard Armory. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cobra attacks the armory. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Freeman examines the haul from the armory heist. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cobras distribute the stolen weapons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardsmen are startled by someone in the street. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardsmen assist a drugged colonel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardsmen fall in battle. 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Various Cobras wield 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Cobras rob a bank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Cobras seize a radio station. Arisaka Type 2 Cobras train using a Arisaka Type 2 bolt-action rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 02 Paratrooper Takedown rifle - 7.7x58mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cobras learn how to field strip the rifle. Flare Gun Detective Dawson signals a riot with a flare gun.
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