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[[Image:Colors-1988.jpg|thumb|right|400px|''Colors'' (1988)]]


''Colors'' is a 1988 film directed by [[Dennis Hopper]] and starring [[Robert Duvall]] and [[Sean Penn]] as a pair of LAPD officers assigned to the CRASH ("Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums") unit. The film is notable for being one of the first Hollywood attempts to realistically depict the Los Angeles gang problem, and for featuring many now well-known actors in minor supporting roles (including [[Don Cheadle]], [[Damon Wayans]], and [[Mario López]], all of whom played gang-bangers here).
{{Infobox Movie|{{PAGENAME}}
|name = Colors
|picture = Colorsmovieposter.jpg
|caption = ''Theater Poster''
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States
|director = [[Dennis Hopper]]
|date= 1988
|language = English
|studio= Orion Pictures
|distributor= Orion Pictures
|character1=Officer Danny 'Pac-Man' McGavin
|actor1=[[Sean Penn]]
|character2=Officer Bob Hodges
|actor2=[[Robert Duvall]]
|character3=Ron Delaney
|actor3=[[Randy Brooks]]
|character4=Rocket
|actor4=[[Don Cheadle]]
|character5=Clarence 'High Top' Brown
|actor5=[[Glenn Plummer]]
|character6=T-Bone
|actor6=[[Damon Wayans]]
|character7=Officer Rusty Baines 
|actor7=[[R.D. Call]]
|character8=Killer Bee
|actor8=[[Leon Robinson]]
|character9=Vietnam vet
|actor9=[[Tony Todd]]
|character10=Sergeant Bailey (L.A.County Sheriff)
|actor10=[[Sy Richardson]]
}}
'''''Colors''''' is a 1988 crime drama directed by [[Dennis Hopper]] and starring [[Robert Duvall]] and [[Sean Penn]] as LAPD officers assigned to CRASH ("Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums"), the department's controversial anti-gang unit at the time. The film is notable for being one of the first Hollywood attempts to realistically depict the Los Angeles gang problem (the production hired actual LAPD officers and former gang members as extras for the film). ''Colors'' also featured many now well-known actors in minor supporting roles including [[Don Cheadle]], [[Damon Wayans]], and [[Glenn Plummer]], all of whom played gang members here.


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'''The following guns can be seen in this movie:'''
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=Revolvers=
==Smith & Wesson Model 14==
LAPD Officer Danny McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) carries a 6" barrel [[Smith & Wesson Model 14]] as his on-duty service handgun.  At the time, this was one of the approved handguns to be carried by LAPD officers (although it was unusual to see a younger officer carry this firearm).
[[Image:Smith&WessonModel14.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 14 - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-389369.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Officer Danny McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) confronts High Top ([[Glenn Plummer]]) with his S&W Model 14, ordering him to release a hostage.]]
[[Image:Colors 28.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin draws his S&W 14 after making a traffic stop.]]
[[Image:Colors 38.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin fires his S&W 14.]]


==Smith & Wesson Model 64==
McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) also carries a 3" barrel [[Smith & Wesson Model 64]], which appears to be his plainclothes/off-duty sidearm.
[[File:SmithModel64Three.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 64 with 3" barrel - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-378808.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin prepares for a breach during a drug bust with his S&W Model 64 at the ready.]]


==Smith and Wesson Model 14==
==Smith & Wesson Model 15==
Officer Rusty Baines ([[R.D. Call]]) carries a [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]] as his sidearm, which he notably uses in a fatal shooting. The S&W Model 15 was one of the standard issue revolvers for the LAPD before they began to issue 9x19mm semi-auto Beretta 92F's in 1987.
[[Image:S&WModel15.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 with target grips - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-399576.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Officer Baines ([[R.D. Call]]) enters the suspect house with his S&W Model 15 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-400549.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Baines with his Smith & Wesson Model 15.]]
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Officer Danny McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) carries a 6" barrel [[Smith and Wesson Model 14]] as his on-duty service handgun.
==Smith & Wesson Model 36==
McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) also carries a [[Smith & Wesson Model 36]] compact revolver in an ankle holster which is only ever seen for a second during the scene in the restaurant where High Top ([[Glenn Plummer]]) is arrested.
[[Image:S&W 36.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith and Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-390588.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hodges apprehends High Top while McGavin points his back-up revolver (a S&W Model 36) at him.]]


[[Image:Smith&WessonModel14.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 14 - .38 Special]]
==Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose==
[[Image:Vlcsnap-389369.jpg|none|600px|McGavin confronts High Top ([[Glenn Plummer]]) with his S&W Model 14, yelling at him to release a hostage.]]
Leo "Frog" Lopez ([[Trinidad Silva]]) uses a [[Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose]] during the shootout with Rocket and the rest of the Crips.
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[[File:S&W Model 19.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Snub Nose Smith & Wesson Model 19 (2.5" barrel) - .357 Magnum]]
==Smith and Wesson Model 64==
[[Image:Vlcsnap-415582.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Frog ([[Trinidad Silva]]) fires his Smith & Wesson while Bird uses a Ruger Mini-14 GB-F.]]


McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) also carries a 3" barrel [[Smith and Wesson Model 64]], which appears to be his plainclothes/off-duty sidearm.
==Smith & Wesson Model 67==
Several LAPD officers are seen armed with what appear to be [[Smith & Wesson Model 67]]s during a raid.
[[File:S&W67.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 67 - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Colors 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An LAPD officer are armed a Model 67 during a raid.]]


[[Image:S&WModel64SS.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 64 - .38 Special]]
==Smith & Wesson Model 19==
[[Image:Vlcsnap-378808.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin prepares for a breach during a drug bust with his S&W Model 64 at the ready.]]
A full-size [[Smith & Wesson Model 19]] with rubber grips is among the weapons seen in the Crips' hideout.
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[[Image:S&W Mod19 LethalWeapon.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 19 - .357 Magnum.  This is an actual Screen-used Movie firearm - a custom ported Smith & Wesson Model 19 with black rubber grips - Used and carried by [[Danny Glover]] in the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' films.]]
==Beretta 92FS==
[[Image:Vlcsnap-401372.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the S&W Model 19 is visible in the center of the picture.]]


Officer Bob Hodges ([[Robert Duvall]]) carries a [[Beretta 92FS]] as his service pistol throughout the movie, which was just entering service with the LAPD at the time of the film. Several other LAPD officers can be seen using the Beretta, and at least one gang-banger also uses one during the shootout at the climax.
==Colt Python==
A 21st Street gang member uses what appears to be a [[Colt Python]] while shooting up the Crips hideout.
[[Image:ColtPython6In.jpg‎ |thumb|350px|none|Colt Python with 6" Barrel - .357 Magnum]]
[[Image:Colors 211.jpg|thumb|none|601px|On the far right, what appears to be a [[Colt Python]] is seen in the hands of a 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout.]]


[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Beretta 92FS 9mm.]]
=Pistols=
[[Image:Vlcsnap-382545.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hodges points his Beretta 92FS at several Crip gang-bangers during a search.]]
==Beretta 92F==
LAPD Senior Officer Bob Hodges ([[Robert Duvall]]) carries a [[Beretta 92F]] as his service pistol throughout the movie, which was just entering service with the LAPD at the time of the film. Several other LAPD officers can be seen using the Beretta, and at least one gang-banger also uses one during the shootout at the climax.
[[Image:Beretta92F LeftSide.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta 92F - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-382545.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hodges ([[Robert Duvall]]) points his Beretta 92F at several Crip gang-bangers during a search.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-400203.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hodges aims his Beretta during a house call.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-400203.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hodges aims his Beretta during a house call.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-414245.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Felipe wielding a Beretta 92FS in the climatic shootout.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-419991.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another CRASH officer firing his Beretta in the climax.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-419991.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another CRASH officer firing his Beretta in the climax.]]
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==Taurus PT92==


Hodges ([[Robert Duvall]]) can also be seen using a [[Taurus PT92]] during the scene where CRASH busts the drug dealer Oso ([[C.E. Grimes]]) in his home. It is not clear if this is supposed to be his plainclothes/off-duty pistol, or if the movie's armorer simply was unable to bring a [[Beretta 92FS]] to the set when this scene was filmed (in all other scenes, Hodges' pistol is definitely a Beretta).
==Taurus PT99 AF==
Hodges can also be seen using a [[Taurus PT92#PT99|Taurus PT99 AF]], the adjustable sight version of the [[PT92]], during the scene where CRASH busts the drug dealer Oso (C.E. Grimes) at his residence. This is a continuity error (read below), as in all other scenes, Hodges' carries the Beretta 92F. Several gang members are also seen wielding Tauruses.
 
'''''Trivia Note:''' Several Berettas and Taurus' were on the set of this film. While getting ready for the scene, [[Robert Duvall]], not being a firearm aficionado, picked up what he thought was a Beretta just like he had been using. By the time someone realized the error it was too late to fix it. This is an honest mistake since the two firearms look very similar - Anyone who did not already know the difference would not know.''


[[Image:Taurus-PT92AF.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Taurus PT92AF (blued) 9mm]]
[[Image:PT99Black1.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Taurus PT99 AF (blued)- 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-379130.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Hodges prepares to breach a house on a drug bust with his Taurus PT92 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-379130.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In what appears to be a continuity error, Hodges ([[Robert Duvall]]) prepares to breach a house on a drug bust armed with a Taurus PT99 AF.]]
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[[Image:Vlcsnap-414245.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Felipe (Romeo De Lan) wielding a Taurus in the climatic shootout.]]
==Smith & Wesson Model 36 (?)==


McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) also carries a compact revolver in an ankle holster which is only ever seen for a second during the scene in the restaurant where High Top ([[Glenn Plummer]]) is arrested. It appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson Model 36]], but this is far from certain.
==Smith & Wesson 39==
A [[Smith & Wesson 39]] can be seen on a table when the Crip DeVille 'bangers are loading up their weapons and planning to kill McGavin.
[[Image:S&W39.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson 39 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-401372.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the S&W 39 is visible to the left of the picture.]]


[[Image:S&W 36.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith and Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot]]
=Shotguns=
[[Image:Vlcsnap-390588.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Hodges apprehends High Top while McGavin points his back-up revolver (a S&W Model 36?) at him.]]
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==Ithaca 37==
==Ithaca 37==
When McGavin and Hodges confront the 21st Street Gang after one of its members, Felipe (Romeo De Lan), throws a rock at their car, McGavin takes out an [[Ithaca 37]] extended mag-tube riot model (specifically, the LAPD version with rifle sights). Hodges tells him to put the shotgun back in the car, embarrassing him. Later in the film, when the 21st Street Gang gets busted, several other LAPD officers can be seen with identical shotguns.
[[Image:IthacaExtMagTub.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ithaca 37 with extended magazine tube - 12 Gauge]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-361572.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin ([[Sean Penn]]) holding the Ithaca 37 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-362146.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin goes to put the Ithaca away after Hodges orders him to do so.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-419064.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A gang bust on 21st Street; an officer in the background is pointing an [[Ithaca 37]] at a banger on the ground.]]


When McGavin and Hodges confront the 21st Street Gang after one of its members, Felipe ([[Romeo De Lan]]), throws a rock at their car, McGavin takes out an [[Ithaca 37]] riot model (specifically, the LAPD version with rifled sights). Hodges tells him to put the shotgun back in the car, embarrassing him. Later in the film, when the 21st Street Gang gets busted, several other LAPD officers can be seen with identical shotguns.
==Remington 870==
A sawed-off [[Remington 870]] is seen several times in the film. A Remington is first taken from house of Oso (C.E. Grimes). A full-size pistol-gripped Remington later appears again in the hands of at least one 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout. This may also be the shotgun that Rocket ([[Don Cheadle]]) uses in the drive-by shooting at the beginning of the movie, though this is uncertain.
[[Image:SawnoffShotgun2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Remington 870 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 Gauge]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-379977.jpg|thumb|none|601px|''"He's got a gauge!"'' Hodges takes Oso's Remington 870 shotgun out of his closet.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-380232.jpg|thumb|none|601px|In this shot, a clearer view of the pump.]]
[[Image:Remington870LONGFolder.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Remington 870 Folding Stock with extended magazine tube - 12 Gauge]]
[[Image:Colors 202.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A Remington may be the shotgun that Rocket ([[Don Cheadle]]) uses in the drive-by shooting at the beginning of the movie.]]
[[Image:Colors 49.jpg|thumb|none|601px|The shotgun is seen in the upper left.]]
[[Image:Colors 211.jpg|thumb|none|601px|On the left, a pistol-gripped, extended mag-tube Remington is seen in the hands of at least one 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout.]]


[[Image:IthacaModel37.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Ithaca Model 37 riot version - 12 gauge]]
==12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun ==
[[Image:Vlcsnap-361572.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin holding the Ithaca 37 at the ready.]]
What appears to be a  [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]] is seen in the Crips' hideout.
[[Image:Vlcsnap-362146.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McGavin goes to put the Ithaca away after Hodges orders him to do so.]]
[[Image:IGA-Coach-Gun.jpg‎|thumb|none|450px|Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 gauge]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-419064.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A gang bust on 21st Street; an officer in the background is pointing an Ithaca 37 at a banger on the ground.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-401372.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the shotgun is visible at the top of the picture.]]
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=Submachine Guns=
==Micro Uzi==
==Micro Uzi==
 
The [[Micro Uzi]] is depicted in the film as the weapon-of-choice for many of the gang-bangers. Rocket ([[Don Cheadle]]), the leader of the Crip gang in the movie, and Larry "Looney Tunes" Sylvester ([[Grand L. Bush]]), a 21st Street Gang leader, both use Micro Uzis when they square off against each other in the climactic shootout.
In this film, the [[Micro Uzi]] is depicted as the weapon-of-choice for many of the gang-bangers. Rocket ([[Don Cheadle]]), the leader of the Crip gang in the movie, and Larry ([[Grand L. Bush]]), a 21st Street Gang leader, both use Micro Uzis when they square off against each other in the climactic shootout.
[[Image:MicroUziPistol02.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Micro Uzi with 32 round magazine - 9x19mm]]
 
[[Image:Vlcsnap-371233.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Crip reloads his [[Micro Uzi]] after the drive-by on the church where a Blood funeral was being held.]]
[[Image:MicroUziPistol02.jpg|thumb|none|275px|Micro Uzi with 32 rd magazine - 9mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-371233.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Crip reloads his Micro Uzi after the drive-by on the church where a Blood funeral was being held.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-401372.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; a Micro Uzi is visible in the center of the picture.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-401372.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; a Micro Uzi is visible in the center of the picture.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-407533.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rocket and several of his Crip homies, all armed with Micro Uzis, carry out a drive-by on a house where 21st Street is partying.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-407533.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rocket and several of his Crip homies, all armed with Micro Uzis, carry out a drive-by on a house where 21st Street is partying.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-413695.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rocket hanging out at his hideout; his Micro Uzi is sitting on the right arm of the chair beside him.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-413695.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Rocket ([[Don Cheadle]]) hanging out at his hideout and listening to [[Ice-T]]; his Micro Uzi is sitting on the right arm of the chair beside him.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-415065.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Larry fires his Micro Uzi at Rocket...]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-415065.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Larry "Looney Tunes" Sylvester ([[Grand L. Bush]]) fires his [[Micro Uzi]].]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-416030.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...and Rocket returns the favor.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-416030.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Rocket fires his Micro Uzi.]]
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==Ruger Mini-14==
 
Bird ([[Gerardo Mejía]]) carries a [[Ruger Mini-14]] folder when the 21st Street Gang is involved in a shootout with Crip DeVille. He later uses this weapon to kill one of the film's main characters.
 
[[Image:Mini14gb-f.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56mm.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-415582.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bird fires his Ruger Mini-14 folder while Frog ([[Trinidad Silva]]) fires an unknown revolver in the fireground.]]
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==Unknown sawed-off shotgun==


A sawed-off shotgun of unknown make and model is seen several times in the film. It is first taken from Oso's ([[C.E. Grimes]]') house, and later appears again in the hands of at least one 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout. This may also be the shotgun that Rocket ([[Don Cheadle]]) uses in the drive-by shooting at the beginning of the movie, though this is uncertain.
=Rifles=
 
==Ruger Mini-14 GB-F==
[[Image:Vlcsnap-379977.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hodges takes Oso's shotgun out of his closet.]]
Bird ([[Gerardo Mejía]]) carries a [[Ruger Mini-14|Ruger Mini 14 GB-F]]  when the 21st Street Gang is involved in a shootout with Crip DeVille.
[[Image:Vlcsnap-380232.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In this shot, the pump is shown better.]]
[[Image:Mini14gb-f.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56x45mm]]
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[[Image:Colors 71.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bird ([[Gerardo Mejía]]) fires his Ruger Mini-14 GB-F while Frog ([[Trinidad Silva]]) fires a S&W Model 19 Snub in the foreground.]]
==Smith & Wesson Model 39==
[[Image:Colors 211.jpg|thumb|none|601px|In the center, a Mini-14 is seen in the hands of another 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-417242.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Bird celebrates with his Mini-14 in hand after the shooting at the Crips' hideout.]]


A [[Smith & Wesson Model 39]] can be seen on a table when the Crip DeVille 'bangers are loading up their weapons and planning to kill McGavin.
==Winchester Model 70==
What appears to be a [[Winchester Model 70]] rifle is briefly seen handled by a Crip in the hideout.
[[Image:Pre64WinModel70.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 - .30-06]]
[[Image:Colors 60.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the left, what appears to be a [[Winchester Model 70]] rifle is briefly seen handled by a Crip in the hideout.]]


[[Image:S&W39.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 39 9mm.]]
=Other=
[[Image:Vlcsnap-401372.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the S&W Model 39 is visible to the left of the picture.]]
==M67 Hand Grenade==
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Bird is seen tossing what appears to be an [[M67 hand grenade]] into the Crips' hideout.
==Smith & Wesson Model 19==
[[Image:Baseball.jpg|thumb|none|150px|M67 fragmentation grenade]]
[[Image:Colors 504.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bird is seen tossing what appears to be an [[M67 hand grenade]] into the Crips' hideout.]]


Officer Baines ([[R.D. Call]])' sidearm is a [[Smith & Wesson Model 19]], which he uses to shoot an innocent man, which brings the wrath of the Crip DeVille set down upon McGavin after he is mistakenly IDed as the shooter.


[[Image:S&W Mod19 LethalWeapon.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 19 - .357 Magnum.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-399576.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Officer Baines enters the suspect house with his S&W Model 19 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-400549.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Baines, in a panic, fires his S&W 19 during the house call.]]
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Colors
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Theater Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Dennis Hopper
Release Date 1988
Language English
Studio Orion Pictures
Distributor Orion Pictures
Main Cast
Character Actor
Officer Danny 'Pac-Man' McGavin Sean Penn
Officer Bob Hodges Robert Duvall
Ron Delaney Randy Brooks
Rocket Don Cheadle
Clarence 'High Top' Brown Glenn Plummer
T-Bone Damon Wayans
Officer Rusty Baines R.D. Call
Killer Bee Leon Robinson
Vietnam vet Tony Todd
Sergeant Bailey (L.A.County Sheriff) Sy Richardson


Colors is a 1988 crime drama directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Robert Duvall and Sean Penn as LAPD officers assigned to CRASH ("Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums"), the department's controversial anti-gang unit at the time. The film is notable for being one of the first Hollywood attempts to realistically depict the Los Angeles gang problem (the production hired actual LAPD officers and former gang members as extras for the film). Colors also featured many now well-known actors in minor supporting roles including Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, and Glenn Plummer, all of whom played gang members here.


The following weapons were used in the film Colors:


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Revolvers

Smith & Wesson Model 14

LAPD Officer Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) carries a 6" barrel Smith & Wesson Model 14 as his on-duty service handgun. At the time, this was one of the approved handguns to be carried by LAPD officers (although it was unusual to see a younger officer carry this firearm).

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Smith & Wesson Model 14 - .38 Special
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Officer Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) confronts High Top (Glenn Plummer) with his S&W Model 14, ordering him to release a hostage.
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McGavin draws his S&W 14 after making a traffic stop.
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McGavin fires his S&W 14.

Smith & Wesson Model 64

McGavin (Sean Penn) also carries a 3" barrel Smith & Wesson Model 64, which appears to be his plainclothes/off-duty sidearm.

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Smith & Wesson Model 64 with 3" barrel - .38 Special
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McGavin prepares for a breach during a drug bust with his S&W Model 64 at the ready.

Smith & Wesson Model 15

Officer Rusty Baines (R.D. Call) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 15 as his sidearm, which he notably uses in a fatal shooting. The S&W Model 15 was one of the standard issue revolvers for the LAPD before they began to issue 9x19mm semi-auto Beretta 92F's in 1987.

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Smith & Wesson Model 15 with target grips - .38 Special
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Officer Baines (R.D. Call) enters the suspect house with his S&W Model 15 at the ready.
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Baines with his Smith & Wesson Model 15.


Smith & Wesson Model 36

McGavin (Sean Penn) also carries a Smith & Wesson Model 36 compact revolver in an ankle holster which is only ever seen for a second during the scene in the restaurant where High Top (Glenn Plummer) is arrested.

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Smith and Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special
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Hodges apprehends High Top while McGavin points his back-up revolver (a S&W Model 36) at him.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose

Leo "Frog" Lopez (Trinidad Silva) uses a Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose during the shootout with Rocket and the rest of the Crips.

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Snub Nose Smith & Wesson Model 19 (2.5" barrel) - .357 Magnum
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Frog (Trinidad Silva) fires his Smith & Wesson while Bird uses a Ruger Mini-14 GB-F.

Smith & Wesson Model 67

Several LAPD officers are seen armed with what appear to be Smith & Wesson Model 67s during a raid.

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Smith & Wesson Model 67 - .38 Special
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An LAPD officer are armed a Model 67 during a raid.

Smith & Wesson Model 19

A full-size Smith & Wesson Model 19 with rubber grips is among the weapons seen in the Crips' hideout.

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Smith & Wesson Model 19 - .357 Magnum. This is an actual Screen-used Movie firearm - a custom ported Smith & Wesson Model 19 with black rubber grips - Used and carried by Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon films.
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Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the S&W Model 19 is visible in the center of the picture.

Colt Python

A 21st Street gang member uses what appears to be a Colt Python while shooting up the Crips hideout.

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Colt Python with 6" Barrel - .357 Magnum
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On the far right, what appears to be a Colt Python is seen in the hands of a 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout.

Pistols

Beretta 92F

LAPD Senior Officer Bob Hodges (Robert Duvall) carries a Beretta 92F as his service pistol throughout the movie, which was just entering service with the LAPD at the time of the film. Several other LAPD officers can be seen using the Beretta, and at least one gang-banger also uses one during the shootout at the climax.

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Beretta 92F - 9x19mm
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Hodges (Robert Duvall) points his Beretta 92F at several Crip gang-bangers during a search.
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Hodges aims his Beretta during a house call.
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Another CRASH officer firing his Beretta in the climax.

Taurus PT99 AF

Hodges can also be seen using a Taurus PT99 AF, the adjustable sight version of the PT92, during the scene where CRASH busts the drug dealer Oso (C.E. Grimes) at his residence. This is a continuity error (read below), as in all other scenes, Hodges' carries the Beretta 92F. Several gang members are also seen wielding Tauruses.

Trivia Note: Several Berettas and Taurus' were on the set of this film. While getting ready for the scene, Robert Duvall, not being a firearm aficionado, picked up what he thought was a Beretta just like he had been using. By the time someone realized the error it was too late to fix it. This is an honest mistake since the two firearms look very similar - Anyone who did not already know the difference would not know.

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Taurus PT99 AF (blued)- 9x19mm
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In what appears to be a continuity error, Hodges (Robert Duvall) prepares to breach a house on a drug bust armed with a Taurus PT99 AF.
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Felipe (Romeo De Lan) wielding a Taurus in the climatic shootout.

Smith & Wesson 39

A Smith & Wesson 39 can be seen on a table when the Crip DeVille 'bangers are loading up their weapons and planning to kill McGavin.

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Smith & Wesson 39 - 9x19mm
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Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the S&W 39 is visible to the left of the picture.

Shotguns

Ithaca 37

When McGavin and Hodges confront the 21st Street Gang after one of its members, Felipe (Romeo De Lan), throws a rock at their car, McGavin takes out an Ithaca 37 extended mag-tube riot model (specifically, the LAPD version with rifle sights). Hodges tells him to put the shotgun back in the car, embarrassing him. Later in the film, when the 21st Street Gang gets busted, several other LAPD officers can be seen with identical shotguns.

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Ithaca 37 with extended magazine tube - 12 Gauge
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McGavin (Sean Penn) holding the Ithaca 37 at the ready.
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McGavin goes to put the Ithaca away after Hodges orders him to do so.
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A gang bust on 21st Street; an officer in the background is pointing an Ithaca 37 at a banger on the ground.

Remington 870

A sawed-off Remington 870 is seen several times in the film. A Remington is first taken from house of Oso (C.E. Grimes). A full-size pistol-gripped Remington later appears again in the hands of at least one 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout. This may also be the shotgun that Rocket (Don Cheadle) uses in the drive-by shooting at the beginning of the movie, though this is uncertain.

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Remington 870 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 Gauge
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"He's got a gauge!" Hodges takes Oso's Remington 870 shotgun out of his closet.
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In this shot, a clearer view of the pump.
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Remington 870 Folding Stock with extended magazine tube - 12 Gauge
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A Remington may be the shotgun that Rocket (Don Cheadle) uses in the drive-by shooting at the beginning of the movie.
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The shotgun is seen in the upper left.
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On the left, a pistol-gripped, extended mag-tube Remington is seen in the hands of at least one 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout.

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

What appears to be a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun is seen in the Crips' hideout.

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Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 gauge
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Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the shotgun is visible at the top of the picture.

Submachine Guns

Micro Uzi

The Micro Uzi is depicted in the film as the weapon-of-choice for many of the gang-bangers. Rocket (Don Cheadle), the leader of the Crip gang in the movie, and Larry "Looney Tunes" Sylvester (Grand L. Bush), a 21st Street Gang leader, both use Micro Uzis when they square off against each other in the climactic shootout.

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Micro Uzi with 32 round magazine - 9x19mm
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A Crip reloads his Micro Uzi after the drive-by on the church where a Blood funeral was being held.
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Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; a Micro Uzi is visible in the center of the picture.
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Rocket and several of his Crip homies, all armed with Micro Uzis, carry out a drive-by on a house where 21st Street is partying.
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Rocket (Don Cheadle) hanging out at his hideout and listening to Ice-T; his Micro Uzi is sitting on the right arm of the chair beside him.
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Larry "Looney Tunes" Sylvester (Grand L. Bush) fires his Micro Uzi.
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Rocket fires his Micro Uzi.

Rifles

Ruger Mini-14 GB-F

Bird (Gerardo Mejía) carries a Ruger Mini 14 GB-F when the 21st Street Gang is involved in a shootout with Crip DeVille.

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Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56x45mm
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Bird (Gerardo Mejía) fires his Ruger Mini-14 GB-F while Frog (Trinidad Silva) fires a S&W Model 19 Snub in the foreground.
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In the center, a Mini-14 is seen in the hands of another 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout.
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Bird celebrates with his Mini-14 in hand after the shooting at the Crips' hideout.

Winchester Model 70

What appears to be a Winchester Model 70 rifle is briefly seen handled by a Crip in the hideout.

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Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 - .30-06
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On the left, what appears to be a Winchester Model 70 rifle is briefly seen handled by a Crip in the hideout.

Other

M67 Hand Grenade

Bird is seen tossing what appears to be an M67 hand grenade into the Crips' hideout.

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M67 fragmentation grenade
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Bird is seen tossing what appears to be an M67 hand grenade into the Crips' hideout.