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==Colt Official Police Revolver== | ==Colt Official Police Revolver== | ||
'Babe' ([[Alan Curtis]]) carries a [[Colt Official Police]]. A Tropico security guard uses an Official Police as well. | |||
[[Image:ColtOP5.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Example of Colt Official Police - .38 Special]] | [[Image:ColtOP5.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Example of Colt Official Police - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:HighSierra 3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|'Babe' | [[Image:HighSierra 3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|'Babe' with a in his hand as he robs the Tropico]] | ||
[[Image:HighSierra 4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A Tropico Security guard with a | [[Image:HighSierra 4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A Tropico Security guard with a Colt Official Police as he is shot]] | ||
=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 23 December 2017
High Sierra was filmed in 1941 with Humphrey Bogart playing a weary robber named Roy "Mad Dog" Earle who's early release from prison is engineered by the mob so he can do a job. Humphrey Bogart meets up with Alan Curtis and Arthur Kennedy to rob the Tropico Hotel. Alan Curtis and Arthur Kennedy pick up a Taxi Dancer named Marie played by Ida Lupino which adds a complicated twist to the group. They pull of the robbery but Alan Curtis and Arthur Kennedy are involved in a crash which put the cops hot on their trail. Unable to fence the stolen jewels right away Roy "Mad Dog" Earle and Marie split up to try and make it to Nevada. Humphrey Bogart comes across a road block and heads deep into the Sierra Nevada mountains for his final stand.
- Actors: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Barton MacLane
- Writers: John Huston, W.R. Burnett
- Director: Raoul Walsh
The following guns were used in the movie High Sierra:
Handguns
Colt 1911 Pistol
Roy "Mad Dog" Earle (Humphrey Bogart) and Jake Kranmer (Barton MacLane) both use Colt 1911s throughout the film.
Colt Official Police Revolver
'Babe' (Alan Curtis) carries a Colt Official Police. A Tropico security guard uses an Official Police as well.
Rifles
Winchester 1892 Carbine
1903 Springfield Sporter
A 1903 Springfield Sporter is used by the sniper Slim (Frank Cordell) during the film's climax.
Submachine Gun
Colt 1921 Thompson
Shotguns
Winchester Model 1912 Shotgun
Makeup and costume test photos of Humphrey Bogart in character as Roy "Mad Dog" Earle with the Winchester Model 1912 Photos are dated July 1940.
