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== Iver Johnson Bulldog == | == Iver Johnson Bulldog == | ||
Moriarty ([[Lionel Atwill]]) holds an [[Iver Johnson Bulldog]] revolver when he plans to kill Holmes. The revolvers appears to be Model 1900. | Moriarty ([[Lionel Atwill]]) holds an [[Iver Johnson Bulldog]] revolver when he plans to kill Holmes. The revolvers appears to be Model 1900. When Inspector Lestrade ([[Dennis Hoey]]) and Dr. Watson ([[Nigel Bruce]]) appear to rescue Holmes, Watson holds a revolver that looks similar to Moriarty's gun, including white grips; most likely it's same prop reused. | ||
[[File:Iver Johnson Model 1900 .32.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Iver Johnson Bulldog Model 1900 - .32]] | [[File:Iver Johnson Model 1900 .32.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Iver Johnson Bulldog Model 1900 - .32]] | ||
[[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Moriarty readies his revolver, intending to shoot Holmes who is strapped to the medical couch.]] | [[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Moriarty readies his revolver, intending to shoot Holmes who is strapped to the medical couch.]] | ||
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[[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Holmes holds Moriarty at gunpoint.]] | [[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Holmes holds Moriarty at gunpoint.]] | ||
[[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
[[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Watson holds a revolver that differs from his previously seen Bulldog but looks like Moriarty's gun.]] | [[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Watson holds a revolver that differs from his previously seen Bulldog but looks like Moriarty's gun.]] | ||
[[File:SHatSW-IJBulldog-A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A promotional image shows a scene that didn't exist in the movie: Moriarty grappling with Holmes for the revolver.]] | |||
== Colt Commando == | == Colt Commando == | ||
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is an American 1943 (filmed 1942) detective movie, directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. This is the fourth installment to the series of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Rathbone and Bruce. Like most of the films in the series, this one is set during WW2. Holmes protects a Swiss scientist who invented an advanced bomb sight. Professor Moriarty, now working for Nazi, hunts for the inventor. The story uses elements of "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" story.
The following weapons were used in the film Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon:
Revolvers
Webley Bulldog
Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce), Moriarty (Lionel Atwill) and the latter's henchman Gottfried (George Burr Macannan) use Webley Bulldog revolvers in several scenes.
Iver Johnson Bulldog
Moriarty (Lionel Atwill) holds an Iver Johnson Bulldog revolver when he plans to kill Holmes. The revolvers appears to be Model 1900. When Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) appear to rescue Holmes, Watson holds a revolver that looks similar to Moriarty's gun, including white grips; most likely it's same prop reused.
Colt Commando
Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) carries a compact Colt revolver that appears to be a Colt Commando with 2" barrel.
Footage
Browning .303 Mk II
Twin Browning .303 Mk II is seen mounted in dorsal turret on a Bristol Blenheim Mk I.
Airplanes
Documentary footage of various British and American bomber planes is used in the scene showing the trials of the new bomb sight. In the sequence several airplanes appear one by one but they are supposed to depict the same planeю
