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[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones' revolver in the drawer of his table.]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones takes the revolver from the drawer. The grip is seen.]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones takes the revolver from the drawer. The grip is seen.]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones unsuccessfully fires at Tonga who uses a blowpipe against police.]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones persuades Small to release the hostage and surrender .]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The fluted cylinder of RIC New Model is seen.]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The fluted cylinder of RIC New Model is seen.]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones fires a revolver, and one of his constables fires a [[Martini-Henry Rifle|Martini-Henry]] rifle.]]
[[File:SoF-2001-Webley-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones fires a revolver, and one of his constables fires a [[Martini-Henry Rifle|Martini-Henry]] rifle.]]
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The Sign of Four
DVD Cover
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Sherlock Holmes
Matt Frewer
Dr. John Watson
Kenneth Welsh
Miss Mary Morstan
Sophie Lorain
Thaddeus Sholto / Bartholomew Sholto
Marcel Jeannin
Inspector Jones
Michel Perron
John Small
Edward Yankie
Major Sholto
Johni Keyworth
The Sign of Four Matt Frewer as Sherlock Holmes and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. Watson. The movie is the second installment in series of four Sherlock Holmes fims starring Frewer and Welsh.
The following weapons were used in the film The Sign of Four :
Revolvers Top-break compact revolver Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer ) carries a compact top-break revolver, possibly some Iver Johnson or Harrington & Richardson model. It may be the same gun that is used by Holmes in the first film of the series .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley RIC No.1 New Model with 4.5" barrel - .476 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones' revolver in the drawer of his table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones takes the revolver from the drawer. The grip is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones persuades Small to release the hostage and surrender. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fluted cylinder of RIC New Model is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones fires a revolver, and one of his constables fires a Martini-Henry rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rare bright view of the revolver in generally dark scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones' revolver is seen in action, with rotating cylinder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In next moment the front sight disappears from the revolver (and re-appears in following moment). Most likely this particular sequence was filmed later, and meanwhile the revolver got a damage or was replaced with another prop. Webley Bulldog John Small (Edward Yankie ) (same character as Jonathan Small of the original novel) uses a Webley Bulldog during the shootout on the river pier. Holmes correctly call Small's revolver "a 5-shot Bulldog".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nickel British Bulldog, a model with unfluted cylinder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Small fires at police, using a kid as a human shield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The unfluted cylinder of his revolver is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Small holds his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Small confronts Holmes... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but the great detective coolly replies that he counted all five shots... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and he is right: Small's revolver runs dry. Rifles Martini-Henry Rifle During the shootout on river pier, police constables are armed with full-lenght Martini-Henry Rifles .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) - .577-.450 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Four constables receive rifles from a gun rack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A constable with Martini-Henry rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Constables fire at Small, but Tonga attacks them with a blowpipe. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A constable fires at Tonga. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle is seen near a poisoned constable while Watson holds a syringe, to inject the antidote. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Constables with rifles are seen behind Inspector Jones. Enfield Pattern 1853 The opening scene, that tells the story of the treasure of Agra, is set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and shows British soldiers armed with Enfield Pattern 1853 percussion cap rifled muskets.
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