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'''The following | '''The following firearms were used in the film ''Miller's Crossing'':''' | ||
'''WARNING! This article contains several spoilers!''' | |||
[[Image:MillerscrossingCover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990)]]__TOC__<br clear=all> | |||
[[ | == CZ-27 == | ||
[[Image: | During the attempted assassination of Leo O'Bannion, his bodyguard's [[CZ-27]] is seen on a table after he is silently murdered by Caspar's thugs. | ||
[[Image:Mc-cz27a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leo's thug's CZ-27 sits abandoned on a table.]] | |||
== [[ | == M1928 Thompson == | ||
After Leo's bodyguard is killed, two of Caspar's thugs ([[Monte Starr]] and [[Don Picard]]) each get a [[Thompson#M1928/A1 Thompson|Thompson M1928]] submachine gun and attempt to murder Leo in his upstairs bedroom. Leo ([[Albert Finney]]) kills one with his New Service and takes his Thompson, fighting off the rest of the assassins. According to information and calculations from the IMDb "Goofs" page for this film, around 524 shots are fired from the 100-round drum in the Thompson: a 5-second burst from the gangster (28 shots), then subsequent 20 second bursts from Leo after taking it, each about 233 shots each. Leo's thugs arm themselves with Thompsons, as do police officers in the film. | |||
[[Image:M1928.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1928 Thompson - .45 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-thompson1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leo jumps outside of his burning house with one of his would-be assassins' Thompsons.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-thompson2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The hitman in Leo's bedroom fires his Thompson as he himself is shot and killed by Leo's Thompson fire from below.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-thompson3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leo fires the Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-thompson4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leo stands with his still-smoking Thompson after murdering the thugs sent to kill him by Johnny Caspar.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-thompson5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leo's thugs line the hallway with Thompsons as Tom Reagan goes to visit Leo.]] | |||
== Colt New Service == | |||
Leo O'Bannion ([[Albert Finney]]) fights off his would-be assassins with a [[Colt New Service]] he keeps on his bedside table. Tom Reagan ([[Gabriel Byrne]]) keeps his own New Service on his bedside table, using it to chase down Bernie Bernbaum briefly. | |||
[[Image:Colt_New_Service.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt New Service - .45 Colt]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-cns1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leo's Colt New Service.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-cns2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leo fires his New Service from under his bed, hitting one of his assassins in the leg before firing the final shot into the top of his head.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-cns3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tom grabs his New Service before chasing down Bernie Bernbaum.]] | |||
[[ | == Winchester Model 1897 == | ||
[[Image: | Some of Leo's thugs and several policemen are seen carrying [[Winchester Model 1897]] shotguns. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mc-win97a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A thug holds a Winchester shotgun on the left as Leo punches Tom down the hallway.]] | ||
[[Image:Mc-win97b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A different thug follows Leo down the stairs inside his club with a Winchester '97.]] | |||
== | == Astra 400 == | ||
Tic-Tac ([[Al Mancini]]) gives Tom Reagan ([[Gabriel Bryne]]) an [[Astra 400]] to kill Bernie Bernbaum at Miller's Crossing. Tom fires it twice. | |||
[[Image:Spsteel astra img 400.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Astra 400 (9 mm Bergmann-Bayard caliber)]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-astra1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tom looks at the Astra 400 that Tic-Tac hands him.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-astra2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tom holds the Astra 400 on Bernie Bernbaum as the latter begs for his life.]] | |||
Verna | == Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless == | ||
Verna Bernbaum ([[Marcia Gay Harden]]) holds a break-top [[Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless]] with a "Lemon Squeezer" grip safety on The Dane when he breaks into her apartment. | |||
[[Image:S&Wsafetyhammerless.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless "Lemon Squeezer" - .32 S&W.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-swh1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Verna threatens the Dane with her S&W break-top revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-webley1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|As The Dane fires his Webley, Verna holds her S&W break-top.]] | |||
[[Image: | == Webley Mk VI == | ||
Eddie Dane, aka "The Dane" ([[J.E. Freeman]]) carries a [[Webley Mk VI]] chambered in .455 Webley throughout the film, using it to kill a thug at Verna's and to threaten her and Tom. A policeman at the Sons of Erin club scene is also seen firing a Webley. | |||
[[Image:Webley.JPG|thumb|none|350px|Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-webley1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Dane fires at one of Leo's men.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-webley2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Dane waits to see if he killed the thug through the door.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-webley3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Dane kills a thug in Verna's apartment.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-webley4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Dane displays very poor judgement in terms of firearm safety after Verna escapes.]] | |||
== Colt M1911 == | |||
Bernie Bernbaum ([[John Turturro]]) keeps an Army-issued original [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|Colt M1911]] as his personal sidearm, using it to kill Johnny Caspar as he ascends the stairs at the Barton Arms. It can be identified as Army-issue from the lanyard loop and writing on the slide and as an M1911 from the grips and a straight mainspring housing. A man during the Sons of Erin battle also carries a 1911. | |||
[[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bernie talks to Tom with his M1911 on the table next to him.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-webley5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A policeman fires his Webley at the Sons of Erin club. Next to him a man fires a 1911.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-1911b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bernie outside Tom's apartment in the Barton Arms with his 1911.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-1911c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|description.]] | |||
[[Image: | == Smith & Wesson Model 10 == | ||
One of Leo's thugs ([[Charles Gunning]]) who is wounded at Verna's by The Dane reaches for his [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] but The Dane keeps it from him. [[Sam Raimi]], during his cameo as a police detective, fires two long-barreled Model 10s. | |||
[[Image:Mc-sw10a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The thug reaches for his Model 10.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-sw10b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Sam Raimi]] aims a Model 10 at one of Leo's men inside the Sons of Erin club.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-sw10c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Sam Raimi]] fires at the Sons of Erin club with his other Model 10 shortly before he too is shot.]] | |||
== [[ | == Walther PPK == | ||
One of Caspar's thugs fires a [[Walther PPK]] at the Sons of Erin club. | |||
[[Image:Mc-ppk1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In the lower left corner, a man can be seen aiming a Walther PPK.]] | |||
The | == Browning M1917== | ||
The police unveil and fire a [[Browning M1917]] machine gun at the Sons of Erin club gunfight. | |||
[[Image:M1917A1_2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M1917]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-b17a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The police prepare their Browning M1917.]] | |||
[[Image: | == Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless == | ||
[[Image: | Johnny Caspar ([[Jon Palito]]) keeps a nickel [[Colt Model 1903/1908|Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless]] as his "rosco", as he refers to it in his shoulder holster. At the end of the film, Tom Reagan ([[Gabriel Bryne]]) uses it to kill Bernie Bernbaum. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mc-colt03a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Caspar reaches for his Model 1903.]] | ||
[[Image:Mc-colt03b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Caspar shoots The Dane in the head, telling Tom his personal strategy to "Always put one in the brain".]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-colt03c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tom takes Caspar's Colt 1903 from him.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-colt03d.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tom shoots Bernie Bernbaum.]] | |||
== | == Colt Detective Special == | ||
Verna ([[Marcia Gay Harden]]) accosts Tom with a nickel [[Colt Detective Special]] but is unable to bring herself to use it. | |||
[[Image:Mc-cds1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Verna pulls the Detective Special from her purse.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-cds2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Verna presses her Detective Special into Tom's stomach.]] | |||
[[Image:Mc-cds3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Verna threatens Tom.]] | |||
Verna ([[Marcia Gay Harden]]) accosts Tom | |||
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Revision as of 11:00, 1 October 2009
The following firearms were used in the film Miller's Crossing:
WARNING! This article contains several spoilers!
CZ-27
During the attempted assassination of Leo O'Bannion, his bodyguard's CZ-27 is seen on a table after he is silently murdered by Caspar's thugs.
M1928 Thompson
After Leo's bodyguard is killed, two of Caspar's thugs (Monte Starr and Don Picard) each get a Thompson M1928 submachine gun and attempt to murder Leo in his upstairs bedroom. Leo (Albert Finney) kills one with his New Service and takes his Thompson, fighting off the rest of the assassins. According to information and calculations from the IMDb "Goofs" page for this film, around 524 shots are fired from the 100-round drum in the Thompson: a 5-second burst from the gangster (28 shots), then subsequent 20 second bursts from Leo after taking it, each about 233 shots each. Leo's thugs arm themselves with Thompsons, as do police officers in the film.
Colt New Service
Leo O'Bannion (Albert Finney) fights off his would-be assassins with a Colt New Service he keeps on his bedside table. Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) keeps his own New Service on his bedside table, using it to chase down Bernie Bernbaum briefly.
Winchester Model 1897
Some of Leo's thugs and several policemen are seen carrying Winchester Model 1897 shotguns.
Astra 400
Tic-Tac (Al Mancini) gives Tom Reagan (Gabriel Bryne) an Astra 400 to kill Bernie Bernbaum at Miller's Crossing. Tom fires it twice.
Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless
Verna Bernbaum (Marcia Gay Harden) holds a break-top Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless with a "Lemon Squeezer" grip safety on The Dane when he breaks into her apartment.
Webley Mk VI
Eddie Dane, aka "The Dane" (J.E. Freeman) carries a Webley Mk VI chambered in .455 Webley throughout the film, using it to kill a thug at Verna's and to threaten her and Tom. A policeman at the Sons of Erin club scene is also seen firing a Webley.
Colt M1911
Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) keeps an Army-issued original Colt M1911 as his personal sidearm, using it to kill Johnny Caspar as he ascends the stairs at the Barton Arms. It can be identified as Army-issue from the lanyard loop and writing on the slide and as an M1911 from the grips and a straight mainspring housing. A man during the Sons of Erin battle also carries a 1911.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
One of Leo's thugs (Charles Gunning) who is wounded at Verna's by The Dane reaches for his Smith & Wesson Model 10 but The Dane keeps it from him. Sam Raimi, during his cameo as a police detective, fires two long-barreled Model 10s.
Walther PPK
One of Caspar's thugs fires a Walther PPK at the Sons of Erin club.
Browning M1917
The police unveil and fire a Browning M1917 machine gun at the Sons of Erin club gunfight.
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
Johnny Caspar (Jon Palito) keeps a nickel Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless as his "rosco", as he refers to it in his shoulder holster. At the end of the film, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Bryne) uses it to kill Bernie Bernbaum.
Colt Detective Special
Verna (Marcia Gay Harden) accosts Tom with a nickel Colt Detective Special but is unable to bring herself to use it.
