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The Getaway (1972): Difference between revisions

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(note: I had to add "(movie)" in the title, because there is also a "Getaway" page in the Video Games category. Hope this is OK).
(note: I had to add "(movie)" in the title, because there is also a "Getaway" page in the Video Games category. Hope this is OK).


Guns we can see in the movie:
==[[Colt Government]]==
==[[Colt Government]]==
Main sidearm of bank robber Carter 'Doc' McCoy ([[Steve McQueen]]). An [[M1911 pistol series|M1911A1]] also appears in the hand of his wife Carol ([[Ali MacGraw]]) when she shoots Benyon and during the hotel shootout.
[[Image:Huida5.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
[[Image:Huida5.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
==[[Star model B]]==
A [[Star Model B]] is substituted for the Colt in scenes that require the pistol to be fired, as the Colt was not reliable with blanks.
[[Image:Huida1.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Star mode B in The Getaway]]
[[Image:Huida1.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Doc McCoy shoots Rudy with a Star Model B.]]
This gun was used in the scenes where Steve McQueen actually shoots his handgun, because the Colt was not reliable with blanks.
 
==[[Smith & Wesson M76]]==
[[Image:Huidasmg2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
9 mm SMG
==[[Colt Python]]==
==[[Colt Python]]==
Used by Al Lettieri.
Rudy ([[Al Lettieri]]) carries this .357 Magnum revolver.
 
==[[Colt Trooper]]==
==[[Colt Trooper]]==
In a continuity mistake of the movie, we see that the Colt Python is replaced for a Colt Trooper in one scene
In a continuity mistake of the movie, we see that Rudy's Colt Python is replaced for a Colt Trooper in one scene.
[[Image:Huida4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
[[Image:Huida4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
==High Standard pump shotgun==
 
In this scene, the movie's hero uses a rarely [[High Standard 8111]]. A pump shotgun rarely seen.
==[[High Standard 8111]]==
McCoy goes into a gun shop to buy a 12-gauge pump shotgun and is given this rarely-seen High Standard 8111 by the shopkeeper.
[[Image:Huida3.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
[[Image:Huida3.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]


==[[Ruger Mark III Standard]]==
==[[Smith & Wesson M76]]==
One of the cowboys during the hotel shootout uses this 9 mm submachine gun.
[[Image:Huidasmg2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
 
== [[.38 Revolver]] ==
 
Carried by the bank guard. McCoy tells his bank robbery team that "the guard carries a .38."
 
==[[Ruger Mark I Standard]]==
When McCoy is in the gun shop, we can see briefly several guns, including a [[Ruger Mark I Standard]], hanging on the wall (I think there is also a Colt Woodsman, but I am not really sure).
[[Image:Huida2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
[[Image:Huida2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|]]
When McQueen is in the Gunshop, we can see briefly several guns, including a [[Ruger Mark III Standard]], hanging on the wall (I think there is also a Colt Woodsman, but I am not really sure)
It would be a Mark I as the Mark III has only been available for a few years, not in the 1960's

Revision as of 23:16, 29 September 2008

(note: I had to add "(movie)" in the title, because there is also a "Getaway" page in the Video Games category. Hope this is OK).

Colt Government

Main sidearm of bank robber Carter 'Doc' McCoy (Steve McQueen). An M1911A1 also appears in the hand of his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) when she shoots Benyon and during the hotel shootout.

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A Star Model B is substituted for the Colt in scenes that require the pistol to be fired, as the Colt was not reliable with blanks.

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Doc McCoy shoots Rudy with a Star Model B.

Colt Python

Rudy (Al Lettieri) carries this .357 Magnum revolver.

Colt Trooper

In a continuity mistake of the movie, we see that Rudy's Colt Python is replaced for a Colt Trooper in one scene.

File:Huida4.jpg

High Standard 8111

McCoy goes into a gun shop to buy a 12-gauge pump shotgun and is given this rarely-seen High Standard 8111 by the shopkeeper.

File:Huida3.jpg

Smith & Wesson M76

One of the cowboys during the hotel shootout uses this 9 mm submachine gun.

File:Huidasmg2.jpg

.38 Revolver

Carried by the bank guard. McCoy tells his bank robbery team that "the guard carries a .38."

Ruger Mark I Standard

When McCoy is in the gun shop, we can see briefly several guns, including a Ruger Mark I Standard, hanging on the wall (I think there is also a Colt Woodsman, but I am not really sure).

File:Huida2.jpg