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Le Samouraï (also known as The Godson, though it rarely translated in English due to quite understandable meaning of the title even when it's not translated) is a cult 1967 neo-noir film by french master of the genre Jean-Pierre Melville. This film established new neo-noir movement separated from calssic film-noir and inspired many films in one or another way. Two films even considered to be unofficial reamkes: Jhon Woo's The Killer and Jim Jarmush's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai though also they considered genre's classic themselves. Film stars Alain Delon as loner, mediative assasin, which principles making him behave as a medieval samurai, double-crossed by police and mafia as well as trying to understand why pianist girl Valerie (Cathy Rosier), who witnessed him leaving Marty's cabinet after the assasination pretended that she didn't recognised him, while talking to the ploice. NOTE: CONTAINING SPOILERS.
The following weapons were used in the film Le Samouraï:
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Jef Costello (Alain Delon) works as an assasin and uses Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers provided to him by garage keeper (André Salgues), who also changing number plates on Citroen DS cars stolen by Jef using huge ring of keyes. We see such a scene two times in the movie and it's hinted that it's became a routine for both.
The First One
The first revolver given to Jef by garage keeper used by him to kill "Marty's" bar owner Marty (played by an unknown actor). He shoots him three times and then tosses revolver, after also using him as a weapon when blonde Gunman (Jacques Leroy) tries to kill him on a bridge.
The Second
The second revolver given to Jef by garage keeper (who tells him that it's their last case) difffers slightly (different sight) and is used to kill mysterious gangster named Olivier Rey (Jean-Pierre Posier), who's behind the assasinations. He, as usual fires at Rey three times. Revolver also plays significant role in the ending.
M1911
Blonde Gunman's weapon of choice is original M1911 first issued to the U.S. Military during WWI. He aims it at Jef in the iconic scene while talking about Jef's next case. Perhaps he also wounded Jef's arm with the same weapon during the bridge shootout. Jef disarms gunman and aims it on the blonde man to find out who is Olivier Rey and where he lives.
Hard to recognise Detective Snub style revolvers
There are many Detective Snub style revolvers in this movie used by Marty, Olivier Rey and the ploice inspectors. All of this guns are out-of-focus, or there's another circumsatnces (such as typical for noir minimalist lighting), which making them difficult to recognise. It's possible that Marty's and Rey's revolvers are the same prop.
