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== Colt New Service ==
== Colt New Service ==
Spy Bob Saint-Clair ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) used a [[Colt New Service]] revolver and [[Mauser C96]] pistol modified as sniper rifle.
[[Image:Colt_New_Service.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt New Service M1917 - .45 ACP (in moon clips).]]
[[Image:Colt_New_Service.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt New Service M1917 - .45 ACP (in moon clips).]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-supressed revolver.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bob Saint-Clair (Jean-Paul Belmondo) fires his suppressed revolver at fake priest.]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-supressed revolver.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bob Saint-Clair (Jean-Paul Belmondo) fires his suppressed revolver at fake priest.]]
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==Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"==
==Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"==
[[Image:C96Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" - 7.63x25mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:C96Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" - 7.63x25mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-Mauser-detail.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bob Saint-Clair (Jean-Paul Belmondo) carries [[Mauser C96]] pistol ...]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-Mauser-detail.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bob Saint-Clair (Jean-Paul Belmondo) wears a [[Mauser C96]] pistol ...]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-Mauser C96.jpg|thumb|none|500px|...with enough parts to make a sniper rifle.]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-Mauser C96.jpg|thumb|none|500px|...with enough parts to make a sniper rifle.]]


==M1911 pistol==
==M1911 pistol==
A Mexican officer holds a [[M1911 pistol]] in hand.
[[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Soldier-M1911 pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Mexican officer holds his [[M1911]].]]
[[Image:Soldier-M1911 pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


=Submachine guns=
=Submachine guns=
==Madsen M50==
==Madsen M50==
Some characters in movie are seen with a  [[Madsen M50]] submachine guns.
[[Image:DanishMadsenm50.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Madsen M50 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:DanishMadsenm50.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Madsen M50 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Karpof guard-Madsen M50.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A frogmen fires a [[Madsen M50]].]]
[[Image:Karpof guard-Madsen M50.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A frogmen fires his submachine gun.]]
[[Image:Jacqueline Bisset-Madsen M50.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bob and Tatiana (Jacqueline Bisset) fire at the frogmen.]]
[[Image:Jacqueline Bisset-Madsen M50.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bob and Tatiana (Jacqueline Bisset) fire at the frogmen.]]
[[Image:Soldiers-Madsen M50.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The government troops also carry the M50.]]
[[Image:Soldiers-Madsen M50.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The government troops also carry the M50.]]


==Gevarm Type D4==
==Gevarm Type D4==
One of Karpof´s body guards holds a [[Gevarm Type D4]].
[[File:Gevarm d4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Gevarm Typ D4 SMG - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[File:Gevarm d4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Gevarm Typ D4 SMG - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[Image:Karpof guard- FBP.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One of Karpof´s body guards holds a [[Gevarm Type D4]].]]
[[Image:Karpof guard- FBP.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


==Customized Enforcer M1 Carbine==
==Customized Enforcer M1 Carbine==
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=Shotguns=
=Shotguns=
==12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun==  
==12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun==  
The moment Bob shoots from a [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]] rifle, Kerpof's man has brains out.
[[Image: IGA-Coach-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge]]
[[Image: IGA-Coach-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-double barreled rifle-M.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The moment Bob shoots from a [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]] rifle, Kerpof's man has brains out.]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-double barreled rifle-M.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


==High Standard FLITE KING shotgun==
==High Standard FLITE KING shotgun==
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=Handgrenades=
=Handgrenades=
==F-1 hand grednade==
==F-1 hand grednade==
Bob Sain-Clair prepares to throw an [[F1 hand grenade]] on the plumbers.
[[Image:F1 Mle35 hand grenade.JPG|thumb|none|350px|F1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade with Mle1935 fuse.]]
[[Image:F1 Mle35 hand grenade.JPG|thumb|none|350px|F1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade with Mle1935 fuse.]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-F1 hand grenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bob Sain-Clair prepares to throw an [[F1 hand grenade]] on the plumbers.]]
[[Image:J.P.Belmondo-F1 hand grenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


==Mills Bomb==
==Mills Bomb==
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==Shooting Cross==
==Shooting Cross==
[[Image:Pop-pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The fake Greek Orthodox priest with a shooting cross.]]
The fake Greek Orthodox priest with a shooting cross.
 
[[Image:Pop-pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]





Revision as of 01:52, 5 February 2013


Le Magnifique
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Cinema Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing France
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Directed by Philippe de Broca
Release Date 1973
Language French, English
Studio Les Films Ariane
Distributor Cine III
Main Cast
Character Actor
Bob Saint-Clair / François Merlin Jean-Paul Belmondo
Tatiana / Christine Jacqueline Bisset
Colonel Collins Hans Meyer
General Pontaubert Raymond Gérôme
The electrician Jean Lefebvre
The plumber André Weber


Le Magnifique is a 1973 French action espionage comedy directed by Philippe de Broca. Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo in the dual roles of writer François Merlin and spy Bob Saint-Clair, and Jacqueline Bisset as student Christine and also spy Tatiana. Bob Saint-Claire's most capable agent in the world. Iron nerves, muscles of steel, shapely figure, without fear from a opponents and irresistible seducer, which controls the shooting and karate as impressively as the piano and poetry. No wonder it is the only one who can help Colonel Collins (Hans Meyer), whose agents disposed in Acapulco the unknown formidable adversary. Bob will convince yourself it during a stopover in Paris, where he find his secret informant with the ax in the head. Bob destroy after landing in Mexico many of opponents hidden in various disguises in different places. Together with his clutch, beautiful Tatiana, bounces Frogmen attack in their luxury bungalow. But then appears his landlady with your vacuum cleaner and disturbs the writer, who is the author of novels already forty-one about the invincible agent, of a creative working. Unlike his hero, however clumsy François constantly struggling not only with everyday concerns, but also with the lack of money, despite the fact that his novels around the world consume millions of readers. Electricity needs to be repaired, but the electrician (Jean Lefebvre) excuse at a plumbers. They excuses to the electrician. His stingy publisher Charron (Vittorio Capriogli) refuses to pay the deposit. Merlin projecting all these people from real life in the books, where the publisher took the role of principal villain Karpof - head of the secret services of fictitious country. A electrician and the plumbers in his novel appears as Karpof´s minions. A student of literature, living in the attic of house, lovely Christine, which François secretly adored, again embodies the agent Tatiana. But how Merlin soon finds, the life is not a adventures novel ...


The following weapons are featured in the film Le Magnifique:



Handguns

Colt New Service

Spy Bob Saint-Clair (Jean-Paul Belmondo) used a Colt New Service revolver and Mauser C96 pistol modified as sniper rifle.

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Colt New Service M1917 - .45 ACP (in moon clips).
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Bob Saint-Clair (Jean-Paul Belmondo) fires his suppressed revolver at fake priest.
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Also Tatiana (Jaqueline Bisset) uses a Colt New Service revolver.

Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"

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Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" - 7.63x25mm Mauser.
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Bob Saint-Clair (Jean-Paul Belmondo) wears a Mauser C96 pistol ...
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...with enough parts to make a sniper rifle.

M1911 pistol

A Mexican officer holds a M1911 pistol in hand.

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Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP
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Submachine guns

Madsen M50

Some characters in movie are seen with a Madsen M50 submachine guns.

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Madsen M50 - 9x19mm
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A frogmen fires his submachine gun.
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Bob and Tatiana (Jacqueline Bisset) fire at the frogmen.
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The government troops also carry the M50.

Gevarm Type D4

One of Karpof´s body guards holds a Gevarm Type D4.

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Gevarm Typ D4 SMG - 9x19mm Parabellum
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Customized Enforcer M1 Carbine

The plumbers (left is Philippe de Broca) holds in their hands a Customized Enforcer M1 Carbines.

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Universal Enforcer M1 Carbine
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Shotguns

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

The moment Bob shoots from a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun rifle, Kerpof's man has brains out.

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Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge
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High Standard FLITE KING shotgun

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High Standard FLITE KING K-1200 Riot Standard Model - 12 gauge
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The hunter (Jean-Paul Belmondo) in Alaska with a High Standard FLITE KING shotgun is a hero of the another novel by writer François Merlin.

Handgrenades

F-1 hand grednade

Bob Sain-Clair prepares to throw an F1 hand grenade on the plumbers.

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F1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade with Mle1935 fuse.
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Mills Bomb

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Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.
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The spies at the airport tried to destroy Bob with using Mills Bomb ...
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... for launch of bomb used also a golf putter!

Others

Shooting Cross

The fake Greek Orthodox priest with a shooting cross.

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