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[[Image:forty_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Forty Guns'' (1957)]] | [[Image:forty_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Forty Guns'' (1957)]] | ||
'''''Forty Guns''''' was written, produced, and directed by [[Samuel Fuller]] (''[[The Steel Helmet]]'', ''[[Pickup on South Street]]'', ''[[Merrill's Marauders]]'') and starred Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, [[John Ericson]], [[Gene Barry]], Robert Dix, and Neyle Morrow. The Bonnell brothers, Grif (Sullivan), Wes (Barry) and Chico (Dix), ride into Tombstone to find that Cochise County is controlled by an authoritarian land baroness, Jessica Drummond (Stanwyck), her brother Brockie (Ericson), and her armed posse of forty dragoons. | '''''Forty Guns''''' was written, produced, and directed by [[Samuel Fuller]] (''[[The Steel Helmet]]'', ''[[Pickup on South Street]]'', ''[[Merrill's Marauders]]'') and starred [[Barbara Stanwyck]], Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, [[John Ericson]], [[Gene Barry]], Robert Dix, and Neyle Morrow. The Bonnell brothers, Grif (Sullivan), Wes (Barry) and Chico (Dix), ride into Tombstone to find that Cochise County is controlled by an authoritarian land baroness, Jessica Drummond (Stanwyck), her brother Brockie (Ericson), and her armed posse of forty dragoons. | ||
'''The following firearms were used in the film ''Forty Guns'':''' | '''The following firearms were used in the film ''Forty Guns'':''' | ||
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[[Image: ColtSingleActionArmy.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. - .45 Long Colt.]] | [[Image: ColtSingleActionArmy.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. - .45 Long Colt.]] | ||
[[Image:forty16.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Grif (Barry Sullivan) carries the Colt.]] | [[Image:forty16.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Grif (Barry Sullivan) carries the Colt.]] | ||
[[Image:forty9.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) likes Grif’s gun.]] | [[Image:forty9.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Jessica Drummond ([[Barbara Stanwyck]]) likes Grif’s gun.]] | ||
[[Image:forty10.jpg|thumb|600px|none| Note the ivory grip.]] | [[Image:forty10.jpg|thumb|600px|none| Note the ivory grip.]] | ||
[[Image:forty13.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Chico (Robert Dix) provides cover for Grif.]] | [[Image:forty13.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Chico (Robert Dix) provides cover for Grif.]] | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 15 May 2013
Forty Guns was written, produced, and directed by Samuel Fuller (The Steel Helmet, Pickup on South Street, Merrill's Marauders) and starred Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, and Neyle Morrow. The Bonnell brothers, Grif (Sullivan), Wes (Barry) and Chico (Dix), ride into Tombstone to find that Cochise County is controlled by an authoritarian land baroness, Jessica Drummond (Stanwyck), her brother Brockie (Ericson), and her armed posse of forty dragoons.
The following firearms were used in the film Forty Guns:
Single Action Army
Throughout the film, various characters carry the Colt Single Action Army revolver.
Winchester Model 1892
Louvenia Spanger (Eve Brent) and her father, Shotgun (Gerald Milton), build custom-made Winchester Model 1892 rifles.
Colt 1860 Army
A Colt 1860 Army revolver is seen hanging in Shotgun’s gun shop (right).
