Matewan: Difference between revisions
Matewan: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Matewan: Difference between revisions
[[Image:Matewan_browning_M1917.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hired guns wait with a Winchester 1892 rifle and a [[Browning M1917]] machine gun during a strikers' meeting.]]
[[Image:Matewan_browning_M1917.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hired guns wait with a Winchester 1892 rifle and a [[Browning M1917]] machine gun during a strikers' meeting.]]
==Mauser Karbiner 98K==
==Mauser Karabiner 98K==
The [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] in 7.92 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
The [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] in 7.92 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
[[Image:Matewan_Left.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A striker fires on the hired guns with a [[Mauser Karbiner 98K]] during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form.]]
[[Image:Matewan_Left.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A striker fires on the hired guns with a [[Mauser Karbiner 98K]] during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form.]]
==Mauser Spanish 1916==
==Mauser Spanish 1916==
The [[1916 Spanish Mauser]] in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
The [[1916 Spanish Mauser]] in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
Revision as of 10:50, 24 May 2014
Matewan (1987)
Matewan is the 1987 film that is a dramatized account of the battle that occurred between miners and their mining company in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920, during a coal strike. The film was written and directed by John Sayles and the cast included Chris Cooper, Kevin Tighe, James Earl Jones, and David Strathairn.
The following weapons were used in the film Matewan:
Colt Official Police Revolvers in .38 Special are used by Sheriff Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn). Although the Colt Official Police is technically anachronistic, it is most likely standing in for it's predecessor, the Colt Army Special.
