Dillinger (1973): Difference between revisions
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Dillinger (1973): Difference between revisions
FBI agent Melvin Purvis ([[Ben Johnson]]) uses a [[Star Model B]] throughout the film, most likely standing in for the [[M1911A1|Colt Super Automatic]] chambered in .38 Super used by the FBI during the 1930s.
FBI agent Melvin Purvis ([[Ben Johnson]]) uses a [[Star Model B]] throughout the film, most likely standing in for the [[M1911A1|Colt Super Automatic]] chambered in .38 Super used by the FBI during the 1930s.
[[Image:StarBNickelPulpFiction.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Star Model B Pistol with a custom bright nickel plated finish and pearl grips - 9mm. This is a screen used Star Model B from the film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.]]
[[Image:StarBNickelPulpFiction.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Star Model B Pistol with a custom bright nickel plated finish and pearl grips - 9mm. This is a screen used Star Model B from the film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.]]
[[Image:Dil-1911c.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Purvis lets a boy hold his nickel 1911 as he gets his shoes shined( again, doubled by a [[Star Model B]]).]]
[[Image:Dil-1911c.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Purvis lets a boy hold his nickel 1911 as he gets his shoes shined (again, doubled by a [[Star Model B]]).]]
[[Image:Dil-1911.tommy.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Purvis, with a 1911, and Thompson-wielding FBI agents gun down Pretty Boy Floyd (again, doubled by a [[Star Model B]]).]]
[[Image:Dil-1911.tommy.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Purvis, with a 1911, and Thompson-wielding FBI agents gun down Pretty Boy Floyd (again, doubled by a [[Star Model B]]).]]
[[Image:Dil-1911k.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Purvis shoots and kills Dillinger in the final scene of the film (again, doubled by a [[Star Model B]]).]]
[[Image:Dil-1911k.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Purvis shoots and kills Dillinger in the final scene of the film (again, doubled by a [[Star Model B]]).]]
Bank robbers John Dillinger (Warren Oates), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton), and Charley Makley (John Ryan) carry Colt New Service revolvers. Van Meter notably uses his to shoot up an old man's gumball machine at a gas station.
Bank robbers John Dillinger (Warren Oates), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton), "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Steve Kanaly), and Eddie the getaway driver (John Martino) use Star Model B pistols, standing in for the M1911A1. In several scenes, DIllinger and Floyd dual-wield them. When facing off with Wilbur Underhill, FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) carries two Model Bs. Other vigilantes and policemen can occasionally be seen with Model Bs as well.
FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) uses a Star Model B throughout the film, most likely standing in for the Colt Super Automatic chambered in .38 Super used by the FBI during the 1930s.
Several members of Dillinger's gang, most notably Lester "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis), John Dillinger (Warren Oates), Charley Makley (John Ryan), and Reed Youngblood (Frank McRae) fire the Thompson M1921 with either drum or box magazines. Dillinger's girlfriend Billie Frechette (Michelle Phillips) fires a Thompson to cover his escape from Little Bohemia (although it inexplicably alternates with a Browning Automatic Rifle in the same scene). Many FBI agents and policemen too, such as Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) and Samuel Cowley (Roy Jenson) carry Thompsons. Several Thompson seen have their stocks removed. Weapons supplied by Stembridge Gun Rentals.
Several members of Dillinger's gang, most notably Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis), and Lester "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss) fire Browning Automatic Rifles during the Mason City bank robbery and subsequent Little Bohemia shootout. Billie Frechette (Michelle Phillips) covers Dillinger's escape with a B.A.R. (inexplicably alternating with a Thompson during the same scene).
A Mason City vigilante carries a Winchester Model 70 with open sights. Technically, the use of the Model 70 (developed in 1936) is an anachronism for a scene taking place in early 1934.
Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis) uses a Winchester Model 1897 during several shootouts. Several police and vigilantes also have 1897s. Dillinger steals one from the Crown Point jail during his break out.
