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[[Image:Smith&WessonModel14.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 14 - .38 Special]] | [[Image:Smith&WessonModel14.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 14 - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image: Crossdraw.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image: Crossdraw.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Det Hettinger puts on his S&W model 14 on a crossdraw holster]] | ||
[[Image: 14_pointing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Detective Hettinger, played by John Savage, with his 6” barrel S&W model 14]] | [[Image: 14_pointing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Detective Hettinger, played by John Savage, with his 6” barrel S&W model 14]] | ||
[[Image: Surrender_14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Det Hettinger surrenders his S&W model 14]] | [[Image: Surrender_14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Det Hettinger surrenders his S&W model 14]] | ||
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[[Image:AstraConstable.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Astra Constable - .380 ACP. Note the single grip screw.]] | [[Image:AstraConstable.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Astra Constable - .380 ACP. Note the single grip screw.]] | ||
[[Image: Constable_showing.jpg|thumb| | [[Image: Constable_showing.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Powell presents Smith an Astra Constable.]] | ||
[[Image: Found_constable.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer discovers the Astra Constable after the kidnapping.]] | [[Image: Found_constable.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer discovers the Astra Constable after the kidnapping.]] | ||
== Colt Official Police == | == Colt Official Police == | ||
Powell uses a [[Colt Official Police]] as his personal gun. Some LAPD officers also use this revolver. | Powell uses a [[Colt Official Police]] as his personal gun. Some LAPD officers also use this revolver. | ||
[[Image: Colt_menancing.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image: Colt_menancing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Powell threatens one of his accomplices with a Colt Official Police]] | |||
[[Image: Official_police_pointing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Powell (James Woods) threatens the officers with his own Colt Official Police and with one of the officers’ model 14s.]] | [[Image: Official_police_pointing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Powell (James Woods) threatens the officers with his own Colt Official Police and with one of the officers’ model 14s.]] | ||
[[Image: Colt_OP_police.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officers who arrest Smith use Colt Official Police revolvers.]] | [[Image: Colt_OP_police.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officers who arrest Smith use Colt Official Police revolvers.]] | ||
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== Smith & Wesson Model 10 == | == Smith & Wesson Model 10 == | ||
The officer who arrests Powell uses what looks like a 6”-barrel [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] | The officer who arrests Powell uses what looks like a 6”-barrel [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] | ||
[[Image: Onion_model_10.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:CollectibleMandP.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Pre-Model 10 M&P five screw with 6" Barrel - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image: Onion_model_10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The gun looks like a Smith & Wesson Model 10]] | |||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:Crime]] | [[Category:Crime]] | ||
[[Category:Drama]] | [[Category:Drama]] |
Revision as of 18:13, 13 July 2018
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The Onion Field is a 1979 film that describes the real kidnapping of two LAPD officers in the 60’s. The movie screenplay was written by ex-LAPD officer Joseph Wambaugh, based on his book.
The following weapons were used in the film The Onion Field:
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Smith & Wesson Model 14
Both LAPD detectives, Det. Karl Hettinger (John Savage) and Det. Ian Campbell (Ted Danson) carry 6-inch barreled Smith & Wesson Model 14 revolvers in cross-draw holsters. The 6” barrel model 14 was a common LAPD gun during the 50’s and 60’s decades, and even plainclothes officers carried it. In real life, according to Joseph Wambaugh, Detective Campbell carried a model 14 (then known as the “k-38 target masterpiece”), while Det. Hettinger carried a 6”-barrel Colt.
Astra Constable
Gregory Powell (James Woods) buys an Astra Constable in a pawn shop for Jimmy “Youngblood” Smith (Franklyn Seales). This is not totally accurate. According to Wambaugh’s book, the gun used by Smith was indeed an Spanish Pistol, but it was a .32 auto Star, not an Astra.
Colt Official Police
Powell uses a Colt Official Police as his personal gun. Some LAPD officers also use this revolver.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
The officer who arrests Powell uses what looks like a 6”-barrel Smith & Wesson Model 10