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== Browning Hi-Power == | |||
What appears to be a [[Browning Hi-Power]] is briefly seen in hands and holster of Salazar ([[Enrico Maria Salerno]]) (this character is a substitution of real person of David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican painter) when he, disguised as a Mexican police officer, leads his men to attack Trotsky's house. | |||
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian manufacture) - 9x19mm. Such post-war version doesn't fit for 1940 but the screen pistol is definitly not a correct pre-war P-35.]] | |||
[[File:AoT-Pistol-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Salazar, disguised as a police officer, carries a pistol in holster.]] | |||
[[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Salazar holds his pistol. A step on the front part of the slide, typical for Hi-Power, can be seen.]] | |||
[[File:AoT-Pistol-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The shape of the grip also matches Hi-Power.]] | |||
[[File:AoT-Pistol-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The grip of Salazar's holstered pistol is seen when he fires a Thompson. The heel also matches Hi-Power.]] | |||
== M1911-style pistol == | == M1911-style pistol == | ||
Frank Jackson ([[Alain Delon]]) uses an [[M1911 pistol series|M1911-style]] pistol in the climactic scene. | |||
[[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP]] | [[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg|thumb|300px|none|For comparison: Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911- | [[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|]] | ||
[[File: | [[File:AoT-Pistol-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jackson tries to draw his pistol during the assassination.]] | ||
[[File:AoT-Pistol-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|But he is captured by bodyguards.]] | |||
== FN Model 1903 == | == FN Model 1903 == |
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The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 British-Italian-French biopic directed by Joseph Losey and depicting the last year of the life of Leon Trotsky and his assassination by Ramón Mercader (Frank Jackson in the movie) in August 1940.
The following weapons were used in the film The Assassination of Trotsky:
Revolvers
Rast-Gasser 1898
A Rast-Gasser 1898 revolver is seen on Trotsky's (Richard Burton) table in the scene of the murder.
Webley .38 Mk IV
Lou (Jack Betts, credited as Hunt Powers), the head of Trotsky's bodyguards, carries a revolver in holster. Judging by the shape of the grip with lanyard ring and by the holster, Webley .38 Mk IV seems to be a decent guess. Webley-style revolvers are also seen in hands of Trotsky's bodyguard Jim (Michael Forest) and of a Mexican police detective.
Colt Detective Special
A Colt-style compact revolver, supposedly a Colt Detective Special, is seen in hands of Trotsky's bodyguard Sam (Joshua Sinclair). A Mexican police detective holds a same looking revolver.
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power
What appears to be a Browning Hi-Power is briefly seen in hands and holster of Salazar (Enrico Maria Salerno) (this character is a substitution of real person of David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican painter) when he, disguised as a Mexican police officer, leads his men to attack Trotsky's house.
M1911-style pistol
Frank Jackson (Alain Delon) uses an M1911-style pistol in the climactic scene.
FN Model 1903
Gita Samuels finds an FN Model 1903 in Jackson's suitcase.
Submachine Guns
M1928A1 Thompson
Salazar and several of his men use M1928A1 Thompson SMGs during the attack on Trotsky's house. Trotsky's bodyguards, including Jim (Michael Forest) and Sam (Joshua Sinclair), also carry Thompsons.
Rifles
M43 Spanish Mauser
Most of Salazar's men, disguised as Mexican police, carry M43 Spanish Mauser, standing for correct M1936 Mexican Mausers.
Sporter rifle
In one scene a sporter or hunting rifle is seen in hands of Trotsky's bodyguard.