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== Pump action small caliber rifle == | == Pump action small caliber rifle == | ||
A [[22 LR Pump Action Rifles|small caliber pump action rifle]] is also used in the scene in a shooting gallery. This is a hammerless model, and it lacks long underbarrel tube magazine (that excludes such popular models of that time as Remington Model 12, [[Savage Model 29]] or [[Winchester Model 61]] | A [[22 LR Pump Action Rifles|small caliber pump action rifle]] is also used in the scene in a shooting gallery. This is a hammerless model, and it lacks long underbarrel tube magazine (or has a very short one); that excludes such popular models of that time as Remington Model 12, [[Savage Model 29]] or [[Winchester Model 61]]. | ||
[[File:TSW-Rifle3-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|After Watson several times doesn't shoot at the target, behind which Holmes is tied, Norman Locke ([[Vernon Downing]]) takes another rifle from Artie and fires himself.]] | [[File:TSW-Rifle3-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|After Watson several times doesn't shoot at the target, behind which Holmes is tied, Norman Locke ([[Vernon Downing]]) takes another rifle from Artie and fires himself.]] | ||
[[File:TSW-Rifle3-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|This rifle is pump-action, hammerless and lacks tube magazine.]] | [[File:TSW-Rifle3-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|This rifle is pump-action, hammerless and lacks (or has very short) tube magazine.]] | ||
[[File:TSW-Rifle3-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Astonished Locke holds the rifle.]] | [[File:TSW-Rifle3-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Astonished Locke holds the rifle.]] | ||
[[File:TSW-Rifle3-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of aiming Locke.]] | [[File:TSW-Rifle3-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of aiming Locke.]] | ||
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The Spider Woman is an American 1944 (filmed 1943) detective movie, directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. This is the seventh installment to the series of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Rathbone and Bruce. The story incorporates elements from several Arthur Conan Doyle's works: "The Sign of the Four", "The Final Problem", "The Adventure of the Empty House", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot". Sherlock Holmes confronts Adrea Spedding (Gale Sondergaard), "a female Moriarty" who commits murders, using a deadly poisonous spider.
The following weapons were used in the film The Spider Woman:
Revolvers
Colt Detective Special
Like in several other films of the series, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) carries a Colt Detective Special. Adrea Spedding's henchmen Fred Garvin (Harry Cording) and Radlik (Alec Craig) also use Colt DS revolvers.
Colt Police Positive
When Holmes gives his Colt Detective Special to Dr. Watson, and the latter is disarmed by Radlik, the revolver swtiches to a larger Colt Police Positive.
Colt 1877 Thunderer Shopkeeper Model
Adrea Spedding's half-brother and accomplice Norman Locke (Vernon Downing) uses a Colt 1877 Thunderer Shopkeeper Model revolver in the scene in a shooting gallery. A Colt Shopkeeper revolver is also seen in hands of a man commiting suicide in the opening scene. Possibly this is the same prop, used in one of the previous films of the series, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death.
Pistols
Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket
A Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket pistol is used by Holmes when he poses under disguise of an officer of Maharaja of Bengal Col. Rajni Singh.
Rifles
Several small caliber rifles are used in the scene in a shooting gallery. Those that are seen clear enough are described below.
Unidentified bolt action rifle
Remington Model 34
Another bolt action rifle appears to be a Remington Model 34, identified by the underbarrel tube magazine, turned-down bolt handle and a large groove on stock.
Pump action small caliber rifle
A small caliber pump action rifle is also used in the scene in a shooting gallery. This is a hammerless model, and it lacks long underbarrel tube magazine (or has a very short one); that excludes such popular models of that time as Remington Model 12, Savage Model 29 or Winchester Model 61.
