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Several characters, including Sherlock Holmes ([[Christopher Lee]]), Dr. John Watson ([[Patrick Macnee]]), Constantine Mavropolis (Anthony Fridjhon), Cape Town police Superintendent Henry Van Meer ([[Dale Cutts]]), and Captain James Morrison ([[Neil McCarthy]]), use [[Webley Revolvers|Webley .455 pre-Mk VI]] revolvers. The details allow to identify them only marginally: [[Webley .455 Mk III|Mk III]], [[Webley .455 Mk IV|Mk IV]] or [[Webley .455 Mk V|Mk V]]. | Several characters, including Sherlock Holmes ([[Christopher Lee]]), Dr. John Watson ([[Patrick Macnee]]), Constantine Mavropolis (Anthony Fridjhon), Cape Town police Superintendent Henry Van Meer ([[Dale Cutts]]), and Captain James Morrison ([[Neil McCarthy (II)|Neil McCarthy]]), use [[Webley Revolvers|Webley .455 pre-Mk VI]] revolvers. The details allow to identify them only marginally: [[Webley .455 Mk III|Mk III]], [[Webley .455 Mk IV|Mk IV]] or [[Webley .455 Mk V|Mk V]]. | ||
''Note:'' see additional images on [[Talk:Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls#Webley .455 Mk III - Mk V|talk page]]. | ''Note:'' see additional images on [[Talk:Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls#Webley .455 Mk III - Mk V|talk page]]. | ||
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== Lee-Enfield Mk.I == | == Lee-Enfield Mk.I == | ||
[[Lee-Enfield Mk.I]] (or possibly but less likely nearly identical [[Lee-Metford]]) rifles are used by Sherlock Holmes ([[Christopher Lee]]), Cape Town police Lt. Grisholm ([[Ron Smerczak]]), Gugliamo Marconi (Steven Gurney) (the character turns out to be a criminal Bartini, posing as Marconi), Captain James Morrison ([[Neil McCarthy]]), and numerous British soldiers, including native ones. Both MLE and CCLE (Charger Loading Lee Enfield, rifles converted to load from chargers) are seen. | [[Lee-Enfield Mk.I]] (or possibly but less likely nearly identical [[Lee-Metford]]) rifles are used by Sherlock Holmes ([[Christopher Lee]]), Cape Town police Lt. Grisholm ([[Ron Smerczak]]), Gugliamo Marconi (Steven Gurney) (the character turns out to be a criminal Bartini, posing as Marconi), Captain James Morrison ([[Neil McCarthy (II)|Neil McCarthy]]), and numerous British soldiers, including native ones. Both MLE and CCLE (Charger Loading Lee Enfield, rifles converted to load from chargers) are seen. | ||
''Note:'' see additional images on [[Talk:Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls#Lee-Enfield Mk.I|talk page]]. | ''Note:'' see additional images on [[Talk:Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls#Lee-Enfield Mk.I|talk page]]. | ||
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Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls is an international co-production 1992 made for TV two-part detective movie directed by Bill Corcoran and starring Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes and Patrick Macnee as Dr. John Watson. The movie uses Arthur Conan Doyle's characters but has an original plot: King Edward VII asks Sherlock Holmes to safeguard the famous brilliant "Star of Africa" on a trip to Cape Town.
This movie together with Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) form a series entitled Sherlock Holmes the Golden Years. It was initially announced as a miniseries, but only two films (each in two parts) were made.
The following weapons were used in the film Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls:
Revolvers
Webley .455 Mk III - Mk V
Several characters, including Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee), Dr. John Watson (Patrick Macnee), Constantine Mavropolis (Anthony Fridjhon), Cape Town police Superintendent Henry Van Meer (Dale Cutts), and Captain James Morrison (Neil McCarthy), use Webley .455 pre-Mk VI revolvers. The details allow to identify them only marginally: Mk III, Mk IV or Mk V.
Note: see additional images on talk page.
Webley .455 Mk VI
Theodore Roosevelt (Claude Akins) uses a Webley .455 Mk VI revolver in several scenes. One of the Cape Town police officers carries a revolver in holster that can also be a Mk VI. The story is set about 1910, so Mk VI doesn't fit for this time.
Rifles
Lee-Enfield Mk.I
Lee-Enfield Mk.I (or possibly but less likely nearly identical Lee-Metford) rifles are used by Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee), Cape Town police Lt. Grisholm (Ron Smerczak), Gugliamo Marconi (Steven Gurney) (the character turns out to be a criminal Bartini, posing as Marconi), Captain James Morrison (Neil McCarthy), and numerous British soldiers, including native ones. Both MLE and CCLE (Charger Loading Lee Enfield, rifles converted to load from chargers) are seen.
Note: see additional images on talk page.
Lee-Enfield Mk.I MLE
Lee-Enfield Mk.I CCLE
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles are also used by British soldiers. Two rifles are seen, and on both the handguards are rewound with duct tape in two places. Such wrappings were commonly used on rifles, fitted with No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger rifle grenade launchers, so the screen guns may be veterans of the Great War when they were used with such launchers.
Lee-Enfield Sporter
British soldiers carry sporterized rifles in two scenes (possibly a single prop is reused). They are supposed to be Sporterized Lee-Enfield.
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
A Matabele warrior Khumalo (John Indi) carries a Double Barreled Shotgun with exposed hammers in the scene in the cave.
