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* [[Kurt Russell]] as MacReady in ''[[The Thing]]'' | * [[Kurt Russell]] as R.J. MacReady in ''[[The Thing]]'' | ||
* [[Sylvester Stallone]] as Sheriff in ''[[Copland]]'' | * [[Sylvester Stallone]] as Sheriff in ''[[Copland]]'' | ||
Revision as of 05:16, 17 August 2009
The Ithaca Model 37 shotgun is the longest continuously produced shotgun in U.S. history. It was based on a competitor's previous design in 1933 and was introduced in 1937 and has been manufactured continuously until this day. It is popular with sport shooters as well as home defense and police and military. Soldiers in wars after World War 2 have opted to carry it as a short range weapon in the field. It was popular amongst soldiers and elite units in Vietnam, usually for the man on point, since it was a sound design and very robust.
The Ithaca Model 37 or just "Ithaca 37" appears in many films set in time periods before to it's actual historical introduction. Since it is a descendant of the Remington Model 17 and then Model 31 Shotguns (Ithaca waited until Remington's patents expired to make the gun), it is essentially impersonating a Remington Model of the period. Since there are far fewer Remington Model 17s (in 20 gauge only) and Remington Model 31s in existence than Ithaca shotguns, the Ithaca 37 is a Remington Impersonator for any film set in any year prior to 1937 (and this includes the Depression and Prohibition Era films).
The Ithaca 37 shotgun and variants appear in the following films and video games used by the following actors:
Ithaca Model 37 Shotgun
Film
- Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing
- Sylvester Stallone as Sheriff in Copland
- Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese in The Terminator (with high-capacity magazine tube and sawed-off stock)
- N.Y.P.D. SWAT officer in 16 Blocks
- N.Y.P.D. officers in Light It Up (with standard and high-capacity magazine tubes)
- N.Y.P.D. officers in The French Connection
- Samuel L. Jackson as the robber at McDowell's in Coming to America
- Albert Popwell as a bankrobber in Dirty Harry
- DeVeren Bookwater as Bobby Maxwell in The Enforcer
- Guy Pierce as Lt.Ed Exley and Russell Crowe as Det. Bud White in L.A. Confidential
- L.A.P.D. SWAT officer in Lethal Weapon (deleted scene)
- Nancy Fish as Mrs. Peenman in The Mask (long barrel hunting version)
- A police officer in Dead Presidents
- Detective Tapp and Detective Sing use the same Ithaca 37 in Saw
- Smugglers in Blind Horizon
- True Romances
- Police Officers in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Television
- Honduran rebels in Stargate SG-1
- CSI: NY (episodes: "Silent Night", "Boo")
- "Zeke" Anderson in Tour of Duty
- James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos (episode: "All Due Respect")
- Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter in Hunter
- The Untouchables (1993) - impersonating a Remington 17/31.
Video Games
- Left 4 Dead
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (with sawn off stock and barrel)
- Team Fortress 2
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (with sawn off stock and barrel)
- No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In HARM's Way
- Contract J.A.C.K.
- Far Cry 2 (as "Homeland 37," though it is a long-barreled hunting version, and with a side ejection port)
- Resident Evil 5
Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"
Film
- Brad Pitt as John Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Angelina Jolie as Jane Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Michael Biehn as Corporal Hicks in Aliens
- Seen under the Hotel Clerk's desk in Heat
- A Mobster in Last Action Hero
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kimble in Kindergarten Cop
- Used by a thug in District B13
Television
- Philip Michael Thomas as Detective 'Rico' Tubbs in Miami Vice