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[[Image:Topsecret-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled revolver, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled revolver, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|For reasons best known to himself, instead of firing out one of the already-smashed panes, Nigel uses his revolver to break the one pane ''not'' already broken, and shoots through ''that''.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In an obvious satire of old westerns, Nigel goes for the one '''unbroken''' window, smashes it with his revolver and shoots through that.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Déjà Vu ([[Jim Carter]]) tries to break a window using a revolver, only for the barrel to bend.]]
[[Image:Topsecret-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Déjà Vu ([[Jim Carter]]) tries to break a window using a revolver, only for the barrel to bend.]]



Revision as of 22:04, 13 February 2010

Top Secret! (1984)



The following firearms can be seen in the 1984 comedy film Top Secret!:


Browning Hi-Power

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Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm
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Du Quois (Harry Ditson) points a Hi-Power at Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer).
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The very short Resistance member Albert Potato struggles to shoot out a window that's out of his reach

Walther P38

Colonel Von Horst (Warren Clarke) uses a Walther P38 to threaten Nick after he smarts-off in German. Sergeant Kruger (Jack Cooper) also uses one to shoot an informant later.

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Walther P38 pistol World War II date of production
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Von Horst with his Walther P38.
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Kruger's hand holding a Walther P38

Luger P08

French Resistance leader and secret traitor Nigel (Christopher Villiers) uses a Luger P08 when he abducts Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge) at the climax.

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Luger P08 9mm
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Nigel and Nick grapple over the Luger P08.

M1928 Thompson

Chocolate Mousse's (Eddie Tagoe) weapon is an M1928 Thompson. During one scene, Chocolate Mousse "loads" his weapon like a musket, even pouring gunpowder and using a ramrod.

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M1928 "Tommy Gun" - .45 ACP
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Chocolate Mousse loads his Thompson in a...most unusual way.
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Chocolate Mousse blasts away at the East Germans.
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"My man!"

MP40

The MP40 is seen quite frequently in the hands of the East Germans and the French Resistance.

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MP40 9mm
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An East German guard on the train platform holding an MP40.

Sten Mk II

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Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm
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Man in the back holds a Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k can be seen in the hands of the East Germans.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A quite brutal scene greets Nick Rivers as he enters East Germany. Here, German soldiers with Karabiner 98k's apprehend, and later execute, a guy carrying a suspicious package, which is later revealed to contain dog biscuits...

M1 Garand

Deja Vu uses an M1 Garand. Also, in when the East Germans attack the Resistance headquarters, a German soldier, for some reason, is using an M1 Garand.

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M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06

M1 Carbine

An M1 Carbine can be seen in the hands of at least one of the French Resistance fighters.

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M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine

MG34

An MG34 is seen mounted on an East German car that chases the heroes after they rescue Hillary's father from Flergendorf Prison.

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MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum
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The soldier riding in back wields the MG34 (trivia: this is the same mockup of a Mercedes-Benz G5 used in Raiders of the Lost Ark).
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Another view of the MG34 as the German driver loses control of the vehicle.
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The soldier in back continues firing the MG34 even as the car heads wildly out of control and right into a Ford Pinto.

Miscellaneous Shotguns

During the "Skeet Surfin'" scene near the beginning of the movie, the surfers can be seen with a variety of shotguns.

SIG P210

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SIG P210 9x19mm
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Nick fires a SIG P210 out the window - 9mm

Enfield No.4 Mk.1

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Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British
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Man in the back holds a Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 rifle - .303 British


Unknown automatics

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Du Quois, holding a gun, alerts the others to the presence of a German grenade.

Unknown revolvers

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Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled revolver, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.
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In an obvious satire of old westerns, Nigel goes for the one unbroken window, smashes it with his revolver and shoots through that.
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Déjà Vu (Jim Carter) tries to break a window using a revolver, only for the barrel to bend.

Cannon

Chocolate Mousse (Eddie Tagoe) uses a muzzle-loading field cannon during the attack on the French Resistance's headquarters.

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The loaded cannon being aimed at Nick and Hillary as they enter the Resistance's hideout
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Chocolate Mousse uses the cannon.