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'''The following firearms are seen in the 1973 film ''Dillinger'':''' | '''The following firearms are seen in the 1973 film ''Dillinger'':''' | ||
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=Pistols= | |||
==M1911A1== | |||
During the opening credits, just as director [[John Milius]]'s name comes on, a [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] found in the actual Dillinger gang's collection during a 1934 arrest is seen at the base of a Thompson with its stock removed. Also, in the scene at Little Bohemia where "Baby Face" Nelson ([[Richard Dreyfuss]]) questions Dillinger's ([[Warren Oates]]) leadership, Dillinger grabs Nelson's 1911 from him and attacks him with it, then gives it back to him, taunting him. This is the only scene in which gang members are seen with genuine 1911s, identified by the larger bore diameter and lack of an external extractor. | |||
[[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP.]] | |||
[[Image:Dill73-pistol1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M1911A1 and a Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil73-m1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dillinger shoves Nelson's 1911 back into his hand.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil73-m1911b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nelson reluctantly takes the 1911 back.]] | |||
==Star Model B== | ==Star Model B== | ||
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[[Image:Dil-1911j.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Van Meter uses his Model B to intimidate Leroy into giving him a ride after escaping Little Bohemia.]] | [[Image:Dil-1911j.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Van Meter uses his Model B to intimidate Leroy into giving him a ride after escaping Little Bohemia.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil-hvm.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Homer Van Meter fires a Star Model B.]] | [[Image:Dil-hvm.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Homer Van Meter fires a Star Model B.]] | ||
==Star Model B (nickel)== | |||
FBI agent Melvin Purvis ([[Ben Johnson]]) uses a [[Star Model B]] throughout the film, most likely standing in for the [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|Colt Super Automatic]] chambered in .38 Super used by the FBI during the 1930s. Although Purvis did receive a nickel-plated .45-caliber 1911A1 upon his retirement from the FBI in 1935, he typically carried a [[Colt Detective Special]] during the hunts for Dillinger and Floyd in 1934, emptying all six shots from his revolver at Floyd according to contemporary FBI reports. | |||
[[Image:StarBNickelPulpFiction.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Star Model B Pistol with a custom bright nickel plated finish and pearl grips - 9mm. This is a screen used Star Model B from the film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.]] | |||
[[Image:Dill73-starb1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Purvis holds his two nickel Star Bs as he goes to face Wilbur Underhill.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-1911c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Purvis lets a boy hold his nickel Star Model B as he gets his shoes shined.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-purvis.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Purvis chambers a nickel Star Model B.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-1911.tommy.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Purvis, with his Model B, and Thompson-wielding FBI agents gun down Pretty Boy Floyd.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-1911k.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Purvis shoots and kills Dillinger in the final scene of the film.]] | |||
=Revolvers= | |||
==Colt New Service== | |||
Bank robbers John Dillinger ([[Warren Oates]]), Homer Van Meter ([[Harry Dean Stanton]]), Reed Youngblood ([[Frank McRae]]), and Charley Makley ([[John Ryan]]) carry [[Colt New Service]] revolvers. Van Meter notably uses his to shoot up an old man's gumball machine at a gas station. | |||
[[Image:Colt_New_Service.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt New Service M1917 - .45 ACP.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-cns1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Homer Van Meter tries to intimidate a filling station owner with his New Service.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-cns2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Homer Van Meter shoots a gumball machine out of anger.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-cns3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Makley is shot in the stomach while carrying his New Service during the East Chicago bank robbery.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-cns4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dillinger holds a New Service to the prison mechanic's head during his escape.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-cns5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The prison warden is understandably concerned when Reed Youngblood (Frank McRae) keeps a New Service pointed at him during Dillinger's impromptu post-prison-breakout bank robbery.]] | |||
[[Image:Dill73-cns1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reed Youngblood fires a shot from one of his two New Services as he is killed during the Mason City gunfight. Somehow these two white-gripped New Services end up in the hands of...]] | |||
[[Image:Dill73-cns2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...Dillinger during the Little Bohemia gunfight the next morning. They seem to be the same revolvers as Youngblood had used and yet Dillinger had no time to stop and pick them up during the escape from Mason City the previous day. In this scene, Dillinger is seen firing the revolvers until empty before reverting back to his usual dual Star Model B pistols.]] | |||
==Colt Detective Special== | |||
"Handsome Jack" Klutas ([[Terry Leonard]]) draws a [[Colt Detective Special]] from his pocket when he is killed by Purvis ([[Ben Johnson]]), firing a few shots into the air before he falls down the stairs, riddled by Thompson bullets. "Baby Face" Nelson ([[Richard Dreyfuss]]) fires a Detective Special during the Little Bohemia shootout. | |||
[[Image:Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt Detective Special 1st Gen - .38 Special]] | |||
[[Image:Dil73-cds1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nelson fires his Detective Special.]] | |||
==Colt Police Positive== | |||
A Mason City vigilante fires a long-barreled [[Colt Police Positive]] revolver. | |||
[[Image:PolicePositive.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt Police Positive - .38 Special.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-rev2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mason City vigilante takes aim with a long barrel Police Positive.]] | |||
==Smith & Wesson Model 10== | |||
Harry Pierpont ([[Geoffrey Lewis]]) fires a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] at Little Bohemia. Several police officers, FBI agents, and vigilantes use them as well. | |||
[[Image:S&W Model M&P.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-rev1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|East Chicago police at a roadblock fire S&W Model 10 revolvers.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-rev3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Harry Pierpont fires back at the police from Little Bohemia.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil73-sw10a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An FBI agent aims his Model 10 at Van Meter before he is shot.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-rev4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Iowa vigilante puts his S&W Model 10 revolver in Van Meter's face.]] | |||
==Smith & Wesson Model 20== | |||
The Mason City police officers all carry [[Smith & Wesson Model 20]] revolvers. | |||
[[Image:Smith&WessonModel20.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 20 - .38/44]] | |||
[[Image:Dil73-sw20a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer watches the gang's bank robbery while holding a S&W Model 20.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil73-sw20b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer shotgunned by Pierpont falls back onto the roof with his S&W Model 20.]] | |||
==Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector== | |||
During the Little Bohemia shootout, one of Pierpont's ([[Geoffrey Lewis]]) two S&W revolvers is a [[Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector]]. | |||
[[Image:Smith and Wesson Hand Ejector 1845.jpg|none|thumb|350px|British-issued Mk. I Hand Ejector (note shrouded ejector rod).]] | |||
[[Image:Dil73-swej1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pierpont fires out the windows at the FBI.]] | |||
=Submachine Gun & Automatic Rifle= | |||
==Thompson M1921== | ==Thompson M1921== | ||
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[[Image:Dil-1911.tommy.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Purvis (Ben Johnson), with a 1911, and Thompson-wielding FBI agents gun down Pretty Boy Floyd.]] | [[Image:Dil-1911.tommy.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Purvis (Ben Johnson), with a 1911, and Thompson-wielding FBI agents gun down Pretty Boy Floyd.]] | ||
== | ==Browning Automatic Rifle== | ||
Several members of Dillinger's gang, most notably Homer Van Meter ([[Harry Dean Stanton]]), Harry Pierpont ([[Geoffrey Lewis]]), and Lester "Baby Face" Nelson ([[Richard Dreyfuss]]) fire [[Browning Automatic Rifle]]s during the Mason City bank robbery and subsequent Little Bohemia shootout. Billie Frechette ([[Michelle Phillips]]) covers Dillinger's escape with a B.A.R. (inexplicably alternating with a Thompson during the same scene). | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:BARearlymodel.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06]] | ||
[[Image:Dil- | [[Image:Dil-bar1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Homer Van Meter takes aim at a vigilante during the Mason City bank robbery.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil- | [[Image:Dil-bar2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Van Meter takes aim at a vigilante during the Mason City bank robbery.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil- | [[Image:Dil-bar3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Harry Pierpont joins Van Meter shooting at the vigilantes.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil- | [[Image:Dil-bar4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pierpont tries to correct a jam in his B.A.R.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil- | [[Image:Dil-bar5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Van Meter fires back at the police as Pierpont's jammed B.A.R. sits in the car windshield.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Dil-bar6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Baby Face Nelson is one of the first to react to seeing police outside Little Bohemia, shooting a B.A.R. at them.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Dil-bar7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billie covers Dillinger's getaway with a B.A.R.]] | ||
=Rifles & Carbines= | |||
==M1903 Springfield== | ==M1903 Springfield== | ||
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[[Image:Dill73-spring2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A state policeman aim his M1903 at the house.]] | [[Image:Dill73-spring2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A state policeman aim his M1903 at the house.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil-1903s2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mason City vigilantes with a Springfield M1903 and a Winchester Model 70, waiting for the bank robbers to emerge.]] | [[Image:Dil-1903s2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mason City vigilantes with a Springfield M1903 and a Winchester Model 70, waiting for the bank robbers to emerge.]] | ||
==M1903A3 Springfield== | |||
[[M1903 Springfield#1903A3 Springfield Rifle|M1903A3 Springfield]] rifles are seen in the hands of U.S. Army and National Guard soldiers guarding Dillinger at Crown Point prison. | |||
[[Image:Springfield03A3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1903A3 Springfield - .30-06]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-1903s1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers assigned to guard Crown Point prison stand with Springfield rifles.]] | |||
==Winchester Model 1892== | |||
A vigilante at Wilbur Underhill's house is armed with a [[Winchester Model 1892]]. | |||
[[Image:Winchester1892.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester 1892 -.32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20.]] | |||
[[Image:Dill73-win1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A vigilante watches Purvis emerge from Underhill's house.]] | |||
==Winchester Model 70== | |||
A Mason City vigilante carries a [[Winchester Model 70]] with open sights. Technically, the use of the Model 70 (developed in 1936) is an anachronism for a scene taking place in early 1934. | |||
[[Image:Win70-2.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester Model 70 with open sights - .30-06.]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-1903s2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mason City vigilantes with a Springfield M1903 and a Winchester Model 70, waiting for the bank robbers to emerge.]] | |||
==Unidentified rifle== | |||
Several vigilantes around Wilbur Underhill's house are armed with rifles. | |||
[[Image:Dil73-ssrif1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A vigilante hops over a fence holding his rifle.]] | |||
=Shotguns= | |||
==Winchester Model 1897== | ==Winchester Model 1897== | ||
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[[Image:Dil-win97a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pierpont fires his Winchester Model 1897 at a vigilante.]] | [[Image:Dil-win97a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pierpont fires his Winchester Model 1897 at a vigilante.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil-win97b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An FBI agent fires his shotgun at Little Bohemia.]] | [[Image:Dil-win97b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An FBI agent fires his shotgun at Little Bohemia.]] | ||
==Browning Auto-5== | ==Browning Auto-5== | ||
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[[Image:BrowAut5.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Browning Auto 5 (pre-WWII) - 12 gauge]] | [[Image:BrowAut5.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Browning Auto 5 (pre-WWII) - 12 gauge]] | ||
[[Image:Dil73-br5a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The legionnaire on the far left holds a Browning Auto-5.]] | [[Image:Dil73-br5a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The legionnaire on the far left holds a Browning Auto-5.]] | ||
==American Gun Company Side-by-Side Shotgun== | ==American Gun Company Side-by-Side Shotgun== | ||
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[[Image:Dil-shotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mason City vigilante loads his shotgun.]] | [[Image:Dil-shotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mason City vigilante loads his shotgun.]] | ||
[[Image:Dil-shotgun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mason City vigilante's shotgun (shot reversed to show logo on gun: "American Gun Co.".]] | [[Image:Dil-shotgun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mason City vigilante's shotgun (shot reversed to show logo on gun: "American Gun Co.".]] | ||
==Double barreled shotgun== | ==Double barreled shotgun== | ||
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[[Image:Dil-shotgun3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A farmer shoots Van Meter in the gut.]] | [[Image:Dil-shotgun3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A farmer shoots Van Meter in the gut.]] | ||
== | =Machine Guns= | ||
[[Image: | ==Lewis Gun== | ||
[[Image: | A U.S. Army National Guard soldier at Crown Point mans a [[Lewis gun]]. | ||
[[Image:Lewis gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Lewis Gun - .30-06]] | |||
[[Image:Dil-machine.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In the foreground, a soldier is manning a Lewis Gun.]] | |||
== | ==Browning M1917== | ||
Some of the 2 U.S. Army National Guard soldiers around Crown Point have water-cooled [[Browning M1917]] machine guns set up. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:M1917A1_2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Browning M1917 - .30-06]] | ||
[[Image:Dil- | [[Image:Dil-machine.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In the background, two soldiers man a Browning M1917.]] | ||
== | =Miscellaneous= | ||
==Mk 2 hand grenade== | ==Mk 2 hand grenade== | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 9 May 2010
The following firearms are seen in the 1973 film Dillinger:
Pistols
M1911A1
During the opening credits, just as director John Milius's name comes on, a M1911A1 found in the actual Dillinger gang's collection during a 1934 arrest is seen at the base of a Thompson with its stock removed. Also, in the scene at Little Bohemia where "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss) questions Dillinger's (Warren Oates) leadership, Dillinger grabs Nelson's 1911 from him and attacks him with it, then gives it back to him, taunting him. This is the only scene in which gang members are seen with genuine 1911s, identified by the larger bore diameter and lack of an external extractor.
Star Model B
Bank robbers John Dillinger (Warren Oates), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton), "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Steve Kanaly), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis), and Eddie the getaway driver (John Martino) use Star Model B pistols, standing in for the M1911A1. In several scenes, Dillinger and Floyd dual-wield them. FBI agent Samuel Cowley (Roy Jenson) carries a Star Model B, notably when he watches Purvis face off against Underhill. Other vigilantes and policemen can occasionally be seen with Model Bs as well.
Star Model B (nickel)
FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) uses a Star Model B throughout the film, most likely standing in for the Colt Super Automatic chambered in .38 Super used by the FBI during the 1930s. Although Purvis did receive a nickel-plated .45-caliber 1911A1 upon his retirement from the FBI in 1935, he typically carried a Colt Detective Special during the hunts for Dillinger and Floyd in 1934, emptying all six shots from his revolver at Floyd according to contemporary FBI reports.
Revolvers
Colt New Service
Bank robbers John Dillinger (Warren Oates), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton), Reed Youngblood (Frank McRae), and Charley Makley (John Ryan) carry Colt New Service revolvers. Van Meter notably uses his to shoot up an old man's gumball machine at a gas station.
Colt Detective Special
"Handsome Jack" Klutas (Terry Leonard) draws a Colt Detective Special from his pocket when he is killed by Purvis (Ben Johnson), firing a few shots into the air before he falls down the stairs, riddled by Thompson bullets. "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss) fires a Detective Special during the Little Bohemia shootout.
Colt Police Positive
A Mason City vigilante fires a long-barreled Colt Police Positive revolver.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis) fires a Smith & Wesson Model 10 at Little Bohemia. Several police officers, FBI agents, and vigilantes use them as well.
Smith & Wesson Model 20
The Mason City police officers all carry Smith & Wesson Model 20 revolvers.
Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector
During the Little Bohemia shootout, one of Pierpont's (Geoffrey Lewis) two S&W revolvers is a Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector.
Submachine Gun & Automatic Rifle
Thompson M1921
Several members of Dillinger's gang, most notably Lester "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis), John Dillinger (Warren Oates), Charley Makley (John Ryan), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton), Tommy Carroll (Jerry Summers), and Reed Youngblood (Frank McRae) fire the Thompson M1921 with either drum or box magazines. Dillinger's girlfriend Billie Frechette (Michelle Phillips) fires a Thompson to cover his escape from Little Bohemia (although it inexplicably alternates with a Browning Automatic Rifle in the same scene). Many FBI agents and policemen too, such as Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) and Samuel Cowley (Roy Jenson) carry Thompsons.
Several Thompson seen have their stocks removed. The Thompson Dillinger uses during the prison breakout and subsequent bank robbery alternates between a model with a stock (in most shots) and with the stock removed (while inside the bank). Most of the Thompsons in the film use drum magazines, but some (most notably FBI agents and "Baby Face" Nelson) have models loaded with box magazines. Weapons supplied by Stembridge Gun Rentals.
Browning Automatic Rifle
Several members of Dillinger's gang, most notably Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis), and Lester "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss) fire Browning Automatic Rifles during the Mason City bank robbery and subsequent Little Bohemia shootout. Billie Frechette (Michelle Phillips) covers Dillinger's escape with a B.A.R. (inexplicably alternating with a Thompson during the same scene).
Rifles & Carbines
M1903 Springfield
M1903 Springfield rifles are seen in the hands of vigilantes in Mason City. One is also seen held by a vigilante and a state police officer at the farm where Purvis shoots Wilbur Underhill.
M1903A3 Springfield
M1903A3 Springfield rifles are seen in the hands of U.S. Army and National Guard soldiers guarding Dillinger at Crown Point prison.
Winchester Model 1892
A vigilante at Wilbur Underhill's house is armed with a Winchester Model 1892.
Winchester Model 70
A Mason City vigilante carries a Winchester Model 70 with open sights. Technically, the use of the Model 70 (developed in 1936) is an anachronism for a scene taking place in early 1934.
Unidentified rifle
Several vigilantes around Wilbur Underhill's house are armed with rifles.
Shotguns
Winchester Model 1897
Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis) uses a Winchester Model 1897 during several shootouts. Several police, FBI agents, and vigilantes also have 1897s. Dillinger (Warren Oates) steals one from the Crown Point jail during his break out.
Browning Auto-5
A legionnaire outside the Crown Point jail during Dillinger's escape carries a Browning Auto-5.
American Gun Company Side-by-Side Shotgun
A 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun made by American Gun Co. is used by a Mason City vigilante.
Double barreled shotgun
Several vigilantes throughout the film use double barreled shotguns. One of the Iowa vigilantes who fatally wounds Homer Van Meter uses a shotgun.
Machine Guns
Lewis Gun
A U.S. Army National Guard soldier at Crown Point mans a Lewis gun.
Browning M1917
Some of the 2 U.S. Army National Guard soldiers around Crown Point have water-cooled Browning M1917 machine guns set up.
Miscellaneous
Mk 2 hand grenade
"Pretty Boy" Floyd (Steve Kanaly) throws some Mk 2 hand grenades down at the police around Little Bohemia.
"Wooden Gun"
John Dillinger (Warren Oates) is shown carving his infamous "wooden gun" to escape from Crown Point jail.
