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Le Samouraï is a cult 1967 neo-noir film by french master of the genre Jean-Pierre Melville. The film is also known as "The Godson", though it rarely translated in English because it is an understandable title even when not translated (i.e. The Samurai)). This film established new neo-noir movement separated from classic film-noir and inspired many films in one way or another.
John Woo's The Killer and Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai were inspired by this film, though also they are considered genre classics in their own right.
The film stars Alain Delon as loner, a meditative assassin, whose principles cause him to behave as a medieval samurai. He is double-crossed by the police and mafia as well as trying to understand why a witness to one of his assassinations, a pianist girl Valerie (Cathy Rosier) helped him by pretending to not recognize him when interviewed by the police.
The following weapons were used in the film Le Samouraï:
WARNING! CONTAINS SPOILERS
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Jef Costello (Alain Delon) works as an assassin and uses Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers provided to him by garage keeper (André Salgues), who also changes number plates on Citroen DS cars stolen by Jef using huge ring of keys. We see such a scene two times in the movie and it's hinted that it's become a routine for both.
The First One
The first revolver given to Jef by garage keeper used by him to kill "Marty's" bar owner Marty (played by an unknown actor). He shoots him three times and then tosses the revolver, after also using it as a weapon when the blonde gunman (Jacques Leroy) tries to kill him on a bridge.
The Second
The second revolver given to Jef by the garage keeper (who tells him that it's their last case) differs slightly (different sight) and is used to kill a mysterious gangster named Olivier Rey (Jean-Pierre Posier), who's behind the previous assassinations. He, as usual, fires at Rey three times. This revolver also plays significant role in the ending.
M1911
Blonde Gunman's weapon of choice is an original M1911 first issued to the U.S. Military during WWI. He aims it at Jef in the iconic scene while talking about Jef's next case. Perhaps he also wounded Jef's arm with the same weapon during the bridge shootout. Jef disarms the gunman and aims it on the blonde man to find out the identity of Olivier Rey and his home address.
Hard to recognize Detective Snub style revolvers
There are many Detective Snub style revolvers in this movie used by Marty, Olivier Rey and the police inspectors. All of these guns are out-of-focus, or there's other circumstances (such as typical-for-noir minimalist lighting), which makes them difficult to recognize. It's possible that Marty's and Rey's revolvers are the same prop.
