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[[Image:InTheLineOfFireCover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''In the Line of Fire'' (1993)]] | [[Image:InTheLineOfFireCover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''In the Line of Fire'' (1993)]] | ||
''In the Line of Fire'' is a 1993 action thriller starring [[Clint Eastwood]] as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent who goes back onto Presidential protection detail when a rogue government operative contacts him about wanting to assassinate the President. | ''In the Line of Fire'' is a 1993 action thriller starring [[Clint Eastwood]] as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent who goes back onto Presidential protection detail when a rogue government operative contacts him about wanting to assassinate the President. The rare Eastwood-starring film not directed by the actor himself, ''In the Line of Fire'' was directed by Wolfgang Petersen (''[[Air Force One]]'') and was made with the cooperation of the USSS (United States Secret Service). | ||
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[[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Horrigan picks up his SIG P228.]] | [[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Horrigan picks up his SIG P228.]] | ||
[[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Horrigan takes his SIG P228 out of a drawer before answering the door.]] | [[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Horrigan takes his SIG P228 out of a drawer before answering the door.]] | ||
[[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|D'Andrea nervously aims his SIG P228 at Leary ([[John Malkovich]]). | [[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|D'Andrea nervously aims his SIG P228 at Leary ([[John Malkovich]]). Note the blank adapter and the fact that had this been in real life the blowback would have severally injured him.]] | ||
[[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When Leary offers to pull Horrigan up and save him from falling he draws his SIG P228 and holds it on him. Leary knows he won't fire since he would drop him, so he taunts him by wrapping his mouth around the muzzle. This was [[John Malkovich]]'s improvisation, as it makes him look more psychotic.]] | [[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When Leary offers to pull Horrigan up and save him from falling he draws his SIG P228 and holds it on him. Leary knows he won't fire since he would drop him, so he taunts him by wrapping his mouth around the muzzle. This was [[John Malkovich]]'s improvisation, as it makes him look more psychotic.]] | ||
[[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Leary, Don't FUCKING MOVE!"]] | [[Image:ITLOFSIGP228-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Leary, Don't FUCKING MOVE!"]] | ||
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== Composite Pistol == | == Composite Pistol == | ||
Mitch Leary ([[John Malkovich]]) builds a plastic [["In The Line of Fires' " Composite Pistol|Composite Pistol]] with two barrels as an assassination weapon to kill the President of the United States. While it is questionable how well the composite material would withstand the high pressure gases from firing, it is used several times in the film without ever breaking. When at the hotel where the President is staying, Leary assembles the weapon under the party table (after practicing assembling it blind folded several times) and had previously hidden the ammunition in a rabbit's foot keychain, and the springs in a pen. The weapon appears to use .38 Special ammunition. | Mitch Leary ([[John Malkovich]]) builds a plastic [["In The Line of Fires'" Composite Pistol|Composite Pistol]] with two barrels as an assassination weapon to kill the President of the United States. While it is questionable how well the composite material would withstand the high pressure gases from firing, it is used several times in the film without ever breaking. When at the hotel where the President is staying, Leary assembles the weapon under the party table (after practicing assembling it blind folded several times) and had previously hidden the ammunition in a rabbit's foot keychain, and the springs in a pen. The weapon appears to use .38 Special ammunition. | ||
Revision as of 04:31, 17 April 2012
In the Line of Fire is a 1993 action thriller starring Clint Eastwood as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent who goes back onto Presidential protection detail when a rogue government operative contacts him about wanting to assassinate the President. The rare Eastwood-starring film not directed by the actor himself, In the Line of Fire was directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One) and was made with the cooperation of the USSS (United States Secret Service).
The following weapons were used in the film In the Line of Fire:
Handguns
Smith & Wesson Model 19
USSS Agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) uses a Smith & Wesson Model 19 at the start of the film to arrest Mendoza (Tobin Bell) and kill his two henchmen. Later on, a CIA operative holds a Model 19 on Horrigan before he disarms him. Horrigan, who was in the Secret Service all the way back to the JFK administration, likely carries his Model 19 off-duty. It is possible, and likely, that this was his sidearm before he switched to the SIG-Sauer P228, because of the nationwide Law Enforcement switch to automatics in the early 1990's. In order to portray himself as a criminal willing to work with Mendoza, Frank brought his old sidearm.
SIG-Sauer P228
USSS Agents Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and Al D'Andrea (Dylan McDermott) carry SIG-Sauer P228 pistols as their sidearms in the film, as do all the other Secret Service Agents.
Glock 19
Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) uses a Glock 19 2nd generation while being pursued by Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and D'Andrea (Dylan McDermott) on the rooftops. This is the only time he is seen with it.
Llama III-A
At the start of the film, Mendoza (Tobin Bell) hands Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) a nickel plated Llama III-A to kill Al D'Andrea (Dylan McDermott) after he discovers he is a Secret Service agent. Frank hefts the gun as he approaches and convinces Mendoza he isn't Secret Service by dry-firing the gun at D'Andrea's head, aware it was in fact empty.
Composite Pistol
Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) builds a plastic Composite Pistol with two barrels as an assassination weapon to kill the President of the United States. While it is questionable how well the composite material would withstand the high pressure gases from firing, it is used several times in the film without ever breaking. When at the hotel where the President is staying, Leary assembles the weapon under the party table (after practicing assembling it blind folded several times) and had previously hidden the ammunition in a rabbit's foot keychain, and the springs in a pen. The weapon appears to use .38 Special ammunition.
Smith & Wesson 5904
Walter Wickland (Alan Troy) shows Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and D'Andrea (Dylan McDermott) his personal protection, a Smith & Wesson 5904, which he claims he keeps in case Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) ever returns.
Beretta 92FS
LAPD officers are seen with Beretta 92FS pistols while rushing the President of the United States out of the hotel after Leary's assassination attempt.
Unknown Pistols
There are several pistols seen in the film that are either too blurry or too hard to identify.
Submachine Gun
IMI Uzi
When the Washington DC Metropolitan Police attempt to arrest Mitch Leary (John Malkovich), the MPDC ERT officers are armed with IMI Uzi submachine guns with stocks extended. Unfortunately, it turns out that Leary scrambled the trace and lead the Secret Service and the police to a completely different address. Uzis are also seen used by the Secret Service agents when they rush the President out of the hotel after the assassination attempt.
Rifles
Winchester Model 70
Winchester Model 70 rifles are used by Secret Service Counter-Snipers at the hotel.
Steyr SSG 69
One of the Secret Service Counter-Snipers uses a Steyr SSG 69 rifle with a five round magazine and double set triggers.
Colt Sako Model L-579 Rifle
Colt-Sako Rifles are used by the two hunters that walk up to Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) after they hear him fire his Composite Pistol.
Miscellaneous
Gun Rack
When Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is taking a nap on a break, a rack full of guns is seen behind him, although it is too far from the camera to properly identify them.
