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==1903 Springfield Sporter== | ==1903 Springfield Sporter== | ||
A [[M1903 Springfield#Sporterized M1903 Springfield |1903 Springfield Sporter]] is used by the sniper Slim during the film's climax. | |||
[[File:Springfield03sporterBeta.jpg|thumb|400px|none| Sporterized M1903 Springfield]] | [[File:Springfield03sporterBeta.jpg|thumb|400px|none| Sporterized M1903 Springfield]] | ||
[[Image:HighSierra 10.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Slim preparing to fire a [[M1903 Springfield|1903 Springfield Sporter]] at Roy "Mad Dog" Earle]] | [[Image:HighSierra 10.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Slim preparing to fire a [[M1903 Springfield|1903 Springfield Sporter]] at Roy "Mad Dog" Earle]] |
Revision as of 19:47, 1 November 2014
High Sierra was filmed in 1941 with Humphrey Bogart playing a weary robber named Roy "Mad Dog" Earle who's early release from prison is engineered by the mob so he can do a job. Humphrey Bogart meets up with Alan Curtis and Arthur Kennedy to rob the Tropico Hotel. Alan Curtis and Arthur Kennedy pick up a Taxi Dancer named Marie played by Ida Lupino which adds a complicated twist to the group. They pull of the robbery but Alan Curtis and Arthur Kennedy are involved in a crash which put the cops hot on their trail. Unable to fence the stolen jewels right away Roy "Mad Dog" Earle and Marie split up to try and make it to Nevada. Humphrey Bogart comes across a road block and heads deep into the Sierra Nevada mountains for his final stand.
- Actors: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Barton MacLane
- Writers: John Huston, W.R. Burnett
- Director: Raoul Walsh
The following guns were used in the movie High Sierra:
Colt 1911 Pistol
Colt Official Police Revolver
Winchester 1892 Carbine
Colt 1921 Thompson
1903 Springfield Sporter
A 1903 Springfield Sporter is used by the sniper Slim during the film's climax.
Winchester Model 1912 Shotgun
Publicity photos of Humphrey Bogart in character as Roy "Mad Dog" Earle with the Winchester Model 1912.