Charro!
Original Theatrical Poster
Charro! Elvis Presley as Jess Wade, a former outlaw. Jess leaves the gang, led by Vince Hackett (Victor French ), but when the gang steals from Mexico a gold-plated cannon, a symbol of victory in Mexican-French war, they falsely accuse Jess in this crime. Now he has to prove his innocence and helps to defend a town against the gang.
The following weapons were used in the film Charro! :
Revolvers Single Action Army Single Action Army revolvers of "Civilian" model are used by numerous characters, notably Jess Wade (Elvis Presley ), gang boss Vince Hackett (Victor French ) and his brother Billy Roy Hackett (Solomon Sturges ). Sheriff Ramsey (James Almanzar ) and Mexican Army Lt. Rivera (Tony Young ) carry SAA revolvers in holsters.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army with 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vince Hackett waylays Jess Wade in a Mexican town. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jess draws his revolver in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vince holds Jess' revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jess' old flame Tracey Winters (Ina Balin) returns Jess a revolver that he once left in her room. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Billy Roy Hackett uses Tracey Winters as cover. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vince fires at Lt. Rivera. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mody (Charles H. Gray ) with his revolver in hand sneaks to a cleft in the rocks where Jess hides. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jess fires at Gunner who made an attempt to throw dynamite. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolver in hand of Vince Hacket, deeply shocked by the scene of his brother's death. Rifles Winchester Model 1892 Winchester Model 1892 Carbine Anachronistic for 1870s Winchester Model 1892 carbines are seen in hands of Hackett's gang members Gunner (James Sikking ) and Heff (Harry Landers ), and townsmen Jerome Selby (John Pickard ), Henry Carter (J. Edward McKinley ) and Martin Tilford (Garry Walberg ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gunner with his Winchester carbine. In next moment the carbine switches to a Winchester Model 1892 rifle (see below) and then back to carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The saddle ring of Gunner's carbine is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heff with Winchester 1892 carbine. This carbine lacks the saddle ring but the mounting bracket can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A row of Winchester Model 1892 in Sheriff Ramsey's office. Second from the left Winchester is a rifle rather than a carbine (see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Sheriff's gun rack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jeff Wade, now Sheriff's deputy, hands Winchesters to townsmen who volunteer in posse: Jerome Selby (at the left) and Henry Carter (in center) (Will Joslyn, the bearded man at the right, is armed with a Winchester Model 1892 rifle, see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing From left to right: Jerome Selby, Henry Carter and Martin Tilford with Winchester 1892 cabines, and Will Joslyn with Winchester 1892 rifle. Winchester Model 1892 Rifle Gunner's (James Sikking ) Winchester 1892 carbine switches to a Winchester Model 1892 rifle. Townsmen Will Joslyn (Robert Luster) and Jerome Selby (John Pickard ) also carry Winchester 1892 rifles. It seems to be that a single prop is reused in all these scenes, and this is a "short rifle" in .38-40 caliber with slightly shortened barrel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 Short Rifle - .38-40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing On a closeup, Gunner's carbine switches to a rifle. Note the lack of the front sight, probably because the barrel is slightly shortened, maybe due to a damage. The top barrel band also looks non-standard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle switches back to carbine - and then again to rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchesters in Sheriff's office. The rifle is second from the left; other guns are carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Sheriff's gun rack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jess Wade arms Will Joslyn with this rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Due to a continuity error in next scene Will Joslyn holds a carbine while the rifle is in hands of Jerome Selby. Error creating thumbnail: File missing James Sikking as Gunner holds a Winchester Model 1892 rifle on a promotion still. Enfield Pattern 1856 Cavalry Carbine Most Mexican cavalrymen of Lt. Rivera's unit are armed with Enfield Pattern 1856 Cavalry Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enfield Pattern 1856 Cavalry Carbine - .577 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing A cavalryman at the left holds a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cavalrymen carry carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of a carbine in hands of a cavalryman. Note the sling swivel just near the muzzle, a typical feature of P1856 carbine. Unidentified rifles Several Mexicans carry unidenfitied rifles. They are longer than Enfield P1856 carbines, used by most cavalrymen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two men carry rifles that look longer than carbines of their comrades. Shotguns Colt Model 1878 Sheriff Dan Ramsey (James Almanzar ) carries a double barreled shotgun with exposed hammers, most likely a Colt Model 1878 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1878 reproduction - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff checks his shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shotgun on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Ramsey aims his shotgun at Billy Roy Hackett. Trivia "Victoria" Cannon A Napoleonic style smoothbore field cannon with personal name "Victoria" (Victory), gold-plated with silver-decorated wheels, is a plot item. This symbol of Mexican victory in French-Mexican war 1861-1867 is stolen by Vince Hackett's gang. In several scenes they use the cannon to shoot dynamite sticks (a feat, impossible in reality, as the instability of dynamite in combination with the sudden acceleration of the shell would set off the explosive in the barrel of the weapon; real "dynamite guns" were using compressed air for shooting).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing French Gribeauval 12-Pounder Cannon Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannon is transported on a horse cart. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gang deploy the cannon against Riversa's cavalry unit, crossing the river. Mody (Charles H. Gray ) holds a bundle of dynamite sticks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fire! Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pyrotechnical imitator in the muzzle is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After a sniper shot of Jess Wade ignited the gunpowder, the loose cannon rolls down the hill. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jess returns the cannon to Mexico. 
