Serpico
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Country
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Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Release Date
1973
Studio
Artists Entertainments Complex, Inc.Produzion De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.P.A.
Distributor
Paramount
The following weapons were used in the film Serpico :
Pistols Colt Woodsman One of the Spanish drug dealers shoots Serpico in the face with a .22 caliber Colt Woodsman 3rd Series Target , with the doctors later telling Serpico's parents that the low caliber of the bullet most likely saved his life. The actual shooting took place on February 3, 1971. Frank Serpico described the scene as a very accurate recreation of the event.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Woodsman 3rd Series Target - .22 LR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Colt Woodsman is aimed at Serpico. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Colt Woodsman fires at Serpico's face. Smith & Wesson Escort A Smith & Wesson Escort , much like the one seen in Taxi Driver Al Pacino ) in Rudy Corsaro's (Richard Foronjy ) glove compartment.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Escort - .22 LR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico finds the pistol. Browning Hi-Power Toward the end of the film, Serpico (Al Pacino ) purchases for himself a Browning Hi-Power with target sights from the famous John Jovino gun shop in New York City. The salesman incorrectly tells him it "takes a 14-shot clip". Although a Hi-Power can have a maximum capacity of fourteen 9x19mm rounds, the magazine (not clip!) itself can only carry thirteen. Serpico tries in vain to draw his Hi-Power during the fake drug buy, but is unable to get a shot off. The Hi-Power from this movie was eventually sold by Heritage Auction in a 2018 listing .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A screen-used Browning Hi Power with Target sights (9x19mm) from Serpico 2018 Heritage Auction listing . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico checks the magazine of his new Browning Hi-Power. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gun salesman advises Serpico that the Browning takes a "14-shot clip" (incorrectly referring to the magazine as a "clip") and asks if he's "expecting an army", to which Serpico famously replies "Just a division." Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico draws his Hi-Power on the precinct officers who harass him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico fires his Hi-Power at the police range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico draws his Hi-Power slowly before the fake drug buy. Flintlock Pistol A Flintlock Pistol is visible on the fireplace in Serpico's apartment.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prop replica of Jack Sparrow's Pirates flintlock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A flintlock pistol hangs on the wall next to Laurie (Barbara Eda-Young). Revolvers Smith & Wesson Model 10 Serpico's uniformed partner Becker carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico and Becker draw their Official Police and Model 10 when chasing the rapists. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snubnose Inspector Lombardo (Edward Grover ) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snubnose during his raid with Serpico.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver Snub Nose - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lombardo shows the criminals his "shield" during the raid. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lombardo approaches a criminal who questions his authority. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lombardo asks a criminal about the payoffs. Smith & Wesson Model 36 Many of the NYPD officers and detectives throughout the film use Smith & Wesson Model 36 snubnose revolvers. Officer Frank Serpico (Al Pacino ) carries a white-gripped model when he becomes a plainclothes officer, Bob Blair (Tony Roberts ) carries one on his belt, and Chief Sidney Green (John Randolph ) has one by his nightstand in the opening scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith and Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Green's S&W M36 sits on his nightstand as he talks on the phone. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico arrests a suspect. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico's Model 36 sits in his shoulder holster when another officer asks him for the "collar" on a suspect. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico holsters his Model 36 before going to meet the corrupt officers in the park. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Julio, a narcotics detective, waits outside the apartment when Serpico is sent in to make the fake deal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Narcotics detective Heineman (F. Murray Abraham ) watches Serpico. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Julio reacts to the gunshot. Colt Official Police During his early days as a uniformed NYPD officer, Serpico (Al Pacino ) carries a Colt Official Police .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Official Police 4" Barrel - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico encounters a rape in progress. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serpico arrests a rapist. 
