Single Action Army

The Single Action Army a.k.a. Peacemaker or Frontiersman has been used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. .45 Long Colt

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Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel aka "Artillery" model with wooden grips (this is a Cimarron reproduction - and an actual movie gun) Note lack of 4th screw on revolver frame in front of cylinder. The Colts all have this.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model.

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2nd Generation Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model - Nickel plated model - .45 LC

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Bisley model Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel - 45 Colt.

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Bisley model Colt Single Action Army. 5" barrel known as the "Bisley Colt". Note distinct grip and hammer shape.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 12" barrel known as the "Buntline Special".

For identification purposes, it is preferred the gun is labeled as a "Single Action Army" as opposed to a "Colt 1873" or "Colt Single Action Army" as many companies such as Uberti, Ruger Vaquero, and Beretta have replicated SAAs to the point in which labeling them all as a Colt would be incorrect. Do not label it as a Colt unless 100% positive it IS a Colt.

The Single Action Army is seen fitted with many different types of grips, the most common being wood, Vulcanite (early black plastic), Ivory, Pearl, and Stag Horn. Noting these differences is helpful to those visiting IMFDB, and is thus encouraged.

Specifications

Type: Revolver

Caliber: .45 Long Colt

Capacity: 6 round cylinder (typically loaded with 5 rounds)

Fire Modes: Single Action

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Stagecoach				1939
The Great Silence	Klaus Kinski	Loco		1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Jack Elam	Snakey	With brass trigger guard	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Charles Bronson	Harmonica	Nickel plated Cavalry model	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Henry Fonda	Frank	Nickel plated Cavalry model	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Jason Robards	Cheyenne	Blued finish	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West		Various characters	Various barrel lengths	1968
The Omega Man	Paul Koslo	Dutch		1971
Joe Kidd	Clint Eastwood	Joe Kidd	Cavalry model	1972
Joe Kidd	Robert Duvall	Frank Harlan	Ivory grips	1972
Joe Kidd	Pepe Callahan	Naco		1972
Joe Kidd	Paul Koslo	Roy Gannon		1972
Joe Kidd	James Wainwright	Olin Mingo		1972
Joe Kidd	Gregory Walcott	Sheriff Bob Mitchell	Nickel plated "Quickdraw" model with the front sights shaved down and fitted with pearl grips	1972
The Shootist	Hugh O'Brian	Jack Pulford		1976
Breaker Morant		A Boer Commando		1980
Death Hunt	Charles Bronson	Albert Johnson		1981
Unforgiven	Saul Rubinek	W.W. Beauchamp		1992
The Quick and the Dead	Sharon Stone	Ellen "The Lady"	Ivory Grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Russell Crowe	Cort	Nickel finish and wood grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Leonardo DiCaprio	Fee "The Kid" Herod	Custom engravement and ivory grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Leonardo DiCaprio	Fee "The Kid" Herod	Cavalry model with a nickel finish and solid ivory grips and called "The Eagle Butt Peacemaker"	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Gene Hackman	John Herod	Dual Quickdraw SAAs with custom gold dragon grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Jonothon Gill	Spotted Horse	Cavalry model	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Lance Henriksen	"Ace Hanlon"	Custom engravement with nickel finish and custom grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead		Various civilians celebrating	various barrel lengths	1995
Wild Wild West	Ted Levine	General McGrath	Cavalry model	1999
3000 Miles to Graceland	Kevin Costner	Thomas J. Murphy		2001
3000 Miles to Graceland		Sheriff who pulls over Murphy	Possibly a Ruger Vaquero and not an actual Colt, had front site filed off	2001
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins	Billy Drago	Black Hand Kelly		2004
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins	Brent Roam	Juan		2004
Big Jake		Numerous characters
True Grit	John Wayne	Marshall Reuben T. "Rooster" Cogburn
True Grit	Robert Duvall	"Lucky" Ned Pepper
The Last Samurai	Tony Goldwyn	Colonel Bagley
Hidalgo	Viggo Mortensen	Frank T. Hopkins
Open Range	Robert Duvall	"Boss" Spearman
3:10 to Yuma	Russell Crowe	Ben Wade
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Brad Pitt
Soldier	Jason Isaacs	Colonel Mekum	fitted with pearl grips
A Fistful of Dollars	Clint Eastwood	The Man With No Name
Tremors	Fred Ward	Earl
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Paul Newman	Butch Cassidy
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Robert Redford	the Sundance Kid
Ride the High Country	Joel McCrea
Ride the High Country	Warren Oates	Henry Hammond
Open Range	Kevin Costner
The Last Hard Men	Charlton Heston	Sam Burgade
Tombstone		Several actors
Silverado		Numerous characters
Appaloosa		Numerous characters
Appaloosa	Jeremy Irons	Randall Bragg
Appaloosa	Ed Harris	Virgil Cole
The Newton Boys	Matthew McConaughey
The Newton Boys	Ethan Hawke
The Newton Boys		other characters
Planet Terror	Michael Parks
The Professionals (1966)	Burt Lancaster
The Professionals (1966)		other characters
The Wild Bunch	William Holden
Shanghai Noon	Owen Wilson	Roy O'Bannon
Sergeant York	Gary Cooper			1941
Dead Man	Johnny Depp	William Blake
Red Dawn	Patrick Swayze	Jed Eckert
Unforgiven	Richard Harris	English Bob		1992
Young Guns		Regulators and Thugs		1988
Kill Bill Vol. 1	David Carradine	Bill
Kill Bill Vol. 2	David Carradine	Bill
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade		The grey haired grave robber during the circus train chase
Sukiyaki Western Django	Hideaki Ito	The Gunman
Sukiyaki Western Django	Yusuke Iseya	Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Sukiyaki Western Django	Quentin Tarantino	Ringo
Jonah Hex	Josh Brolin	Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex	Megan Fox	Leila

Television

• Brent Spiner as Data, Michael Dorn as Worf, and Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation (Episode "A Fist Full of Datas")

• Numerous characters in Deadwood

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

• Tom Berenger as Teddy Roosevelt in Rough Riders

• Brad Johnson as Henry Nash in Rough Riders

• Willie Nelson as a Texas Ranger in Miami Vice (episode: "El Viejo")

• Star Trek (episode: "Spectre of the Gun")

• Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (episode: "The Dancing Men" and "The Greek Interpreter")

• Mark Harmon as Bruce Barkow in Crossfire Trail

• Patrick Kilpatrick as Mike Taggart in Crossfire Trail

• David O'Hara as Rock Mullaney in Crossfire Trail

• Christian Kane as J.T. Langston in Crossfire Trail

• Wilford Brimley as Joe Gill in Crossfire Trail

• Brad Johnson as Beau Dorn in Crossfire Trail

• Weaponology

• Firefly

• Bill Carns in Top Shot

• D. D. Howard as Carrie in The A-Team

Video Games

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notation	Air Date

• Red Dead Redemption as "Cattleman Revolver"

• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

• Metal Gear Solid and its remake Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

• Gun

• Resident Evil 2

• Timesplitters 2 as the Garret Revolver

Anime

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date

• Cowboy Andy and the hosts of Big Shots on Cowboy Bebop
• A character in the Spaghetti Western in Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• A random thug at the Yellow Flag in Black Lagoon
• Justice from Afro Samurai

Animation

Film Title	Character	Notation	Date

• Christopher Lloyd in Who Framed Roger Rabbit a Buntline Special.

• King of the Hill

• Robot Chicken

• The Simpsons

• Cool World

Film Title	Character	Notation	Date