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The Colt Detective special has appeared in the following movies, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Detective Special 1st Gen with Square Butt - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Detective Special 1st Gen with Factory Pearl Grips - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Detective Special 1st Gen with original Ivory Grips - .38 Special
File:NickelColtDS.jpgColt Detective Special 1st Gen with nickel finish and pearl grips - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA rare Colt Detective Special with a 3" barrel - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Detective Special 3rd Gen - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Detective Special Nickel 3rd Gen - .38 Special
Specifications
(1927-1986)
- Caliber: .38 Special, .32 New Police (.32 S&W Long)
- Weight: 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Length: 6.75 in (17.1 cm)
- Barrel length(s): 2 in (5.1 cm), 2 in (7.6 cm)
- Capacity: 6 round cylinder
Film
| File Title
|
Actor
|
Character
|
Notes
|
Date
|
| The Death Kiss |
|
Various |
|
1932
|
| Bullets or Ballots |
Edward G. Robinson |
Johnny Blake |
|
1936
|
| Bulldog Drummond's Revenge |
|
Various |
|
1937
|
| Escape by Night |
|
Various |
|
1937
|
| Bulldog Drummond in Africa |
|
Henchman |
|
1938
|
| Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police |
|
Various |
|
1939
|
| Each Dawn I Die |
|
Prison Guards and Prisoners |
|
1939
|
| The Roaring Twenties |
James Cagney |
Eddie Bartlett |
|
1939
|
| City for Conquest |
|
Various |
|
1940
|
| Bataan |
|
|
|
1943
|
| Dillinger |
Lawrence Tierney |
John Dillinger |
|
1945
|
| The Big Sleep |
|
Various |
|
1946
|
| Out of the Past |
Jane Greer |
Kathie Moffat |
|
1947
|
| Fear in the Night |
DeForest Kelley |
Vince Grayson |
|
1947
|
| The Hat Box Mystery |
|
|
|
1947
|
| Parole, Inc. |
|
Various |
|
1948
|
| The Naked City |
Ted de Corsia |
Willie Garzah |
|
1948
|
| D.O.A. |
Edmond O'Brien |
Frank Bigelow |
|
1949
|
| Gun Crazy |
|
|
|
1950
|
| Kansas City Confidential |
Jack Elam |
Pete Harris |
|
1952
|
| Hong Kong |
Ronald Reagan |
Jeff Williams |
|
1952
|
| Hong Kong |
Marvin Miller |
Tao Liang |
|
1952
|
| Them! |
James Arness |
FBI Agent Robert Graham |
|
1954
|
| A Bullet For Joey |
|
|
|
1955
|
| Inside the Mafia |
. |
Various |
. |
1959
|
| The FBI Story |
|
Various |
|
1959
|
| Pretty Boy Floyd |
John Ericson |
"Pretty Boy" Floyd |
|
1960
|
| The Pawnbroker |
Charles Dierkop |
Robinson |
|
1964
|
| The Chase |
Clifton James |
Lem |
|
1966
|
| You Only Live Twice |
Sean Connery |
James Bond |
|
1967
|
| In Cold Blood |
John Forsythe |
Alvin Dewey |
|
1967
|
| Point Blank |
John Vernon |
Reese |
|
1967
|
| The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) |
Yaphet Kotto |
Bank Robber |
|
1968
|
| Diabolik |
Adolfo Celi |
Ralph Valmont |
|
1968
|
| Bullitt |
|
San Francisco Detectives |
|
1968
|
| The Detective |
Frank Sinatra |
Joe Leland |
|
1968
|
| Take the Money and Run |
Woody Allen |
Virgil Starkwell |
|
1969
|
| Machine Gun McCain |
Claudio Biava |
Barclay |
|
1969
|
| Machine Gun McCain |
James Morrison |
Cuda |
|
1969
|
| Cotton Comes to Harlem |
Godfrey Cambridge |
Gravedigger Jones |
|
1970
|
| The Valachi Papers |
Charles Bronson |
Joe Valachi |
|
1971
|
| The French Connection |
Gene Hackman |
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle |
|
1971
|
| The French Connection |
Bill Hickman |
FBI Special Agent Bill Mulderig |
|
1971
|
| The French Connection |
Eddie Egan |
Det. Simonson |
|
1971
|
| Shaft (1971) |
Richard Roundtree |
John Shaft |
|
1971
|
| Vanishing Point |
Anthony James |
Hitchiker |
|
1971
|
| The Godfather |
|
mob hitman |
|
1972
|
| Trouble Man |
Robert Hooks |
Mr. T |
|
1972
|
| Trouble Man |
Julius Harris |
Big |
|
1972
|
| Trouble Man |
Ralph Waite |
Pete Cockrell |
|
1972
|
| Trouble Man |
Vince Howard |
Preston |
|
1972
|
| Dirty Money |
Henri Marteau |
Police officer instructor of shooting |
|
1972
|
| Across 110th Street |
|
Mobsters |
|
1972
|
| Diamonds are Forever |
Marc Lawrence |
Mobster |
|
1972
|
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle |
Steven Keats |
Jackie Brown |
|
1973
|
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle |
|
Federal Agents |
|
1973
|
| Electra Glide in Blue |
Mitchell Ryan |
Det. Harve Poole |
|
1973
|
| Soylent Green |
Charlton Heston |
NYPD Det. Thorn |
|
1973
|
| Soylent Green |
Chuck Connors |
Fielding |
|
1973
|
| The Seven-Ups |
Roy Scheider |
Buddy Manucci |
|
1973
|
| Scorpio |
Burt Lancaster |
Cross |
|
1973
|
| The Stone Killer |
Ralph Waite |
Det. Mathews |
|
1973
|
| The Stone Killer |
|
LAPD and NYPD officers |
|
1973
|
| Big Bad Mama |
Various Actors |
Police Detectives |
|
1974
|
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
Martin Balsam |
Mr. Green |
|
1974
|
| Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia |
|
Biker |
|
1974
|
| Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia |
Warren Oates |
Bennie |
|
1974
|
| The Terrorists |
Ian McShane |
Ray Petrie |
|
1974
|
| The Terrorists |
Norman Bristow |
Captain Denver |
|
1974
|
| Brannigan |
Richard Attenborough |
Commander Swann |
|
1975
|
| Night Moves |
Gene Hackman |
Harry Moseby |
|
1975
|
| The Cassandra Crossing |
Richard Harris |
Dr. Chamberlain |
|
1976
|
| The Cassandra Crossing |
Martin Sheen |
Bobby Navarro |
|
1976
|
| All the President's Men |
F. Murray Abraham |
Sgt. Carl Shoffler |
|
1976
|
| Murder by Death |
Peter Falk |
Sam Diamond |
|
1976
|
| Taxi Driver |
Robert De Niro |
Travis Bickle |
|
1976
|
| Vigilante Force |
Antony Carbone |
Freddie Howe |
|
1976
|
| Vigilante Force |
|
Howe's henchmen |
|
1976
|
| Hunter Will Get You |
Patrick Fierry |
Costa Valdez |
|
1976
|
| Hunter Will Get You |
|
Spitzer's henchman |
|
1976
|
| Good Guys Wear Black |
Soon-Tek Oh |
Mhin Van Thieu |
|
1978
|
| The Deer Hunter |
Christopher Walken |
Nick |
|
1978
|
| The Warriors |
Various |
Lizzies gangmember |
|
1979
|
| Hopscotch |
Walter Matthau |
Miles Kendig |
. |
1980
|
| Dressed to Kill |
Susanna Clemm |
Det. Betty Luce |
|
1980
|
| The Octagon |
Aaron Norris |
"Hatband" |
3rd Gen, suppressed |
1980
|
| The Octagon |
Janell Twomey |
Female bodyguard |
3rd Gen |
1980
|
| Wolfen |
Albert Finney |
N.Y.P.D. Detective Dewey Wilson |
|
1981
|
| Fort Apache,the Bronx |
Paul Newman |
N.Y.P.D. Officer Murphy |
|
1981
|
| Fort Apache,the Bronx |
Ken Wahl |
N.Y.P.D. Officer Correlli |
|
1981
|
| The Star Chamber |
|
Various actors |
|
1983
|
| Sudden Impact |
Sondra Locke |
Jennifer Spencer |
|
1983
|
| 10 to Midnight |
Charles Bronson |
Lieutenant Leo Kessler |
|
1983
|
| 10 to Midnight |
Andrew Stevens |
Detective Paul McAnn |
|
1983
|
| Once Upon A Time In America |
|
Various |
|
1984
|
| Witness |
Josef Sommer |
Chief Paul Schaeffer |
|
1984
|
| Beverly Hills Cop |
Judge Reinhold |
Detective Billy Rosewood |
|
1984
|
| Firestarter |
Martin Sheen |
Captain Hollister |
|
1984
|
| Firestarter |
|
DSI Agents |
|
1984
|
| Running Scared (1986) |
Gregory Hines |
Det. Ray Huges |
|
1986
|
| Legacy of Rage |
Chung Lin |
Sharky |
|
1986
|
| Eye of the Tiger |
Seymour Cassel |
Sheriff |
|
1986
|
| The Untouchables |
Andy Garcia |
Stone |
|
1987
|
| Creepshow 2 |
Lois Chiles |
Anne Lansing |
|
1987
|
| Best Seller |
. |
Shooter at gun range |
|
1987
|
| Rage of Honor |
Richard Wiley |
Ray Jones |
3rd Gen. |
1987
|
| Rage of Honor |
|
Drug boss |
|
1987
|
| Cop |
James Woods |
Det. Lloyd Hopkins |
|
1988
|
| Messenger of Death |
Daniel Benzali |
Chief Barney Doyle |
third-gen |
1988
|
| Messenger of Death |
Laurence Luckinbill |
Homer Foxx |
third-gen |
1988
|
| Hero and the Terror |
|
A drug dealer |
|
1988
|
| Black Rain |
Michael Douglas |
NYPD Detective Sergeant Nick Conklin |
|
1989
|
| True Believer |
Miguel Fernandes |
Art Esparza |
|
1989
|
| Bugsy |
Warren Beatty |
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel |
|
1991
|
| Cape Fear |
Robert De Niro |
Max Cady |
|
1991
|
| Mobsters |
Patrick Dempsey |
Meyer Lansky |
|
1991
|
| Reservoir Dogs |
Lawrence Tierney |
Joe Cabot |
|
1992
|
| Hoffa |
Danny DeVito |
Bobby Ciaro |
|
1991
|
| Blood In, Blood Out |
|
Gangbangers |
|
1993
|
| The Usual Suspects |
|
NYPD Detectives |
|
1995
|
| Dillinger and Capone |
Clint Howard |
Bobo |
|
1995
|
| La Haine |
Karim Belkhadra |
Samir |
third gen |
1995
|
| Mulholland Falls |
Michael Madsen |
Det. Eddie Hall |
|
1996
|
| L.A. Confidential |
Russell Crowe |
Detective Bud White |
|
1997
|
| L.A. Confidential |
Guy Pearce |
Lt. Ed Exley |
|
1997
|
| L.A. Confidential |
Graham Beckel |
Det. Richard Stensland |
|
1997
|
| Jackie Brown |
|
Various |
|
1997
|
| Dance with the Devil |
Miguel Galván |
Doug |
|
1997
|
| Dance with the Devil |
|
Perdita's sister's husband |
|
1997
|
| Free Money |
Thomas Haden Church |
Larry |
|
1998
|
| Black Dog |
Brian Kelly |
Wes |
3rd gen |
1998
|
| The Mexican |
|
Various |
|
2001
|
| Red Dragon |
Edward Norton |
Will Graham |
|
2002
|
| Road to Perdition |
|
|
|
2002
|
| The Matador |
Pierce Brosnan |
Julian Noble |
|
2005
|
| Sin City |
Bruce Willis |
Detective Hartigan |
|
2005
|
| Crash |
Shaun Toub |
Farhad |
|
2005
|
| Zodiac |
Mark Ruffalo |
S.F.P.D. Inspector Dave Toschi |
|
2007
|
| Invisible Target |
|
Non-uniformed Hong Kong Policemen |
with black rubber grips |
2007
|
| In Bruges |
Colin Farrell |
Ray |
|
2008
|
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird |
Byung-hun Lee |
Park Chang-yi |
first gen |
2008
|
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird |
Young-chang Song |
Kim Pan-joo |
first gen |
2008
|
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird |
|
Manchurian officer |
first gen |
2008
|
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird |
|
henchmen |
first gen |
2008
|
| Public Enemies |
|
FBI Agents |
|
2009
|
| Good Day for It |
Robert Englund |
Wayne Jackson |
|
2011
|
| Source Code |
Jake Gyllenhaal |
Colter Stevens |
1st Generation |
2011
|
| Gangster Squad |
Anthony Mackie |
Det. Coleman Harris |
nickel plated |
2012
|
| Meeting Evil |
Traci Thoms |
Latisha |
|
2012
|
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