Poppies Are Also Flowers
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Poppies Are Also Flowers (also known as The Poppy Is Also a Flower , Danger Grows Wild and The Opium Connection ) is a 1966 made for TV adventure movie directed by Terence Young and based on an idea by Ian Fleming. An international group of anti-narcotics agents struggles against drug traffic in the Middle East and Europe.
The following weapons are seen in the movie Poppies Are Also Flowers:
Handguns
Smith & Wesson Military & Police Revolver
Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolvers are used in the opening scene by Benson (Stephen Boyd ) and his men. Later M&P revolvers are carried by several of Colonel Salem's officers.
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Mauser Pocket Pistol
A Mauser Pocket Pistol , supposedly a Model 1910, is carried by Linda Benson (Angie Dickinson ) in the scene in Teheran hotel.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Linda Benson holds Coley Jones (E.G. Marshall ) at gunpoint.
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Colt Model 1903
A Colt Model 1903 is Coley Jones' (E.G. Marshall ) personal weapon. In the scene in Teheran hotel the pistol is taken from Jones by Linda Benson (Angie Dickinson ). In the final scene Linda Benson holds the pistol herself and then returnes it to Jones.
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MAB Model D Type II
In the final scene Coley Jones (E.G. Marshall ) uses a MAB Model D Type II pistol.
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M1911A1
An M1911A1 is a personal weapon of Colonel Salem (Yul Brynner ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP. This was an issued U.S. Army pistol with parkerized finish, thus the official designation of M1911A1
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Unidentified pistols
Various characters are seen with unidentified pistols.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin (Harold Sakata ) aims his pistol at Sam Lincoln (Trevor Howard ).
Submachine Guns
M1A1 Thompson
Several of Colonel Salem's soldiers carry M1A1 Thompson SMGs.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several men holds Thompsons including the one at the right.
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Unidentified SMGs
Several of Colonel Salem's soldiers carry SMGs that resemble Beretta Model 38A .
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Rifles
M1 Garand
During several scenes in Iranian desert M1 Garand rifles are seen in hands of both Salah Rahman Khan's brigands and Colonel Salem's soldiers.
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Lee-Enfield rifle
During several scenes in Iranian desert Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III rifles are seen in hands of various brigands.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand holds a SMLE rifle in the opening scene.
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At least one of Colonel Salem's men carries a rifle that looks like a Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I .
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Unidentified sporterized rifle
During several scenes in Iranian desert sporterized rifles, supposedly Mausers, are carried by various brigands and drug traders.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand with sporterized rifle is seen behind Benson (Stephen Boyd ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand with sporterized rifle is seen behind Galam Khan (Jean-Claude Pascal ). Next to him another brigand carries an SMLE .
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Various unidentified rifles
Various rifles are seen during the scenes in Iranian desert. These scenes were filmed in Iran so the rifles or some of them may be of VZ-98/29 Persian Mauser model.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mauser rifle is seen at the back of one of Colonel Salem's men.
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