Poppies Are Also Flowers
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Poppies Are Also Flowers 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 5" Barrel - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Benson fires his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Benson's assistant with his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand with revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two of Colonel Salem's officers, disguised as nomads, arrest Salah Rahman Khan (Hugh Griffith ). Mauser Pocket Pistol A Mauser Pocket Pistol , supposedly a Model 1910, is carried by Linda Benson (Angie Dickinson ) in the scene in Tehran hotel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 6.35mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Linda Benson holds Coley Jones (E.G. Marshall ) at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Linda Benson with her pistol in hand. Colt Model 1903 A Colt Model 1903 is Coley Jones' (E.G. Marshall ) personal weapon. In the scene in the Tehran hotel the pistol is taken from Jones by Linda Benson (Angie Dickinson ). In the final scene Linda Benson holds the pistol herself and then returns it to Jones.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Blued - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Linda Benson with her Mauser Pocket Pistol and Jones' pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Linda Benson hits Martin (Harold Sakata ) with the grip of Jones' pistol in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones gets his pistol back. MAB Model D Type II In the final scene, Coley Jones (E.G. Marshall ) uses a MAB Model D Type II pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAB Model D Type II - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones holds his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones puts the pistol back in its holster. M1911A1 An M1911A1 is the 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 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified pistols Various characters are seen with unidentified pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Captain Vanderbilt (Anthony Quayle ) with his pistol. 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several men hold Thompsons including the one at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of a Thompson is seen at the right. Unidentified SMGs Several of Colonel Salem's soldiers carry SMGs that resemble Beretta Model 38A .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man on the left carries an SMG on his back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man on the left holds an SMG. Rifles M1 Garand During several scenes in the Iranian desert, M1 Garand rifles are seen in hands of both Salah Rahman Khan's brigands and Colonel Salem's soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand fires his Garand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brigands with Garands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Salem's soldiers, disguised as nomads, carry Garands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of a Garand is seen on the left. Lee-Enfield rifle During several scenes in the Iranian desert, Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III rifles are seen in the hands of various brigands.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand holds an SMLE rifle in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of an SMLE rifle is seen behind Galam Khan (Jean-Claude Pascal ). At least one of Colonel Salem's men carries a rifle that looks like a Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified sporterized rifle During several scenes in the Iranian desert sporterized rifles, supposedly Mausers, are carried by various brigands and drug traders.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing German-style Mauser 98 Sporter Model B - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand with sporterized rifle is seen behind Benson (Stephen Boyd ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand (Paolo Magalotti ) hits Benson with the buttstock of his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand with a sporterized rifle is seen behind Galam Khan (Jean-Claude Pascal ). Next to him another brigand carries an SMLE . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of a sporterized rifle. Various unidentified rifles Various rifles are seen during the scenes in the Iranian desert. These scenes were filmed in Iran, so the rifles (or some of them) may be of VZ-98/29 Persian Mauser model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards with bayonets affixed rifles are seen in the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mauser rifle is seen on the back of one of Colonel Salem's men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand with a rifle is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand on the left carries a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man with a Mauser-style rifle is seen behind Colonel Salem. 
