With Clean Hands (Cu mâinile curate)
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With Clean Hands Cu mâinile curate ) is a 1972 Romanian crime movie directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu and starring himself as Police Commissioner Tudor Miclovan. The story takes place in Romania immediatly after the World War II. Experienced Tudor Miclovan and newcomer in police Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu ) work together against criminals, sharing the goal but using different methods: Roman is a proponent of "acting with clean hands" while Miclovan prefers a street justice.
Sergiu Nicolaescu's character, Tudor Miclovan, appears first time in this movie. Later the basically same character, but named Tudor Moldavan, appears in several movies (The Duel A Police Commissioner Accuses Revenge
The following weapons were used in the film With Clean Hands (Cu mainile curate) :
Revolvers Smith & Wesson Victory Model The personal weapon of Commissioner Tudor Miclovan (Sergiu Nicolaescu ) is a Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolver. In the final scene Chief Commissioner Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu ) holds Miclovan's revolver. Same revolvers are also seen in hands of Romanian police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Victory Model - .38 S&W Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tudor Miclovan fires his revolver at the police shooting range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at this scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A police officer fires his revolver at criminals. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miclovan holds his revolver in the final scene. Note the lanyard ring and plain wood grips that allow to distinguish Victory model from Military & Police model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miclovan reloads his revolver with the last bullet. Nagant M1895 Revolver Russian Nagant M1895 revolvers are used both by criminals and police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo) Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gangster with Nagant revolver is seen during the kidnapping of Commissioner Mihai Roman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gangster holds Nagant revolver in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police officer with Nagant revolver arrests the crime boss Semaca (George Constantin). Velo-Dog revolver A Velo-Dog revolver is a backup weapon of a gangster Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belgian Velo-Dog Revolver - 5.75mm Velo-Dog Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buciurliga carries a backup revolver on his leg. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buciurliga's girlfirend Charlotte (Aimee Iacobescu ) plays a dangerous game with a revolver. Pistols Beretta M1934 A Beretta M1934 pistol is a personal weapon of Chief Commissioner Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu ). It is also one of the handguns carried by Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 1934 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at Mihai Roman's Beretta. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miclovan takes Buciurliga's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miclovan and Roman both holds Beretta M1934 pistols. The typical plain wood grip of Miclovan's Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolver is also seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roman holds his Beretta. CZ 27 A CZ 27 pistol is one of personal weapons of Commissioner Ștefan Patulea (Alexandru Dobrescu ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing CZ 27 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Patulea with his CZ 27 pistol in the scene of the bank robbery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at Patulea's pistol in the same scene. Walther PP Another Patulea's (Alexandru Dobrescu ) personal weapons is a Walther PP .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing War Time Walther PP Pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing Patulea with his pistol at the police shooting range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at Patulea's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view at the pistol. It looks long enough to be PP, not PPK. Luger P08 Pistol Luger P08 pistols are used both by police and criminals.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is a 1917 dated handgun, thus it is a World War One firearm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An unnamed police commissioner holds his Luger in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Luger is seen on Ștefan Patulea's (Alexandru Dobrescu ) table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Patulea handles his Luger to Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Scorțea (Dorin Dron ) aims his Luger at Roman. During this scene Scorțea's pistol switches from Steyr M1912 to P08 and back again. Steyr M1912 Scorțea's (Dorin Dron ) Luger P08 switches from Steyr M1912 and back again.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr Model 1912 - 9x23mm Steyr Error creating thumbnail: File missing Scorțea aims his pistol at Mihai Roman. Next moment Steyr will switch to Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol can be seen next to Scorțea's dead hand. FN Model 1905 An FN Model 1905 (or one of its numerous Spanish copies) is seen in the scene when Tudor Miclovan arrests a criminal Pascu (Mircea Pascu ), Buciurligă's henchman.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1905 - .25 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miclovan holds the pocket pistol while Pascu is very upset with this fact. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 PPSh-41 submachine guns with stick magazines are seen in hands of various criminals, including Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gangster holds a PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buciurligă fires his PPSh in the scene of the robbery of the cash transporting car. Next to him is his henchman Pascu (Mircea Pascu ) with MP38 or MP40 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gangster with PPSh is seen during the kidnapping of Commissioner Mihai Roman. Note a blank adapter in the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at a PPSh in hands of a gangster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A strange submachine gun is seen in the scene on the police shooting range. It looks mostly like PPSh-41 but has a very short magazine and a different barrel. MP40 MP40 submachine guns are used by various criminals. Some of them can actually be MP38s but none of them is seen clear enough do be identified for sure.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pascu (Mircea Pascu ) holds his MP40 in the scene of the robbery of the cash transporting car. Next to him is his boss Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila ) with PPSh-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gangster holds an MP40. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DT A Degtyaryov DT machine gun is mounted in a armored vehicle that appeares in the scene of bank robbery. The vehicle is called "a German tank" in the movie but actually this is Czechoslovakian armoured recovery vehicle VT-34, based on T-34 chassis.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Czechoslovakian armoured recovery vehicle VT-34, based on T-34 chassis, appears as "a German tank" that is used by gangsters. 
