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Live by Night (2016)
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Live by Night is a 2016 crime film written, directed, and co-produced by Ben Affleck. Set in the US during the time of Prohibition, the film tells the story of Joe Coughlin (Ben Affleck), a Boston gangster who also happens to be the estranged son of a Boston police captain and who starts running a bootlegging operation in Florida. The film was adapted from a novel by Dennis Lehane (the author of Mystic River and whose novel Gone Baby Gone was previously adapted into a film by Affleck). The cast includes Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, and Chris Cooper, who also co-starred in Affleck's 2010 directorial effort The Town.
The following weapons were used in the film Live by Night (2016):
Handguns
Colt 1902
Joe Coughlin (Ben Affleck) carries what appears to be a Colt Model 1902 as his sidearm.
Colt Official Police
A bank guard fires a 4-inch .38 police revolver, likely a Colt Official Police during a robbery.
CZ 27
Dion Bartolo (Chris Messina) carries a CZ 27 during the poker game and bank robbery.
Shotguns
Winchester Model 12
Coughlin's second man during the bank robbery carries a cut-down Winchester Model 12 shotgun which he uses to great effect during the getaway.
Submachine Guns
Thompson M1921AC
The cops pursuing Coughlin and his gang after the bank robbery fire Thompson M1921AC submachine guns, noted by their lack of barrel compensators, from their moving police cars. While the Thompsons are period-correct models, the 30-round stick magazines they're loaded with are anachronistic due to their not being manufactured until 1942. The 20-round magazines would have been appropriate for the time of the film. One of Coughlin's gunmen also uses a M1921AC with a 100-round drum in the climactic gun battle.
Thompson M1928
The superstar of gangster weapons, the Thompson Submachine Guns, is seen fired in a stairwell.
Machine Guns
Browning Automatic Rifle
Joe Coughlin wields and fires a customized Browning Automatic Rifle during a shootout. This particular gun resembles the famous sawed off BARs used by Bonnie and Clyde, and also the ones used in the film Public Enemies. The major difference is that while the barrel is shortened, the one in the trailer also has a shortened stock, making it a sort of BAR "whippet gun." The gun in the trailer also differs in that it appears to have a later model sight.
