Police Python 357
Original French Poster
Police Python 357 Alain Corneau and starring Yves Montand as Orleans police inspector Marc Ferrot. The film is named after the eponymous revolver that is Ferrot's weapon of choice.
The following weapons were used in the film Police Python 357 :
Handguns Colt Python The titular gun is displayed prominently throughout the film in hands of Inspector Marc Ferrot (Yves Montand ). In one scene Sylvia Leopardi (Stefania Sandrelli) briefly holds Ferrot's revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Python with 4" Barrel and factory wood grips - .357 MagnumError creating thumbnail: File missing The Python is seen during the opening credits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ferrot loads the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ferrot trains at the range, using several different positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He opens the cylinder. Note that one brass stucks and doesn't fall like others. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ferrot cleans the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ferrot uses the revolver in the final shootout, during the armored car robbery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing While the cylinder holes seem not completely round, it is only an optical illusion. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ferrot puts the Python back in holser after the shootout. Walther PP Commissaire Ganay's (François Périer ) personal handgun is a Walther PP .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP. Though most of the pistols built immediately after the war were made by Manurhin of France (under license), the guns are marked "Made in West Germany" . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PP and Astra Cub in drawer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ganay loads the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ganay draws his pistol. Astra Cub An Astra Cub is seen in hands of Thérèse Ganay (Simone Signoret ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Astra Cub - .25 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PP and Astra Cub in drawer.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Thérèse takes the pistol from drawer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing She raises the pistol at Ferrot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup. MAC Mle 1950 In the final scene Inspector Ménard (Mathieu Carrière ) carries a MAC Mle 1950 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing French MAS Mle 1950 pistol - 9x19mm Parabellum. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ménard and wounded Inspector Abadie (Vadim Glowna) in the car under the heavy fire of robbers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of the pistol is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One more view of Ménard's pistol. MAB Model D In the final scene police officers use MAB Model D pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAB Model D Type I - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A motorcycle policeman in center fires a MAB. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A MAB is seen in hands of a policeman at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A MAB is seen at the left. M1911 At the beginning of the movie, two long guns and three handguns are seen in a gun rack in Ferrot’s house. The handgun at the left appears to be an original M1911 . Note that the gun has a lanyard loop.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1911 - .455 Webley, a licensed handgun to the British Armed Forces during and after World War 1, later issued to members of the R.A.F. and Royal Navy Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 1911 is seen at the left. A thief in church carries an M1911-style pistol, possibly the same movie prop, or possibly an M1911A1 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The thief draws his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the gun. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Another gun in the gun rack looks like a Smith & Wesson Model 10 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolver is seen at the right. CZ 27 A CZ 27 is also seen in the gun rack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech CZ27 Pistol - 7.65mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A CZ 27 is seen in center. Submachine gun MAT-49 Both the police officers and the robbers use MAT-49 SMGs in the final shootout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAT-49 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A robber holds MAT-49 with unfolded stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another robber fires at police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police officers and detectives fire MAT-49s. Shotguns High Standard Flite King A High Standard Flite King shotgun is seen in Ferrot's gun rack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing High Standard FLITE KING K-1200 Riot Standard Model (Catalog #8111) - 12 gauge. This is the screen used shotgun, held by Steve McQueen in the film The Getaway (1972) . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle and magazine cup are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pump. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The receiver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The receiver. Rifles M1 Carbine While two robbers are armed with MAT-49s , the third one uses a M1 Carbine . M1 Carbines with sniper scopes are seen in hands of police snipers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Modern Manufactured version of the M1 Carbine , with standard stock, from Auto-Ordnance. Chambered in .30 Carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing A plainclothed detective holds a scoped M1 at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sniper at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sniper at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A robber fires from below the car. Unidentified Rifle A bolt action rifle is seen in Ferrot's gun rack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia At the beginning of the movie, we see that Ferrots handloads his own ammo at his reloading bench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He even casts his bullets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The general view of the reloading bench. 
