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Colt Police Positive
The Police Positive was introduced in 1905 as an improvement of the Colt New Police using upgraded lockwork and an internal hammer block safety, dubbed the "Positive Lock" by Colt, who then renamed the revolver to match. In 1908, Colt modified the design slightly with a longer cylinder and strengthened frame to use the then-new .38 Special and .32-20, dubbed the Police Positive Special.
A snub nosed version was introduced in 1927, dubbed the Colt Detective Special.
In 1977, Colt released the Fourth Issue of the Police Positive Special, featuring a heavy barrel and ejector rod shroud styled after the Colt Trooper Mk III.
The standard Police Positive was discontinued in 1947. The Police Positive Special was manufactured until 1995, becoming Colt's most produced model at over 750,000 units.
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Specifications
(1907 - 1995)
Type: Revolver
Caliber: .38 Colt New Police (.38 S&W), 32 Colt New Police (.32 S&W Long), .32 Long/Short Colt, .22 Long Rifle, .22 WRF, also 32-20 and 38 Special in the Colt Police Positive Special, a variant with a slightly longer cylinder to accommodate the longer cartridges.
Length: 8.5 in (21.6 cm) (4 in barrel)
Barrel Length: 2.5 in (6.4 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm), 6 in (15.2 cm)
Capacity: 6 rounds
Fire Modes: SA/DA
The Colt Police Positive and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarzan of the Apes | George B. French | Binns | 1918 | |
| Jack Wilson | Captain of Fuwalda | |||
| Fuwalda's crew | ||||
| The Public Enemy | James Cagney | Tom Powers | 1931 | |
| Edward Woods | Matt Doyle | |||
| Scarface | George Raft | Guino Rinaldo | 1932 | |
| King Kong | Bruce Cabot | Jack Driscoll | 1933 | |
| The General Died at Dawn | Gary Cooper | O'Hara | 1936 | |
| Angels With Dirty Faces | James Cagney | Rocky Sullivan | 1938 | |
| Adrian Morris | Blackie | |||
| The Roaring Twenties | Paul Kelly | Nick Brown | 1939 | |
| Bulldog Drummond in Africa | E.E. Clive | "Tenny" Tennison | 1938 | |
| The Boss of Big Town | H.B. Warner | Jeffrey Moore | 1942 | |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes | 1943 | |
| George Zucco | Heinrich Hinkel | |||
| Henry Daniell | William Easter | |||
| Edmund MacDonald | Lt. Grogan | |||
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Dennis Hoey | Inspector Lestrade | 1943 | |
| The Spider Woman | Seen on the floor | 1944 | ||
| The Scarlet Claw | Nigel Bruce | Dr. Watson | 1944 | |
| Paul Cavanagh | Lord Penrose | |||
| Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes | Only on a promotional image | ||
| The Other One (La otra) | Dolores del Rio | María Méndez | 1946 | |
| White Heat | Wally Cassell | "Cotton" Valletti | 1949 | |
| The Naked City | Don Taylor | Detective Jimmy Halloran | 1948 | |
| Barry Fitzgerald | Detective Lieutenant Dan Muldoon | |||
| Ted de Corsia | Willie Garzah | |||
| No Orchids for Miss Blandish | Richard Nielson | Riley | 1948 | |
| Gun Crazy | Russ Tamblyn | Bart Tare | 1950 | |
| Peggy Cummins | Annie Laurie Starr | |||
| Shane | Alan Ladd | Shane | Nickel plated with custom grips. 6" barrel | 1953 |
| Jack Palance | Jack Wilson | Custom grips | ||
| Paratrooper | British Paratrooper | 1953 | ||
| Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Donald Curtis | Maj. Huglin | 1956 | |
| Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | Hank Quinlan | 1958 | |
| The Hideous Sun Demon | Richard Cassarino | Policeman | 1959 | |
| Pretty Boy Floyd | Ohio Policeman | 1960 | ||
| A Man Named Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca) | Michel Constantin | The boss of racketeers | 1961 | |
| Cape Fear | Gregory Peck | Sam Bowden | 1962 | |
| Dr. No | John Kitzmiller | Quarrel | 1962 | |
| Goldfinger | Goldfinger's guards | 1964 | ||
| Agent 8 3/4 | Leo McKern | Simenova's father | 1965 | |
| Arabesque | Duncan Lamont | Webster | suppressed | 1966 |
| Harold Kasket | Mohammed Lufti | |||
| Circus of Fear | Christopher Lee | Gregor | 1966 | |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | False policemen | 1967 | ||
| Hombre | Paul Newman | John Russell | 1966 | |
| Targets | Seen in Bobby's car trunk | 1968 | ||
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Paul Newman | Butch | modified to look like a Colt SAA | 1969 |
| You Are a Widow, Sir! | Jirí Lír | Gugenheim | 1970 | |
| Orchestra drummer | ||||
| Four Murders Are Enough, Darling | Jan Libícek | Chief Brooks | 1971 | |
| The Grissom Gan | Joey Faye | Woppy | suppressed | 1971 |
| Ralph Waite | Mace | |||
| Fear Is the Key | Barry Newman | John Talbot | 1972 | |
| Boxcar Bertha | Joe Reynolds | Joe Cox | 1972 | |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Gangsters | 1973 | ||
| Death Wish | Charles Bronson | Paul Kersey | 1974 | |
| Foxy Brown | Tony Giorgio | Eddie | 1974 | |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | George Kennedy | Red Leary | 1974 | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | Eddie Goody | |||
| Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze | Seas' Henchmen | 1975 | ||
| Sherlock Holmes in New York | David Huddleston | NYPD Inspector Lafferty | Police Positive Special | 1976 |
| Bulldogs and Cherries | Frantisek Nemec | Gómez | 1981 | |
| Jirí Kodet | Salvatore | |||
| Once Upon A Time In America | James Russo | Bugsy | 1984 | |
| American Ninja | A rebel | Custom grips | 1985 | |
| The Sicilian Connection (Pizza Connection) | Killers | 1985 | ||
| Crossroads | Joe Seneca | Willie Brown | 1986 | |
| The Untouchables | Andy Garcia | George Stone | 1987 | |
| Cherry 2000 | Tim Thomerson | Lester | Target - .22 Long Rifle | 1987 |
| Miller's Crossing | Gabriel Byrne | Tom Reagan | 1990 | |
| The Two Jakes | David Keith | Det. Lt. Loach | 4" barrel | 1990 |
| Jack Nicholson | J.J. "Jake" Gittes | |||
| Mobsters | Christian Slater | Charlie "Lucky" Luciano | 1991 | |
| Billy Bathgate | Loren Dean | Billy Bathgate | 1991 | |
| Oscar | Several police officers | 1991 | ||
| Hoffa | Truck Driver | 1992 | ||
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Joe Pesci | Harry Lyme | 1992 | |
| Legends of the Fall | Kenneth Welsh | Sheriff Tynert | 1994 | |
| The Shawshank Redemption | Jeffrey DeMunn | The District Attorney | 1994 | |
| Tommy Boy | guards | 1995 | ||
| L.A. Confidential | Dead Nite Owl Cook | 1997 | ||
| Hoodlum | Laurence Fishburne | Bumpy Johnson | 1997 | |
| Anaconda | Danny Trejo | Poacher | 1997 | |
| The Newton Boys | Canadian Bank Messengers | 1998 | ||
| Free Money | Thomas Haden Church | Larry | with 4" Barrel | 1998 |
| Ghost Ship | crew-member | 2002 | ||
| Chicago | unknown woman | 2002 | ||
| The Rundown | in the armory | 2003 | ||
| Big Fish | Ewan McGregor | Edward Bloom | 2003 | |
| Rapid Fire | Lauro Chartrand | One of Deputy Lauro's | 2006 | |
| Postal | Member of cult, the Denomination of Organic Monotheism | 2007 | ||
| Public Enemies | Johnny Depp | John Dillinger | 2009 | |
| The Guard | Drug Smugglers | 2011 | ||
| Mark Strong | Clive Cornell | |||
| Sharknado | Israel Sáez de Miguel | Capt. Carlos Santiago | 2013 | |
| The Purge: Anarchy | Two children in stock footage | 2014 | ||
| Murder on the Orient Express | Willem Dafoe | Gerhard Hardman | 2017 | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | Caroline Hubbard |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry | "The Baby Shower" S02E10 | 1989-1998 |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | Joanna Phillips-Lane | Gerda | 1992 | |
| Christopher Eccleston | Frank Carter | |||
| Peter Blythe | Alaistair Blunt | |||
| Continuum - Season 1 | Erik Knudsen | Alec Sadler | S01E09 | 2012 |
| Boardwalk Empire | William Forsythe | Manny Horvitz | 2010-2014 | |
| Mob City | One of Dragna's men | "The Banana Majesty" (S1E04) | 2013 | |
| Fargo - Season 2 | Kieran Culkin | Rye Gerhardt | 2015 | |
| Endeavour | Shaun Evans | DS Endeavour Morse | "Zenana" (S07E03) | 2020 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Punk | Kanta Mizuno | 2004 | |
| Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed | "Beginning" (E08) | 2008 |
See Also
- Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.