The Climber
Italian Theatrical Poster
The Climber (L'ambizioso , literally "The ambitious") is a 1975 Italian crime movie directed by Pasquale Squitieri. Aldo (Joe Dallesandro ), a small time smuggler in Naples, tries to rise in the criminal underworld and clashes with the powerful crime boss Don Enrico (Raymond Pellegrin ).
The following weapons were used in the film The Climber (L'ambizioso) :
Revolvers Ruger Blackhawk Aldo's henchman Bernard (Lorenzo Piani) uses a Ruger Blackhawk revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruger Blackhawk - .44 Magnum. This is the original Flat top Blackhawk. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bernard fires at attackers during the ambush on Aldo's car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bernard holds his revolver when Aldo's gang prepares to intercept Don Enrico's trucks with illegal cargo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bernard takes aim. The chambers of his revolver seem to be empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bernard fires his revolver during the shootout on Don Enrico's factory. Again the chambers are empty, so the muzzle flashes are likely a pyrotechnical effect. Smith & Wesson Model 36 / Riva Esterina Dobermann Drug dealer Corrado (Giuseppe Leone) is briefly seen holding a snub nose revolver that may be a Smith & Wesson Model 36 or its Italian clone Riva Esterina Dobermann that is often seen in 1970s films. Similar snub nose revolvers are also seen in hands of Aldo's and Enrico's henchmen in various scenes. All these guns are seen briefly or in distance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Riva Esterina Dobermann - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Corrado draws the revolver but has no chance to use it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver in Corrado's dead hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aldo's henchman holds a snub nose revolver during the attack on Don Enrico's trucks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aldo grabs a revolver from the hands of his overzealous henchman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver is seen in Aldo's hands. Unidentified revolver During the shootout on the factory one of Don Enrico's henchmen holds a stainless steel or nickel plated revolver. The gun is seen only in distance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pistols High Standard Derringer When Aldo (Joe Dallesandro ) becomes a crime boss, he carries a High Standard Derringer .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing High Standard Derringer, white plastic grips - .22 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Aldo draws a derringer during the attack on his car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aldo aims his derringer at Don Enrico. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires. Beretta M1951 Numerous criminals use Beretta M1951 pistols throughout the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta M1951 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Frenchman" (Tony Askin) drops his Beretta M1951 when Aldo threatens him with a knife. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Corrado (Giuseppe Leone) holds a Beretta 1951 when Aldo visits him at night. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Don Enrico's henchman carries a Beretta 1951 tucked into his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He attaches an obviously fake sound suppressor that is screwed inside the barrel, like it is seen in many other films. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Beretta 1951 is seen in hands of an attacker during the ambush on Aldo's car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Don Enrico's henchmen fires a Beretta 1951 during the shootout on the factory. The spent cartridge is seen in midair. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Aldo's henchmen holds Don Enrico's bodyguard at gunpoint with his Beretta while another one takes the bodyguard's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Aldo's henchman holds a Beretta 1951. Bernardelli Model 69 Aldo (Joe Dallesandro ) and another shooter fire Bernardelli Model 69 pistols on the shooting range.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bernardelli Model 69 - .22LR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aldo aims the Bernardellu Model 69 pistol on the shooting range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shooter loads his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character fires his pistol. Bernardelli Model 60 What appears to be a Bernardelli Model 60 is seen in hands of a shooter on the shooting range.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bernardelli Model 60 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Bernardelli Model 60 pistol is seen behind Aldo. Mauser C96 In the final scene a hitman holds a Mauser C96 pistol. This is an early "Large Ring Hammer" or C99 "Regia Marina" (the latter model has slab-sided receiver but the pistol is seen only in darkness so this detail is unclear).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Mauser C96 with large ring hammer - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Mauser C99 "Regia Marina". It has a slab-sided receiver, the early large ring hammer, and a generally less refined appearance. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hitman holds his pistol. The large ring hammer can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hitman goes away after his work is complete. Unidentified pistols A number of unidentified pistols are seen in the scene on the shooting range.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A very indistinctly visible gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same pistol is seen in distance. Its thin barrel and large hammer spur allow to guess that it's a single shot sporting pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another indistinctly visible gun. Submachine Guns Beretta M12 Beretta M12 submachine guns are used by both Aldo's and Don Enrico's henchmen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta M12 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Don Enrico's henchman holds a Beretta M12 when Aldo's gang makes ambush on the trucks with illegal cargo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same character with the Beretta M12 in hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Don Enrico's henchman with a Beretta M12 is gunned down during the shootout on the factory. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Aldo's henchmen holds a Beretta M12 in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character holds the Beretta M12. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Both Aldo's and Don Enrico's henchmen use Double Barreled Shotguns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Don Enrico's henchman holds a short-barreled shotgun with exposed hammers during the ambush on the factory. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He loads the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He drops the shotgun, being gunned down. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another henchman holds same looking shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gianni (Giovanni Cianfriglia ) holds a shotgun in the same scene. Unidentified pump action shotgun A pump action shotgun is seen in hands of Aldo's henchman. It resembles Beretta Model RS-200P but this model exists only since 1985 and the base version RS-200 has only 3-round magazine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The henchman holds his shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shotgun is seen at the foreground. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing A US Navy aircraft carrier, supposedly Kitty Hawk -class. F-4 Phantom fighter planes and E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning planes are seen on the deck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A US Navy Permit -class nuclear submarine in Naples. 
