Single Action Army

The Single Action Army a.k.a. Peacemaker or Frontiersman has been used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. .45 Long Colt

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Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel aka "Artillery" model with wooden grips (this is a Cimarron reproduction - and an actual movie gun) Note lack of 4th screw on revolver frame in front of cylinder. The Colts all have this.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model.

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2nd Generation Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model - Nickel plated model - .45 LC

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Bisley model Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel - 45 Colt.

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Bisley model Colt Single Action Army. 5" barrel known as the "Bisley Colt". Note distinct grip and hammer shape.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 12" barrel known as the "Buntline Special".

For identification purposes, it is preferred the gun is labeled as a "Single Action Army" as opposed to a "Colt 1873" or "Colt Single Action Army" as many companies such as Uberti, Ruger Vaquero, and Beretta have replicated SAAs to the point in which labeling them all as a Colt would be incorrect. Do not label it as a Colt unless 100% positive it IS a Colt.

The Single Action Army is seen fitted with many different types of grips, the most common being wood, Vulcanite (early black plastic), Ivory, Pearl, and Stag Horn. Noting these differences is helpful to those visiting IMFDB, and is thus encouraged.

Specifications

Type: Revolver

Caliber: .45 Long Colt

Capacity: 6 round cylinder (typically loaded with 5 rounds)

Fire Modes: Single Action

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Stagecoach				1939
Sergeant York	Gary Cooper	Alvin York	Cavalry model	1941
Ride the High Country	Joel McCrea	Steve Judd	Cavalry model	1962
Ride the High Country	Warren Oates	Henry Hammond	Sheriff's Model	1962
A Fistful of Dollars	Clint Eastwood	The Man With No Name	Artillery model with a color case hardened frame and "Silver Rattlesnake Grips"	1964
A Fistful of Dollars		Various thugs from the Rojos and Baxters	Various models	1964
The Professionals (1966)	Burt Lancaster	Bill Dolworth		1966
The Great Silence	Klaus Kinski	Loco		1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Jack Elam	Snakey	With brass trigger guard	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Charles Bronson	Harmonica	Nickel plated Cavalry model	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Henry Fonda	Frank	Nickel plated Cavalry model	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West	Jason Robards	Cheyenne	Blued finish	1968
Once Upon a Time in the West		Various characters	Various barrel lengths	1968
True Grit	John Wayne	Marshall Reuben T. "Rooster" Cogburn	Quickdraw model	1969
True Grit	Robert Duvall	"Lucky" Ned Pepper	Quickdraw model	1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Paul Newman	Butch Cassidy		1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Robert Redford	The Sundance Kid	Duel wields occasionally	1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid		Bolivian bandits	Various models	1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Robert Redford	Bolivian police		1969
The Wild Bunch	William Holden	Pike Bishop		1969
The Wild Bunch	Dub Taylor	Rev. Wainscoat		1969
The Wild Bunch	Jorge Russick	Major Zamorra		1969
The Wild Bunch	Ernest Borgnine	Dutch Engstrom		1969
The Wild Bunch	Ben Johnson	Tector Gorch		1969
The Wild Bunch		Mexican army soldiers		1969
The Wild Bunch	Robert Ryan	Deke Thornton	Various models	1969
The Wild Bunch		Thornton's posse	Various models	1969
The Omega Man	Paul Koslo	Dutch		1971
Big Jake	John Wayne	Jake McCandles		1971
Big Jake	Richard Boone	John Fain		1971
Big Jake	Glenn Corbett	"Breed" O'Brien		1971
Big Jake	Patrick Wayne	James McCandles		1971
Big Jake		Various characters	Various models	1971
Joe Kidd	Clint Eastwood	Joe Kidd	Cavalry model	1972
Joe Kidd	Robert Duvall	Frank Harlan	Ivory grips	1972
Joe Kidd	Pepe Callahan	Naco		1972
Joe Kidd	Paul Koslo	Roy Gannon		1972
Joe Kidd	James Wainwright	Olin Mingo		1972
Joe Kidd	Gregory Walcott	Sheriff Bob Mitchell	Nickel plated "Quickdraw" model with the front sights shaved down and fitted with pearl grips	1972
The Last Hard Men	Charlton Heston	Sam Burgade		1976
The Shootist	John Wayne	J.B. Books	Custom nickel plated and heavily engraved	1976
The Shootist	Hugh O'Brian	Jack Pulford		1976
The Shootist	Ron Howard	Gillom Rogers	Shooting Bookes's SAA that was handed to him	1976
The Shootist	Bill McKinney	Jay Cobb		1976
The Shootist		Various characters	Various models	1976
Breaker Morant		A Boer Commando		1980
Death Hunt	Charles Bronson	Albert Johnson		1981
Silverado	Scott Glenn	Emmet	Quickdraw model with a color case hardened frame	1985
Silverado	Kevin Kline	Paden	Nickel plated Artillery model, later seen with ivory grips	1985
Silverado	Kevin Costner	Jake	Dual wields nickel plated Quickdraw models with pearl grips in a fancy Mexican holster rig	1985
Silverado	James Gammon	Dawson	Artillery model with a color case hardened frame	1985
Silverado	Brian Dennehy	Sheriff Cobb	Nickel Artillery model with original hard rubber grips	1985
Silverado	Jeff Fahey	Deputy Tyree		1985
Silverado	Sam Gauny	Deputy Garth	Cavalry model	1985
Silverado	Ray Baker	Ethan McKendrick	Quickdraw model with color case hardened frame	1985
Silverado	Earl Hindman	J.T. Hollis	Quickdraw model	1985
Silverado	Danny Glover	Malachi 'Mal' Johnson	Cavalry model	1985
Silverado	Pepe Serna	Scruffy	Wearing Jake's SAAs that he took from him	1985
Silverado	Ted White	Hoyt	Dual wields a Quickdraw and Artillery model	1985
Silverado		Various characters	Various models	1985
Young Guns		Regulators and Thugs	Various models	1988
Young Guns	Emilio Estevez	Billy the Kid	Quickdraw model	1988
Young Guns	Charlie Sheen	"Dick" Brewer		1988
Young Guns	Kiefer Sutherland	"Doc" Scurlock		1988
Young Guns	Casey Siemaszko	Charley Bowdre		1988
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade		The grey haired grave robber during the circus train chase	Quickdraw model	1989
Tremors	Fred Ward	Earl	Nickel plated	1990
Unforgiven	Saul Rubinek	W.W. Beauchamp		1992
Unforgiven	Richard Harris	English Bob	Nickel plated Artillery model	1992
Unforgiven	Gene Hackman	Sheriff Bill Daggett/Little Bill		1992
Unforgiven	Ron White	Clyde Ledbetter	Cavalry model	1992
Unforgiven	Jefferson Mappin	Fatty Rossiter	Cavalry model	1992
Tombstone	Michael Biehn	Johnny Ringo	Nickel plated Quickdraw model	1993
Tombstone	Val Kilmer	Doc Holliday	Nickel plated Quickdraw model	1993
Tombstone	Peter Sherayko	"Texas Jack" Vermillion	Artillery model	1993
Tombstone	Harry Carey, Jr.	Tombstone marshal Fred White	Artillery model	1993
Tombstone	Michael Rooker	McMasters	Artillery model	1993
Tombstone	Kurt Russell	Wyatt Earp	Carries a Cavalry Model in addition to his Buntline Special	1993
Tombstone	Bill Paxton	Morgan Earp	Cavalry model	1993
Tombstone	Powers Boothe	"Curly Bill" Brocius and his gang	Cavalry model	1993
Tombstone	Jon Tenney	Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan	Cavalry model	1993
Tombstone	Billy Bob Thornton	Johnny Tyler	Cavalry model	1993
Tombstone	Thomas Haden Church	Billy Clanton	Cavalry model	1993
Tombstone	John Corbett	Barnes	Cavalry model	1993
Tombstone	Robert John Burke	Cowboy Frank McLaury		1993
Tombstone		Various characters	Various models	1993
The Quick and the Dead	Sharon Stone	Ellen "The Lady"	Ivory Grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Russell Crowe	Cort	Nickel finish and wood grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Leonardo DiCaprio	Fee "The Kid" Herod	Custom engravement and ivory grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Leonardo DiCaprio	Fee "The Kid" Herod	Cavalry model with a nickel finish and solid ivory grips and called "The Eagle Butt Peacemaker"	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Gene Hackman	John Herod	Dual Quickdraw SAAs with custom gold dragon grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Jonothon Gill	Spotted Horse	Cavalry model	1995
The Quick and the Dead	Lance Henriksen	"Ace Hanlon"	Custom engravement with nickel finish and custom grips	1995
The Quick and the Dead		Various civilians celebrating	various barrel lengths	1995
Dead Man	Johnny Depp	William Blake	Blued quickdraw model	1995
Dead Man	Mili Avital	Thel Russell	Blued quickdraw model	1995
Dead Man	Lance Henriksen	Bounty hunter Cole Wilson	Nickel-plated quickdraw model	1995
Soldier	Jason Isaacs	Colonel Mekum	fitted with pearl grips	1998
The Newton Boys	Matthew McConaughey	Willis Newton	Cavalry model	1998
The Newton Boys	Charles Gunning	Herbert "Slim" Holliday	Quickdraw model	1998
The Newton Boys	Ethan Hawke	Jess Newton	Quickdraw model, occasionally carries two	1998
The Newton Boys		Various characters	Various models	1998
Wild Wild West	Ted Levine	General McGrath	Cavalry model	1999
Shanghai Noon	Owen Wilson	Roy O'Bannon	Carries a pair fitted with pearl grips	2000
3000 Miles to Graceland	Kevin Costner	Thomas J. Murphy		2001
3000 Miles to Graceland		Sheriff who pulls over Murphy	Possibly a Ruger Vaquero and not an actual Colt, had front site filed off	2001
Kill Bill Vol. 1	David Carradine	Bill	Nickel-plated EMF Hartford 'Pinkerton' with a "Bird's Head" grip	2003
The Last Samurai	Tony Goldwyn	Colonel Bagley	Cavalry model	2003
Open Range	Robert Duvall	"Boss" Spearman		2003
Open Range	Diego Luna	Button	Cavalry model	2003
Open Range	Michael Gambon	Denton Baxter	Artillery model	2003
Open Range	Kevin Costner	Charley Waite	Cavalry model, will occasionally dual wield	2003
Open Range	James Russo	Sheriff Poole	Artillery model	2003
Open Range	Herb Kohler	Candyshop owner		2003
Open Range		Various characters	Various models	2003
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins	Billy Drago	Black Hand Kelly		2004
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins	Brent Roam	Juan		2004
Hidalgo	Viggo Mortensen	Frank T. Hopkins		2004
Hidalgo	Omar Sharif	Sheikh Riyadh		2004
Kill Bill Vol. 2	David Carradine	Bill	Nickel-plated EMF Hartford 'Pinkerton' with a "Bird's Head" grip and custom muzzle brake	2004
3:10 to Yuma	Russell Crowe	Ben Wade	Custom grips with gold crosses, nicknamed "The Hand of God"	2007
3:10 to Yuma	Johnny Whitworth	Darden		2007
3:10 to Yuma	Dallas Roberts	Grayson Butterfield	Nickel plated Quickdraw model	2007
3:10 to Yuma	Luke Wilson	Zeke	Carries Wade's custom SAAs after stealing them from him	2007
3:10 to Yuma		Various characters	Various models	2007
Sukiyaki Western Django	Hideaki Ito	The Gunman	Artilley model	2007
Sukiyaki Western Django	Yusuke Iseya	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Artilley model	2007
Sukiyaki Western Django	Quentin Tarantino	Ringo	Artilley model	2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Brad Pitt	Jesse James	Has a Artillery and Cavalry model	2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	[[Sam Rockwell	Charley Ford	Quickdraw model	2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Jeremy Renner	Wood Hite		2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Casey Affleck	Bob Ford	Quickdraw model	2007
Planet Terror	Michael Parks	Earl McGraw	Artillery model	2007
Appaloosa		Various characters	Various models	2008
Appaloosa	Jeremy Irons	Randall Bragg	Nickel-plated Cavalry model	2008
Appaloosa	Viggo Mortensen	Everett Hitch	Nickel-plated Cavalry model	2008
Appaloosa	Ed Harris	Virgil Cole	Carries a Cavalry model with Stag horn grips and an Artillery model in his belt	2008
Jonah Hex	Josh Brolin	Jonah Hex	Carries two Cavalry models	2010
Jonah Hex	Megan Fox	Leila	Carries two	2010
Survival of the Dead	Alan Van Sprang	Sgt. Crocket	Two Artillery Models	2010
Survival of the Dead	Richard Fitzpatrick	Seamus Muldoon	.	2010