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Colors
Colors is a 1988 film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Robert Duvall and Sean Penn as a pair of LAPD officers assigned to the CRASH ("Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums") unit. The film is notable for being one of the first Hollywood attempts to realistically depict the Los Angeles gang problem, and for featuring many now well-known actors in minor supporting roles (including Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, and Mario López, all of whom played gang-bangers here).
The following guns can be seen in this movie:
Smith & Wesson Model 14
Officer Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) carries a 6" barrel Smith & Wesson Model 14 as his on-duty service handgun.
- Just out of curiousity, does anyone know if the S&W Model 14 was ever issued to the LAPD? -Gunman69 17:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Smith & Wesson Model 64
McGavin (Sean Penn) also carries a 3" barrel Smith & Wesson Model 64, which appears to be his plainclothes/off-duty sidearm.
Beretta 92FS
Officer Bob Hodges (Robert Duvall) carries a Beretta 92FS as his service pistol throughout the movie, which was just entering service with the LAPD at the time of the film. Several other LAPD officers can be seen using the Beretta, and at least one gang-banger also uses one during the shootout at the climax.
Taurus PT92
Hodges (Robert Duvall) can also be seen using a Taurus PT92 during the scene where CRASH busts the drug dealer Oso (C.E. Grimes) in his home. It is not clear if this is supposed to be his plainclothes/off-duty pistol, or if the movie's armorer simply was unable to bring a Beretta 92FS to the set when this scene was filmed (in all other scenes, Hodges' pistol is definitely a Beretta).
It's not his plain clothes gun. Several Berettas and Tarus' were on the set of this film. While getting ready for the scene, Robert Duvall not being a firearm afficiando, picked up wht he thought was a Beretta just like he had been using. By the time someone realized the error it was pointless and late to fix it. This is an honest mistake since the two firearms look very similar anyone who did not already know the differance would not know.
Smith & Wesson Model 36
McGavin (Sean Penn) also carries a compact revolver in an ankle holster which is only ever seen for a second during the scene in the restaurant where High Top (Glenn Plummer) is arrested. It appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 36, but this is far from certain.
It is most deffenantly a model 36 as it has the same traits as his two other weapons. It is a S&W, and it is a .38 special.
Ithaca 37
When McGavin and Hodges confront the 21st Street Gang after one of its members, Felipe (Romeo De Lan), throws a rock at their car, McGavin takes out an Ithaca 37 riot model (specifically, the LAPD version with rifled sights). Hodges tells him to put the shotgun back in the car, embarrassing him. Later in the film, when the 21st Street Gang gets busted, several other LAPD officers can be seen with identical shotguns.
Micro Uzi
In this film, the Micro Uzi is depicted as the weapon-of-choice for many of the gang-bangers. Rocket (Don Cheadle), the leader of the Crip gang in the movie, and Larry (Grand L. Bush), a 21st Street Gang leader, both use Micro Uzis when they square off against each other in the climactic shootout.
Ruger Mini-14
Bird (Gerardo Mejía) carries a Ruger Mini-14 folder when the 21st Street Gang is involved in a shootout with Crip DeVille. He later uses this weapon to kill one of the film's main characters.
That revolver might be a Smith and Wesson Model 27
Remington 870
A sawed-off Remington 870 is seen several times in the film. It is first taken from Oso's (C.E. Grimes') house, and later appears again in the hands of at least one 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout. This may also be the shotgun that Rocket (Don Cheadle) uses in the drive-by shooting at the beginning of the movie, though this is uncertain.
Smith & Wesson Model 39
A Smith & Wesson Model 39 can be seen on a table when the Crip DeVille 'bangers are loading up their weapons and planning to kill McGavin.
Smith & Wesson Model 15
Officer Baines (R.D. Call)' sidearm is a Smith & Wesson Model 15, which he uses to shoot an innocent man, which brings the wrath of the Crip DeVille set down upon McGavin after he is mistakenly IDed as the shooter. The S&W Model 15 was one of the standard issue revolvers for the LAPD before they switched over to semi-autos.
