The following firearms are seen in the film Dillinger :
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Star Model B Bank robbers John Dillinger (Warren Oates ), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton ), "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Steve Kanaly ), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis ), and Eddie the getaway driver (John Martino ) use Star Model B pistols, standing in for the M1911A1 . In several scenes, DIllinger and Floyd dual-wield them. FBI agent Samuel Cowley (Roy Jenson ) carries a Star Model B, notably when he watches Purvis face off against Underhill. Other vigilantes and policemen can occasionally be seen with Model Bs as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Model B Pistol, blued finish - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger (Warren Oates ) fires a shot into the ceiling during the first bank robbery in the film. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Eddie (John Martino ), the getaway driver, fires a Model B at a police roadblock (again, doubled by a Star Model B ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mason City vigilante with a Star Model B. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton ) fires his Model B out the window at vigilantes and police in Mason City (The external extractor visible shows that the pistol is a Star Model B . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger emerges from the Mason City bank, firing his Model B. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger's slide locks back as he fires at a vigilante. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pretty Boy Floyd (Steve Kanaly ) fires his pistols akimbo. File:Dil-1911i.jpg Van Meter, after escaping from Little Bohemia, waits for Leroy to leave his girlfriend. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Van Meter uses his Model B to intimidate Leroy into giving him a ride. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Homer Van Meter fires a Star Model B. Thompson M1921 Several members of Dillinger's gang, most notably Lester "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss ), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis ), John Dillinger (Warren Oates ), Charley Makley (John Ryan ), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton ), Tommy Carroll (Jerry Summers ), and Reed Youngblood (Frank McRae ) fire the Thompson M1921 with either drum or box magazines. Dillinger's girlfriend Billie Frechette (Michelle Phillips ) fires a Thompson to cover his escape from Little Bohemia (although it inexplicably alternates with a Browning Automatic Rifle in the same scene). Many FBI agents and policemen too, such as Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson ) and Samuel Cowley (Roy Jenson ) carry Thompsons. Several Thompson seen have their stocks removed. Weapons supplied by Stembridge Gun Rentals.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1921AC Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis ) with a Thompson during the first robbery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makley (John Ryan ) walks several bank customers into a vault with his Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger fires his Thompson into a bank guard who shot Makley. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An East Chicago policeman fires his Thompson at the gang. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger intimidates a prison guard with a Thompson during his escape. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Baby Face Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss ) fires his Thompson at Mason City vigilantes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing FBI agent Samuel Cowley (Roy Jenson ) with a Thompson outside Little Bohemia. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two FBI agents fire Thompsons at Little Bohemia. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Baby Face Nelson fires a Thompson out the window. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Billie (Michelle Phillips ) covers Dillinger's escape with a Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Baby Face Nelson drives while firing his Thompson at a police car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Baby Face Nelson lays dead, cradling a Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An FBI agent loads his Thompson before going to confront Pretty Boy Floyd. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Purvis (Ben Johnson ), with a 1911, and Thompson-wielding FBI agents gun down Pretty Boy Floyd. Colt New Service Bank robbers John Dillinger (Warren Oates ), Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton ), Reed Youngblood (Frank McRae ), and Charley Makley (John Ryan ) carry Colt New Service revolvers. Van Meter notably uses his to shoot up an old man's gumball machine at a gas station.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt New Service M1917 - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Homer Van Meter tries to intimidate a filling station owner with his New Service. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Homer Van Meter shoots a gumball machine out of anger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makley is shot in the stomach while carrying his New Service during the East Chicago bank robbery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger holds a New Service to the prison mechanic's head during his escape. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The prison warden is understandably concerned when Reed Youngblood (Frank McRae ) keeps a New Service pointed at him during Dillinger's impromptu post-prison-breakout bank robbery. M1903 Springfield M1903 Springfield rifles are seen in the hands of vigilantes in Mason City. One is also seen held by a vigilante and a state police officer at the farm where Purvis shoots Wilbur Underhill.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A vigilante aims his M1903 at the house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A state policeman aim his M1903 at the house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mason City vigilantes with a Springfield M1903 and a Winchester Model 70, waiting for the bank robbers to emerge. Winchester Model 1897 Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis ) uses a Winchester Model 1897 during several shootouts. Several police and vigilantes also have 1897s. Dillinger steals one from the Crown Point jail during his break out.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1897 Riot Gun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A vigilante aims his '97 at Underhill's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing O'Malley, the East Chicago bank guard, shoots Makley with a Model 1897. Error creating thumbnail: File missing East Chicago police at a roadblock fire a shotgun and Thompson at the gang. Error creating thumbnail: File missing East Chicago police fire Winchester shotguns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pierpont fires his Winchester Model 1897 at police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pierpont fires his Winchester Model 1897 at police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger with his Winchester Model 1897 stolen from a prison guard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A vigilante loads and checks his '97. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pierpont fires his Winchester Model 1897 at a vigilante. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An FBI agent fires his shotgun at Little Bohemia. Star Model B (nickel) FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson ) uses a Star Model B throughout the film, most likely standing in for the Colt Super Automatic chambered in .38 Super used by the FBI during the 1930s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Model B Pistol with a custom bright nickel plated finish and pearl grips - 9mm. This is a screen used Star Model B from the film Pulp Fiction Error creating thumbnail: File missing Purvis holds his two nickel Star Bs as he goes to face Wilbur Underhill. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Purvis lets a boy hold his nickel Star Model B as he gets his shoes shined. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Purvis chambers a nickel Star Model B. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Purvis, with his Model B, and Thompson-wielding FBI agents gun down Pretty Boy Floyd. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Purvis shoots and kills Dillinger in the final scene of the film. Winchester Model 1892 A vigilante at Wilbur Underhill's house is armed with a Winchester Model 1892 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 -.32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A vigilante watches Purvis emerge from Underhill's house. unidentified rifle Several vigilantes around Wilbur Underhill's house are armed with rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A vigilante hops over a fence holding his rifle. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis ) fires a Smith & Wesson Model 10 at Little Bohemia. Several police officers, FBI agents, and vigilantes use them as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing East Chicago police at a roadblock fire Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harry Pierpont fires back at the police from Little Bohemia. File:Dil-sw10a.jpg An FBI agent aims his Model 10 at Van Meter before he is shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Iowa vigilante puts his Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver in Van Meter's face. Colt Detective Special "Handsome Jack" Klutas (Terry Leonard ) draws a Colt Detective Special from his pocket when he is killed by Purvis, firing a few shots into the air before he falls down the stairs, riddled by Thompson bullets. "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss ) fires a Detective Special during the Little Bohemia shootout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Detective Special 1st Gen - .38 Special File:Dil-cds1.jpg Nelson fires his Detective Special. M1903A3 Springfield M1903A3 Springfield rifles are seen in the hands of U.S. Army soldiers guarding Dillinger at Crown Point prison.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers assigned to guard Crown Point prison stand with Springfield rifles. Lewis Gun U.S. Army soldier at Crown Point manning a Lewis gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewis Gun - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the foreground, a soldier is manning a Lewis Gun. Browning M1917 Some of the U.S. Army soldiers around Crown Point have water-cooled Browning M1917 machine guns set up.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1917 - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the background, two soldiers man a Browning M1917. Browning Auto-5 A legionnaire outside the Crown Point jail during Dillinger's escape carries a Browning Auto-5 .
File:Dil-br5a.jpg The legionnaire on the far left holds a Browning Auto-5. M1911A1 During the opening credits, just as director John Milius 's name comes on, a M1911A1 found in the actual Dillinger gang's collection during a 1934 arrest is seen at the base of a Thompson with its stock removed. Also, in the scene at Little Bohemia where "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss ) questions Dillinger's (Warren Oates ) leadership, Dillinger grabs Nelson's 1911 from him and attacks him with it, then gives it back to him, taunting him. This is the only scene in which gang members are seen with genuine 1911s, identified by the larger bore diameter and lack of an external extractor.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M1911A1 and a Thompson. File:Dil-m1911a.jpg Dillinger shoves Nelson's 1911 back into his hand. File:Dil-m1911b.jpg Nelson reluctantly takes the 1911 back. Browning Automatic Rifle Several members of Dillinger's gang, most notably Homer Van Meter (Harry Dean Stanton ), Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis ), and Lester "Baby Face" Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss ) fire Browning Automatic Rifles during the Mason City bank robbery and subsequent Little Bohemia shootout. Billie Frechette (Michelle Phillips ) covers Dillinger's escape with a B.A.R. (inexplicably alternating with a Thompson during the same scene).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Homer Van Meter takes aim at a vigilante during the Mason City bank robbery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Van Meter takes aim at a vigilante during the Mason City bank robbery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harry Pierpont joins Van Meter shooting at the vigilantes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pierpont tries to correct a jam in his B.A.R. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Van Meter fires back at the police as Pierpont's jammed B.A.R. sits in the car windshield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Baby Face Nelson is one of the first to react to seeing police outside Little Bohemia, shooting a B.A.R. at them. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Billie covers Dillinger's getaway with a B.A.R. American Gun Company Side-by-Side Shotgun A 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun made by American Gun Co. is used by a Mason City vigilante.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mason City vigilante loads his shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mason City vigilante's shotgun (shot reversed to show logo on gun: "American Gun Co.". Winchester Model 70 A Mason City vigilante carries a Winchester Model 70 with open sights. Technically, the use of the Model 70 (developed in 1936) is an anachronism for a scene taking place in early 1934.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 70 with open sights - .30-06. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mason City vigilantes with a Springfield M1903 and a Winchester Model 70, waiting for the bank robbers to emerge. double barreled shotgun Several vigilantes throughout the film use double barreled shotguns . One of the Iowa vigilantes who fatally wounds Homer Van Meter uses a shotgun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shotgun-toting farmer greets "Pretty Boy" Floyd with his long-barreled shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A farmer shoots Van Meter in the gut. Smith & Wesson Model 20 The Mason City police officers all carry Smith & Wesson Model 20 revolvers.
File:Dil-sw20a.jpg An officer watches the gang's bank robbery while holding a S&W Model 20. File:Dil-sw20b.jpg An officer shotgunned by Pierpont falls back onto the roof with his S&W Model 20. Colt Police Positive A Mason City vigilante fires a long-barreled Colt Police Positive revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Police Positive - .38 Special. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mason City vigilante takes aim with a long barrel Police Positive. Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector During the Little Bohemia shootout, one of Pierpont's (Geoffrey Lewis ) two S&W revolvers is a Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing British-issued Mk. I Hand Ejector (note shrouded ejector rod) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pierpont fires out the windows at the FBI. Mk 2 hand grenade "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Steve Kanaly ) throws some Mk 2 hand grenades down at the police around Little Bohemia.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mk 2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Floyd prepares to throw a Mk 2 grenade. "Wooden Gun" John Dillinger (Warren Oates ) is shown carving his infamous "wooden gun" to escape from Crown Point jail.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger carves his "wooden gun". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dillinger sticks the "wooden gun" into a prison guard's neck. 
