The Silence of the Lambs is the 1991 thriller that marked the first appearance of Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In the film, FBI recruit Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) enlists Lecter's help in order to track down a notorious serial killer and rescue a Senator's daughter. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris, the film would win the Academy Award for Best Picture as well as acting wins for both Hopkins and Foster. Hopkins would reprise his role as Lecter in two more films: Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002).
The following weapons can be seen in the film The Silence of the Lambs:
FBI recruit Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is shown training with and then carrying the Smith & Wesson Model 13. This .357 magnum, 3" barrel revolver was the last issue revolver of the FBI (usually loaded with .38 spl +P .158 gr LHP ammo). When Foster fires her weapon at Buffalo Bill, there is noticeable recoil and she flinches. However, when she fires it on the range in the deleted scenes, there is absolutely no recoil, and she keeps her eyes open.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSmith & Wesson Model 13 - .357 MagnumError creating thumbnail: File missingClarice checks in her S&W and her speedloader. The revolver used by Jodie Foster in the movie has a Pachmayr Grip adaptor (note that the bullets in the speedloader are SJHP, and not the .38 spl LSWCHP +P, used by the FBI in that era.Error creating thumbnail: File missing"FBI, You're safe!" Clarice shouts to Gumb's hostage, Catherine Martin, as she leans against the well that Martin is in, searching out Buffalo Bill's lair armed with her S&W Model 13.Error creating thumbnail: File missingClarice blind-fires her Model 13 at the sound of a hammer cocking, which turns out to be Buffalo Bill's Colt Python.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFBI recruits including Clarice (Jodie Foster) training in a deleted scene.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLater in the same deleted scene, Clarice draws her S&W. Her holster seems to be the one that the FBI used with the S&W at the time (note the Speedloader pouch).Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnother deleted scene shows Clarice being issued her field weapon. (She might have some difficulty getting her weapon in the holster, as she appears to put it in backwards.)
Browning Hi-Power
As they close in on Lecter, one of the SWAT officers is seen with a Browning Hi-Power with Target sights before he opens the elevator access panel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBrowning Hi-Power "Type 73" w/ Target sights - 9x19mm. These Hi-Powers feature enlongated bushings different from Hi-Powers Made before 1973 and after the MK II Series.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA SWAT officer with his Browning HP prepares to open the access panel.
Colt Government
One of the FBI instructors uses a deactivated Colt Government to demonstrate to Clarice and the recruits what went wrong during an exercise.
The revolver used by Jame Gumb a.k.a "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine) near the climax of the film is a 6" barreled, stainless steel Colt Python with Pachmyer Presentation grips. In the book, it is said that Gumb loads the gun with .38 Special lead wadcutters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSmith & Wesson Model 10 HB (heavy barrel) revolver (Post 1950s Model) - .38 Special. Later incarnations of the Model 10 had a non-tapered heavy barrel, which leads it to be commonly mistaken for a .357 revolver.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSgt. Tate (Danny Darst) holds a S&W as he and his fellow officers investigate Lecter's prison cage.
Heckler & Koch P7M13
A Heckler & Koch P7M13 is briefly seen in the hands of an FBI HRT agent as Crawford and his men breach the suspected house of Buffalo Bill.
FBI Special Agent Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) prepares to assault the possible home of Buffalo Bill armed with the Remington 870 shotgun. According to Scott Glenn's commentary on the Blu-Ray edition, the shotgun originally had an 18 inch barrel, but Glenn insisted upon having a shorter one. The armorer explained that making it shorter would not be legal, but finally relented and cut down the barrel down to 14 inches shortly before the scene was shot.
Soldiers of the Tennessee National Guard were seen armed with M16A1 rifles at Memphis Airport when Dr. Hannibal Lecter arrived in Memphis to assist federal agents. National Guardsmen tasked with guarding Dr. Lecter at the makeshift prison he was incarcerated in were also seen armed with M16A1 rifles.
