Colt Python

The Colt Python is used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, and anime:

Please check the Talk Page for other variants.

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Colt Python with 6" Barrel - .357 Magnum

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Colt Python with 4" Barrel and factory wood grips - .357 Magnum

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Colt Combat Python 3" in Royal Blue finish - .357 Magnum

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Colt Python Snub Nose with 2.5" barrel - .357 Magnum

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Colt Python Stainless Steel variant with 6" Barrel and Colt marked rubber combat grips - .357 Magnum

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Colt Python Stainless Steel variant with 4" Barrel and Colt marked rubber combat grips - .357 Magnum

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Colt Python Stainless Steel variant with 2.5 inch barrel and Pachmayr grips - .357 Magnum

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Colt Python with 6" Barrel and nickel finish - .357 Magnum

Specifications

(1955–2004)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber(s): .357 Magnum, .38 Special

• Weight: 1.08 lbs (1.1 kg) to 1.36 lbs (1.4 kg)

• Length: in ( mm)

• Barrel length(s): 2.5-inch (6.4 cm), 3-inch (7.6 cm), 4-inch (10 cm), 6-inch (15 cm) and 8-inch (20 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Take the Money and Run		Gang Member		1969
Machine Gun McCain	Peter Falk	Charlie Adamo	3-in barrel	1969
The Millions Game	Dieter Hallervorden	Köhler	6-in barrel	1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem	Raymond St. Jacques	Coffin Ed Johnson	4-inch barrel, Nickel-plated	1970
The Mechanic	Jan-Michael Vincent	Steve		1972
The Getaway	Al Lettieri			1972
Prime Cut		O'Brien		1972
Magnum Force	David Soul	Officer John Davis		1973
Magnum Force	Tim Matheson	Officer Phil Sweet		1973
Magnum Force	Kip Niven	Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan		1973
Magnum Force	Robert Urich	Officer Michael Grimes		1973
Charley Varrick	Walter Matthau	Charley Varrick		1973
Electra Glide in Blue	Robert Blake	Officer "Big John" Wintergreen		1973
Mr. Majestyk	Al Lettieri	Frank Renda		1974
Truck Turner	Isaac Hayes	Mack "Truck" Turner		1974
The Terrorists		Terrorist	4" barrel, blued	1974
McQ		Gangster		1974
McQ	John Wayne	Detective Lon McQ		1974
99 and 44/100% Dead	Tony Brubaker	Burt	4" barrel	1974
99 and 44/100% Dead	Jerry Summers	Shoes	2.5" barrel	1974
99 and 44/100% Dead		A mobster	4" barrel	1974
Sheba, Baby	Pam Grier	Sheba Shayne		1975
King Kong	Ed Lauter	Carnahan		1976
Police Python 357	Yves Montand	Inspector Ferrot		1976
The Car	James Brolin	Sheriff Wade Parent		1977
The Car	Ronny Cox	Deputy Luke Johnson	In holster	1977
The Car	Various	Sheriff's Deputies		1977
Dawn of the Dead				1978
The Wild Geese		Mafia Hitman		1978
Cop or Hood (Flic Ou Voyou)	Jean-Paul Belmondo	Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz	.	1979
The Long Good Friday		IRA Hitmen		1980
The Long Good Friday		Gangster		1980
Hopscotch	Walter Matthau	Miles Kendig	.	1980
Hopscotch	Ned Beatty	Myerson	.	1980
The Exterminator		Food warehouse owner	3" barrel	1980
Wolfen		Bodyguard		1981
The Loch Ness Horror	Stuart Lancaster	Prof. Pratt	4-in barrel	1969
Sharky's Machine	Burt Reynolds	Sgt. Tom Sharky		1981
Porky's		A Seward County Sheriff		1981
Enter the Ninja		Venarius' bodyguard		1981
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (Bonnie e Clyde all'italiana)	Jean Sorel	The captain of Carabinieri	.	1982
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (Bonnie e Clyde all'italiana)	Ornella Muti	Giada		1982
The Shock (Le Choc)	Jean-Louis Richard	Inspector Maubert	4" barrel	1982
The Shock (Le Choc)	Alain Delon	Christian Morelli	4" barrel	1982
Scarface	Ángel Salazar	Chi Chi		1983
Octopussy		U.S. Air Force Base Security Guard		1983
Firestarter	George C. Scott	John Rainbird	4" barrel	1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street			4" barrel	1984
Police Academy 2	Colleen Camp	Sgt. Kirkland		1985
Hold-Up	Jean-Paul Belmondo	Grimm	6" barrel	1985
Invaders from Mars	Jimmy Hunt	Chief Ward		1986
Invaders from Mars	Kenneth Kimmins	Officer Kenney		1986
Beverly Hills Cop II	Judge Reinhold	Detective Billy Rosewood		1987
Dragnet	Tom Hanks	Detective Pep Streebeck		1987
A Better Tomorrow II	Chow Yun-Fat	Ken Lee		1987
A Better Tomorrow II	Ti Lung	Sung Tse Ho		1987
A Better Tomorrow II	Kenneth Tsang	Ken		1987
Best Seller	.	Shooter at firing range		1987
Married to the Mob	Oliver Platt	Special Agent Ed Benitez		1988
Bulletproof	Don Pike	Montoya		1988
Miracle Mile	Anthony Edwards	Harry Washello		1988
Miracle Mile	Robert DoQui	Fred		1988
Miracle Mile	Mare Winningham	Julie		1988
Iron Eagle II	Louis Gossett Jr.	Brig. General Charles "Chappy" Sinclair		1988
In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders	Michael Gross	William Matix		1988
Kill Me Again		Bodyguard, patrolman	4" barrel	1989
Black Rain	Michael Douglas	Detective Nick Conklin		1989
Dead Bang	Don Johnson	Jerry Beck		1989
Tango & Cash		Gunman		1989
Impulse	Theresa Russell	Lottie Mason		1990
Kindergarten Cop	Richard Tyson	Crisp		1990
The Cops are Robbers	James Keach	Sgt. Frank Moran		1990
Darkman	Christopher Doyle	Goon	Stainless	1990
The Silence of the Lambs	Ted Levine	Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb		1991
Nothing But Trouble	Daniel Baldwin	Arthur	Snubnosed with nickel finish	1991
Boyz N The Hood	Laurence Fishburne	Furious		1991
Boyz n the Hood	Cuba Gooding Jr			1991
Menace II Society	Glenn Plummer	Pernell		1993
City Hunter	Jackie Chan	Ryo Saeba		1993
The Real McCoy	Henry Stram	A cashier	8" barrel	1993
The Getaway (1994)	Michael Madsen	Rudy Travis		1994
Canadian Bacon	John Candy	Sheriff Bud Boomer		1995
Canadian Bacon	Kevin J. O'Connor	Roy Boy		1995
La Haine		police officer	6" barrel	1995
Strange Days		A Robber		1995
Maximum Risk		A French police officer		1996
Twelve Monkeys	Bruce Willis	James Cole	Snubnose-nickel plated	1995
Rumble in the Bronx		NYPD officers		1995
Jingle All the Way		Minneapolis P.D. officer		1996
Bounty Hunters	Michael Dudikoff	Jersey		1996
City of Industry	Stephen Dorff	Skip Kovich	stainless, snub nosed	1997
Blade		A hospital security guard		1998
The Bone Collector	Ed O'Neill	Det. Sellitto		1999
The Boondock Saints	David Della Rocco	Roc	Snubnosed, nickel plated finish	1999
Scotland, PA.	James LeGros	Mac		2001
Steal	Steven McCarthy	Frank		2002
Femme Fatale	Antonio Banderas	Nicola Bardo		2002
Starsky & Hutch	Owen Wilson	Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson		2004
36th Precinct	Gérard Depardieu	Denis Klein	stainless, 4" barrel	2004
Hostage	Kim Coates	The Watchman	Nickel plated	2005
Payback	Deborah Kara Unger	Mrs. Lynn Porter		2006
A Few Days in September	Sara Forestier	Orlando	4" Barrel, Nickel plated	2006
A Few Days in September	Juliette Binoche	Irène Montano	4" Barrel, Nickel plated	2006
The Departed	Ray Winstone	Mr. French	2.5" barrel	2006
Gangs of the Dead	James C. Burns	Campbell	Snub Nose, Stainless	2006
He Was A Quiet Man				2007
American Gangster	Denzel Washington	Frank Lucas		2007
Planet Terror	Freddy Rodriguez	Wray	Stainless 4" Model	2007
Planet Terror	Tom Savini	Deputy Tolo	Stainless 4" Model	2007
Planet Terror	Michael Biehn	Sheriff Hague	Stainless 4" Model	2007
Death Sentence	Kevin Bacon	Nick Hume		2007
Righteous Kill				2008
Give 'em Hell Malone	David Andriole	Pencil Stache	continuity error	2009
Give 'em Hell Malone		Henchmen		2009
The Other Guys	Samuel L. Jackson	Det. Highsmith		2010
13	Mickey Rourke	Jefferson		2010
13	Sam Riley	Vince		2010
13	Alexander Skarsgård	Jack		2010
Tucker and Dale vs Evil	Philip Granger	The sheriff	6 in barrel, rubber grips, holstered	2010
Tucker and Dale vs Evil	Travis Nelson	Chuck	6 in barrel, rubber grips	2010
Tucker and Dale vs Evil	Jesse Moss	Chad	6 in barrel, rubber grips	2010
Bablo	Vladimir Sychev	Syoma	Stainless 6" Model	2011
Street Kings 2: Motor City	Ray Liotta	Det. Kingston	stainless 4" model	2011
Flypaper	Tim Blake Nelson	Billy Ray 'Peanut Butter' McCloud	stainless 6"	2011
The Lookout	Daniel Auteuil	Inspector Mattei	Snub-nose version	2012
Fire with Fire	Vinnie Jones	Boyd		2012
Fire with Fire	Vincent D'Onofrio	Hagan		2012
Casa de mi Padre	Manuel Urrego	Officer Blancardo	stainless or nickel, snub	2012
Suave Patria	Héctor Suárez	Comandante Porfirio Narvaez	stainless, 4"	2012
Battleground	Hugh Lambe	The Hunter		2012

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
S.W.A.T.		Thug	"The Killing Ground" (S01E01)	1975
Starsky and Hutch	David Soul	Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson		1975-1979
The Professionals				1977-1981
Hill Street Blues	James B. Sikking	Lt Howard Hunter		1981-1987
Hunter	Fred Dryer	Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter		1984-1991
Miami Vice	Haing S. Ngor	Inspector Nguyn Van Trahn	"Savage" (S03E15)	1984-1989
La Piovra	Michele Placido	Commissario Corrado Cattani	2.5" barrel	1984-2001
Dempsey and Makepeace	Michael Brandon	Lt. Dempsey		1985-86
Dempsey and Makepeace	Glynis Barber	Det. Sgt. Makepeace		1985-86
Crime Story	Dennis Farina	Lt. Mike Torello		1986-1988
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei				1996-Present
Firefly	Alan Tudyk	Wash Hoburn	6" barrel,stainless finish	2002-2003
NCIS		A gun dealer	"Deliverance" (S06E15)	2003-Present
Chappelle's Show	Dave Chappelle	Silky Johnston		2003-2006
Chappelle's Show	Mos Def	General Cornrow Wallace		2003-2006
CSI: NY		Rufus Knox	"Uncertainty Rules" (S6E16)	2004-Present
CSI: NY	William R. Spencer	Troy Castro	"Unusual Suspects" (S06E21)	2004-Present
CSI: NY	Hill Harper	Dr. Sheldon Hawkes	"Unusual Suspects" (S06E21)	2004-Present
My Name is Earl	Jaime Pressly	Joy		2005-2009
Jericho	Skeet Ulrich	Jake Green		2006-2008
Prison Break - Season 2	Robert Knepper	T-Bag		2006-2007
Sanctuary	Aleks Paunovic	"The Duke"	Stainless 4" model / "Penance"	2007-2008
Ashes to Ashes	Phillip Glenister	DCI Gene Hunt	6" barrel, stainless finish, custom grips	2008-2010
Castle				2009-Present
Caprica			"Ghosts in the Machine" (S01E07)	2010
The Walking Dead	Pruitt Taylor Vince	Otis		2010-Present
The Walking Dead	Andrew Lincoln	Rick Grimes		2010-Present
The Walking Dead	Laurie Holden	Andrea	"Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)	2013
Falling Skies - Season 2	Colin Cunningham	John Pope		2011-present
Criminal Minds	C. Thomas Howell	George Foyet / 'The Boston Reaper'	6" barrel, nickel finish / "Route 66" (S9E05)	2013

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Lethal Enforcers			1992
Resident Evil/Biohazard			1996
Half-Life		With laser sight	1998
Perfect Dark	"DY357 Magnum"		2000
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin	"Revolver"		2002
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	"Colt Python"		2002
Resident Evil		can fire .44 Magnum rounds too	2002
Freedom Fighters	"Revolver"		2003
Half-Life 2	".357 Magnum"	With stainless steel finish and synthetic grips	2004
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories			2005
The Suffering: Ties That Bind			2005
S.W.A.T. 4			2005
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	"Equalizer"		2006
Alliance of Valiant Arms	"Python 357"		2007
Team Fortress 2	"Revolver"	With pearl grips	2007
7.62 High Calibre			2008
Resident Evil 5		heavily customized, Mercenaries Reunion DLC	2008
Wanted: Weapons of Fate		not usable	2009
Bloody Good Time	"Revolver"		2010
Alan Wake	"Revolver"		2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops	"Python"	With snub-nose barrel, speed loader, or scope	2010
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D		heavily customized	2011
Resident Evil: Revelations	"Python"	stainless	2012
Alan Wake's American Nightmare	"Revolver"		2012
Black Mesa	".357 Magnum"		2012

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Riding Bean	A bad guy		1989
New Dominion Tank Police	Charles Brenten	Heavily customized	1993
Gunsmith Cats			1995-1996
Gungrave			2003-2004
Phantom of Inferno	Ein		2009
Cat Planet Cuties			2010
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C³		Airsoft, Hanging in the background	2013

Blank Firing Replicas

Bruni Magnum

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Bruni Magnum, nickel variant (note the absence of the Colt logo on the grips) - 9mm/.380 blanks

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Black List (Liste noire)	Gérard Sergue	Nino		1984
Man Bites Dog	Benoît Poelvoorde	Ben		1992

Non-Firing Replicas

Crossman 3357 Revolver

Crossman 3357 Revolver is a .50 paintball revolver based on Colt Python which looks slightly futuristic then a real weapon and is break-open.

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Crossman 3357 Revolver - .50 paintball

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Split Second	Rutger Hauer	Det. Harley Stone	dreesed up as a futuristic weapon	1992
Split Second	Kim Cattrall	Michelle McLaine	dreesed up as a futuristic weapon	1992

See Also

• Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.