Error creating thumbnail: File missing Death Wish (1974)Death Wish Charles Bronson stars as Paul Kersey, a quiet architect who becomes a vigilante, when his wife is killed and his daughter is raped by three muggers (including one played by Jeff Goldblum in his film debut). Bronson would go on to star in four more "Death Wish" films . It's also of interest that author Brian Garfield wrote a sequel novel to Death Wish , which served as the basis for the 2007 Kevin Bacon film Death Sentence
The following weapons were used in the film Death Wish (1974) :
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Revolvers Colt Police Positive Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson ) uses a .32 caliber nickel plated Colt Police Positive revolver with a 4-inch barrel, given to him as a present by Ames Jainchill (Stuart Margolin ), during his vigilante missions. He kills ten street muggers with it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Police Positive Nickel Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paul Kersey's revolver in special case. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson ) holding his Colt revolver. You can note trigger shape in this shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A nice shot of the Colt Police Positive . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paul Kersey aims (on the wall) his new revolver at the first time, just before his first vigilante mission. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paul Kersey shoots his revolver at mugger Thomas Leroy Martin. Note the hot gases escaping the barrel-cylinder gap. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey shooting another mugger in his second vigilante raid. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey shooting subway mugger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey shooting an African-American mugger in the subway station. Note very little (compared to other in this film) muzzle shots in this scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Frank Ochoa (Vincent Gardenia ) holds Kersey's empty revolver on him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing .32 caliber bullets in surgeons hands removed from mugger's liver. 1842 Percussion Revolver During his business trip in Tucson, Paul is seen target shooting with a percussion revolver, to which is briefly described by Ames Jainchill (Stuart Margolin ) as a 'Percussion pistol, 1842.'
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey aims 1842 revolver on the target. Note the iconic stance, used by Bronson in all Death Wish movies. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey aims 1842 revolver on the target. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey shoots 1842 revolver. Note big yellow muzzle flash. Some of the muzzle flashes in the film also yellow and some - white. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey aims 1842 revolver on the target. Colt Single Action Army Revolver Paul opts to try the Colt Single Action Army revolver, after impressing Jainchill by shooting the Percussion pistol dead center at the range. It's described by Jainchill as revolver used by bandit Candy Dan in 1890. They're also used by stuntmen performing in a Wild West live action show.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey aims the Single Action Army on the target. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the revolver as Kersey cocks it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another close-up of the cocked SAA. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kersey shoots the revolver on the target. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAA revolvers seen in actors hands and holsters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An actor playing a deputy sheriff points his revolver at bandits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An actor playing a deputy sheriff shoots his revolver at bandits. There was no muzzle flash in the first shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing But there was muzzle flash when he fires another one. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An actor playing a bandit fires his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAA revolvers on Jainchill's Gun Club's Shooting range wall. Smith & Wesson Model 36 During his first night of vigilantism, Paul encounters drug addict and mugger Thomas Leroy Martin who points a nickel-plated Smith & Wesson Model 36 behind him with a warning to give him the money or 'I'll bust you up'.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nickel Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Thomas Leroy Martin points his Smith & Wesson Model 36 on Kersey. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin with his Model 36 on Kersey. Another angle of the same situation. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin with his S&W Model 36 on Kersey. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin is shot by Kersey while holding his Model 36. Smith & Wesson Model 10 A Smith & Wesson Model 10 is seen wielded by a police officer.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cop with his revolver. Kersey is seen in the first window, sitting. Pistols Colt M1911 A mugger is seen wielding a standard M1911 pistol upon Paul's vigilante mission. Unfortunately for Paul, the mugger wounds him in the leg before he can take him out.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1911 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mugger with his Colt M1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The mugger shoots his Colt 1911. He misses this shot, but wounded Kersey's leg by another shot. Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun A short-barreled 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun is used by an actor playing a deputy in the wild west show.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Short-barrel Double Barreled 'Coach' Shotgun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing An actor playing a deputy sheriff with his double-barreled shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An actor playing a deputy sheriff shooting his double-barreled shotgun. Note again yellow muzzle flash. Unknown shotgun Another unknown shotgun used by one of the actors, who plays a bandit.
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Other Depicted revolvers We can also see generic pictures of revolvers, first on a Newsweek cover in the street commercial and again, a drawn image on a TV news broadcast.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolver seen on the cover of Newsweek. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Drawn revolver seen in the TV news. Weapons Case Ames Jainchill (Stuart Margolin ) is seen taking Kersey to a private gun range where gun cases displaying several weapons are visible.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ames Jainchill (Stuart Margolin ) takes out a revolver and ammunition from a gun case.
See Also: Death Wish
Death Wish 2
Death Wish 3
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
