Borsalino
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Borsalino is a 1970 French-Italian crime movie directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo as criminals Roch Siffredi and François Capella who raise for power in early 1930s Marseilles. In 1974 a sequel Borsalino and Co. was released.
The following weapons are seen in the movie Borsalino:
Handguns
Mle 1892 Revolver
Mle 1892 Revolvers are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Modele d’Ordonnance Mle 1892 Revolver - 8x27mm SR.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the shootout with Poli's men in the slaughterhouse François Capella (Jean-Paul Belmondo ) disarms one of the enemies who is armed with Mle 1892 revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capella examines this revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capella holds M1A1 Thompson , wounded Siffredi holds Mle 1892 during the same scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fernand (Lionel Vitrant ) holds Mle 1892 revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of crime boss Marello's bodyguards is armed with Mle 1892 revolver.
Smith & Wesson Military and Police
Several characters are seen with Smith & Wesson Military and Police revolvers, including Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon ) and Spada (Pierre Koulak ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 5" Barrel - .38 Special.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spada (Pierre Koulak ) with S&W Military & Police revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon ) fires his Military & Police revolver.
FN Model 1922
FN Model 1922 pistols are seen in hands of policemen. It is also a personal weapon of crime boss Marello (Arnoldo Foà ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1922 - .32 ACP.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Policeman holds at gunpoint with his FN Model 1922 an arrested criminal.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marello holds his FN Model 1922. (SPOILER! Highlight to see description)Marello tried to shoot Roch Siffredi but Roch threw his knife faster. .
Submachine Guns
M1A1 Thompson
M1A1 Thompson submachine guns are used in several scenes by Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon ), François Capella (Jean-Paul Belmondo ), their henchmen and their enemies. All SMGs is fitted with a vertical foregrips and drum magazines, and also sometimes fitted with Cutts compensators - to make their match the more period-accurate M1928 (as the M1A1 is anachronistic).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capella holds Tommy gun, wounded Siffredi holds Mle 1892 Revolver during the shootout with Poli's men in the slaughterhouse.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capella fires his Thompson.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Siffredi fires his Thompson single-hand. It's hard to believe that someone who is not of heroic stature and also is wounded could perform such a feat.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capella and Siffredi examine their new Thompsons. Siffredi holds M1A1 with vertical foregrip, while Capella holds M1928. Both SMGs are not loaded.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capella and Siffredi loads their Thompsons.
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M1928 Thompson
During the shootout with Poli's men in the slaughterhouse, one of the enemy gangsters armed M1928 Thompson (in the next scene when SMG passes into the hands of Capella, due to continuity error it switches to modified M1A1). Later in one of the scenes Capella holds M1928 with rear sight from M1A1.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928 "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago typewriter" with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP, made famous through countless classic gangster movies.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enemy gangster holds M1928 Thompson.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capella holds M1928 Thompson with rear sight from M1A1.
Other weapons
F1 Hand Grenade
Error creating thumbnail: File missing F1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade with Mle1935 fuse.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several F1 hand grenades are seen on the table together with four Thompsons and several pistols and revolvers. Grenades were never used in action during the movie.