Blind Alley
Blind Alley (1939)
Blind Alley Chester Morris , Ralph Bellamy , and Ann Dvorak . It would be remade in 1948 as The Dark Past .
The following weapons were used in the film Blind Alley :
Handguns Colt Detective Special Fugitive killer Hal Wilson (Chester Morris ) and his henchmen Buck (Marc Lawrence ) and Nick (Milburn Stone ) all carry Colt Detective Special revolvers, with Hal keeping his in a shoulder holster. Hal recalls a painful memory from his youth where his father had carried a Detective Special, though the memory likely predates the weapon's 1927 introduction.
Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Does that shoot real bullets?" Dr. Shelby's impressed son Davy (Scotty Beckett ) asks Hal Wilson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick keeps his Colt Detective Special drawn inside the Shelby household. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal draws his Detective Special. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal holds his Detective Special on Dr. Shelby. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal recalls his father dropping a Detective Special. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mr. Wilson's Detective Special falls to the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal checks the load in his Detective Special. Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket Hal's moll Mary (Ann Dvorak ) carries a blued Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket - .25 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An armed Mary helps round up the Shelby household. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mary keeps her Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket trained on the Shelby family, guests, and staff. Single Action Army Strangely, two of the policemen (James Craig and Dick Curtis ) seeking Hal Wilson appear to have older Single Action Army six-shooters in their holsters rather than more modern .38 Special revolvers like the Colt Official Police or Smith & Wesson Military & Police .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army with 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joe (James Craig ) and his fellow trooper (Dick Curtis ) carry revolvers that appear to be old-fashioned Single Action Army handguns. Submachine Guns M1921A Thompson Several of the policemen seeking Hal Wilson and his gang are armed with M1921A Thompson submachine guns with box magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1921A Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two troopers enter the Shelby home with Thompsons. Shotguns Blunderbuss Dr. Shelby (Ralph Bellamy ) keeps a Blunderbuss Flintlock suspended above the fireplace in his home.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blunderbuss Flintlock Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine Buck (Marc Lawrence ) carries a Winchester rifle that appears to be a Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine before it switches to a Winchester Model 1907 in an apparent continuity error. One of the policemen approaching the house also carries a Winchester carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buck surveys the rounded-up Shelby household and guests with his Winchester in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A policeman approaches the Shelby home with his Winchester carbine. Winchester Model 1907 Buck (Marc Lawrence ) tosses his Winchester — now a Winchester Model 1907 semi-automatic rifle — to Hal Wilson (Chester Morris ) to use during the final acts of the film. The Model 1907 was a popular weapon among real-life gangsters of the era, such as John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1907 with 5-round magazine - .351 Winchester Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buck's Winchester carbine is now a semi-auto Model 1907. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal holds the Winchester on Dr. Shelby. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal unloads the Winchester. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal reloads the Winchester. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal runs to the door, Winchester in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal takes aim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
