The Bonnie Parker Story
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
The Bonnie Parker Story is a 1958 crime drama loosely based on the real story of Depression-era bandits Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Dorothy Provine made her major feature debut as Parker, while the Barrow character was renamed "Guy Darrow" and played by Jack Hogan . Aside from the name changes and many anachronisms, The Bonnie Parker Story focuses more on the fictional legend of the "cigar-smoking" gun moll than the known facts of the Barrow gang, though it does include elements like Bonnie's criminal ex-husband and the gang's deadly prison break that have not been featured in other major movies like the more famous Bonnie and Clyde (1967). This was an early release for low-budget production label American International Pictures (AIP) and was released alongside Machine Gun Kelly starring Charles Bronson as another real-life 1930s outlaw.
The following weapons were used in the film The Bonnie Parker Story :
Handguns
M1911A1
Bonnie Parker (Dorothy Provine ) carries a M1911A1 as her preferred sidearm, often drawn to fend off the advances of her own gang.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bonnie pulls an M1911A1 on Guy.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bonnie draws an M1911A1, this time on Duke.
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Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket
At one point, Bonnie Parker (Dorothy Provine ) draws a Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket pistol while planning a heist.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bonnie, armed with her Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket, directs Duke and Guy.
Colt Official Police
An armored car guard fires a Colt Official Police at Bonnie, Guy, and Duke.
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Submachine Guns
M1921AC Thompson
Guy Darrow (Jack Hogan ) and Bonnie Parker (Dorothy Provine ) wield M1921AC Thompson submachine guns during their crime spree, though it's documented that the Browning Automatic Rifle was the preferred weapon of the actual Barrow gang.
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Rifles
Winchester Model 1894
Several police officers and vigilantes carry Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester-armed officers approach the gang's hideout.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer named Frank carries a Winchester rifle as Steel organizes an ambush.
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Unidentified Rifle #1
Duke Jefferson (Richard Bakalyan ) uses a rifle during the armored car heist.
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Unidentified Rifle #2
Tom Steel (Douglas Kennedy ) uses a sporterized bolt-action rifle to track down Bonnie and Guy.
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Shotguns
Winchester Model 1912
Several police officers carry Winchester Model 1912 shotguns.
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Double Barreled Shotgun
Guy Darrow (Jack Hogan ) and his brother Chuck (Joe Turkel ) frequently use hammerless double-barreled shotguns .
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Other
Federal L-5 Gas Riot Gun
A federal agent accompanying Tom Steel and his officers carries a Federal L-5 Gas Riot Gun .
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Toy percussion revolver
A young boy "corners" the gang with a toy cap gun designed to resemble an early percussion revolver like the Colt 1851 Navy .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The boy "captures" Bonnie, Guy, and Duke.