Horror Express
English Language Release Poster
Horror Express Pánico en el Transiberiano ("Panic in the Trans-Siberian Train")) is a 1972 British-Spanish English language horror film, directed by Eugenio Martin (credited as Gene Martin). In 1906 a renowned British anthropologist Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton (Christopher Lee ) works in China and finds a frozen prehistoric humanoid. He returns to Europe by the Trans-Siberian Express with a crate containing the creature remains. During the voyage, the creature returns to life, and a series of horrible events follow, as the humanoid turns out to be only a host for an alien creature that can transfers itself from a body to another.
The following weapons were used in the film Horror Express :
Revolvers Bulldog One of the passengers of the Trans-Siberian Express, Polish Count Maryan Petrovski (George Rigaud ) owns a Bulldog revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley British Bulldog - .45 caliber - 1870s Error creating thumbnail: File missing Count Petrovski takes his revolver. This is a 5-shot gun of a large caliber, and the ammo looks like .476 Enfield or .455 Webley. Note that the bullets are flat-nosed, and some of them have cross-shaped notch. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Engraved frame is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Petrovski loads the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Petrovski demonstrates the revolver ti Inspector Mirov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Petrovski aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Count's undead corpse, raised by the alien creature, holds the revolver. Pistols FN Model 1903 Russian police Inspector Mirov (Julio Peña ) carries an FN Model 1903 pistol (it's worth noting that Russian Imperial police didn't use Inspector rank). Later the pistol is taken from Mirov by Cossack Capt. Kazan (Telly Savalas ). FN Model 1903 was really issued to Russian police and gendarmes force but it happened only in 1908.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Browning Model 1903 - 9x20mm Browning Long Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mirov fires at the creature that attacked Dr. Wells. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kazan takes Mirov's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the non-standard thick smooth black grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kazan holds the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kazan fires at Mirov whose body is inhabited by the alien creature. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol in hand of Kazan is seen on a promotional image. Star Model B Capt. Kazan's sidearm is a Star Model B pistol (definitely not the right gun for that time and place) but he doesn't use it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blued Star Model B - 9x19mm pistol. This pistol is a screen used gun from the movie The Untouchables (1987) Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cossack of Kazan's unit cleans his commander's pistol. With difficulty, but it is possible to see the external extractor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Cossack loads the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Cossack puts the gun in Kazan's holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The holster of Kazan's pistol on the table. Rifles Spanish Mauser M1893 Russian soldiers are armed with Spanish Mauser M1893 rifles. They are fitted with bayonets of Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle (likely from the supplies of M91/30 rifles from USSR during the Spanish Civil war); some rifles are fitted with mockup Mosin Nagant style magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish Mauser M1893 Rifle - 7x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers, subordinated to Inspector Mirov, in the scene on Beijing railroad station. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle in hands of a soldier in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of top barrel band of Mauser 1893 and of M1891/30 bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle in hands of a soldier at the background is fitted with fake protruding magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers threaten Prof. Saxton when Mirov demands to open the crate with the frozen creature inside. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrel and bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier patrols the railway wagon in search of escaped creature. His rifle is fitted with a fake magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle in hands of a soldier who guards arrested Saxton. Spanish Mauser M1895 Carbine Russian Cossacks of Capt. Kazan's unit are armed with Spanish Mauser M1895 Carbines . Chinese soldiers in the opening scene carry same carbines, but with sword bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish Mauser M1895 Carbine - 7x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the scene on Beijing railroad station Chinese soldiers hold Mauser M1895 carbines with attached sword bayonets (supposedly Spanish M1913, issued for Mauser M1916 and M1943 short rifles). In reality M1895 carbines weren't equipped with bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of M1895 carbine in hands of a Cossack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the handguard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cossacks with carbines in the train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An astonished Cossack with a carbine in hands watches Kazan killing Mirov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cossacks shoot at Pujardov, in whose body the alien is now... but in vain. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Dr. Wells (Peter Cushing ) owns a Double Barreled Shotgun . Later he gives the shotgun to Sir Alexander Saxton (Christopher Lee ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington Model 1889 - 12 Gauge. An example of double barreled shotgun with exposed hammers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wells puts his wrapped shotgun on a shelf. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wells shows the shotgun to Saxton and Mirov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wells holds the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Saxton aims at Pujardov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Saxton defends Countess Irina Petrovska against undead Cossacks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shotgun in hands of Dr. Wells on a promotional image. 
