I Won't Be a Gangster, My Dear (Nebusiu gangsteriu, brangioji)I Won't Be a Gangster, My Dear (Nebusiu gangsteriu, brangioji) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesI Won't Be a Gangster, My Dear (Nebusiu gangsteriu, brangioji)
I Won't Be a Gangster, My Dear (original Lithuanian title Nebusiu gangsteriu, brangioji, Russian title Ne budu gangsterom, dorogaya) is a 1978 Soviet Lithuanian made for TV adventure comedy directed by Algimantas Puipa and based on several short stories by O.Henry ("Little speck in garnered fruit", "Vanity and Some Sables", "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem").
The following weapons were used in the film I Won't Be a Gangster, My Dear (Nebusiu gangsteriu, brangioji):
Della (Nijole Ozelyte) is seen with a Lefaucheux Revolver. The shape of the firing pin allows to state that this revolver is converted from pinfire to centerfire ammunition.
Nagant M1895 (Mocked Up as Colt Cap and Ball revolver)
Most gangsters and police officers carry revolvers that appear to be visually modified Nagant M1895s, fitted with a long faceted barrels and fake loading levers in order to make them look as Colt cap and ball revolvers (outdated weapons for 1920s when the film story is set). When in action, these revolvers are operated as single action guns. These props are also seen in several other Lithuanian Film Studios productions, like Smoke and Shorty (Smok i Malysh) and Adventures of Kalle the Detective (Priklyucheniya Kalle-syschika).
A theater actor (Algirdas Grashis) holds a revolver during the performance. This gun is seen only in distance but its general shape allows to guess that it's one of Colt cap and ball revolvers, original or some European copy (and it's not an abovementioned visually modified Nagant, as this revolver definitly has open-top frame).
During the confrontation between police and gangsters both sides use rifles (probably a single prop) that appears to be a Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine with partially removed handguard (probably to look like a sporterized rifle).
