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Nitti: The Enforcer

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Nitti: The Enforcer
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Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Michael Switzer
Release Date 1988
Language English
Main Cast
Character Actor
Frank Nitti Anthony LaPaglia
Al Capone Vincent Guastaferro
Anna Nitti Trini Alvarado
Hugh Kelly Michael Moriarty
Anton Cermak Bruce Kelly


Nitti: The Enforcer is a made-for-television movie that originally aired April 17, 1988, on ABC, chronicling the life of Prohibition-era Chicago Outfit boss Frank Nitti. Also promoted as Frank Nitti: The Enforcer, the film was produced in the wake of the popularity of The Untouchables, which starred Billy Drago as a fictionalized Nitti.


The following weapons were used in the film Nitti: The Enforcer:


Pistols & Revolvers

Colt Detective Special

Frank Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia) borrows a Colt Detective Special from his bodyguard Charlie.

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Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special
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Nitti takes his borrowed Colt Detective Special out of his desk drawer.

M1911A1

Several gangsters are armed with M1911A1 pistols. At one point, Al Capone (Vincent Guastaferro) takes Charlie's 1911 when swearing revenge for his brother, until Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia) calms him down and takes it from him.

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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.
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One of Nitti's men aims a 1911 at the O'Banion gang.
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Capone hands Charlie's 1911 back to Nitti.

Colt Police Positive

Crooked Chicago detective sergeant Harry Lang (Mike Starr) uses a Colt Police Positive to shoot Nitti.

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Colt Police Positive with 4" Barrel - .38 Special
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Sergeant Lang draws his Police Positive.
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Sergeant Lang fires at Nitti.
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Submachine Guns

M1928A1 Thompson

Several gangsters use the M1928A1 Thompson submachine gun, distinguished by its horizontal handguards rather than the vertical foregrips of the earlier M1921 and M1928 variants often associated with the "Chicago typewriter". All on-screen Thompsons have 50-round drum magazines.

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M1928A1 Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP
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A gangster guns down Nitti's rivals.
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The Thompson is fired during a montage.

Shotguns

Double Barreled Shotgun

Several gangsters are armed with double-barreled shotguns.

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Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 gauge
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