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Sherlock Holmes is an American 1954-1955 detective TV series, starring Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. John H. Watson. Only several episodes are adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's works while most have original plots. The series were filmed in France by Guild Films.
The following weapons were used in the television series Sherlock Holmes :
Revolvers RIC/Bulldog Most widely used handguns in the series are several revolvers that appear to be versions of Webley RIC and/or Bulldog , possibly European copies that have a mix of features of both Webley models. Most of them have barrels too long for "classic" Bulldog but too short for RIC. Both fluted and unfluted cylinders can be seen. Some of these revolvers that can be more confidently identified are listed below.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley RIC / Bulldog type revolver, c. 1880s - .450 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belgian copy of a Webley Bulldog - 32 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ralph Cunningham (Pierre Gay) aims a Bulldog revolver at Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard ) and Dr. John H. Watson (Howard Marion-Crawford ) who sneak in his house in "The Case of the Cunningham Heritage" (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Cunningham's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes holds a Bulldog when he expels an unexpected visitor, Mr. Wilson (Alexander Gauge), in "The Red Headed League" (Ep.11). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes holds a Colt New Army & Navy and a Bulldog revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes imitates dual shooting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Judd (Charles Brodie) threatens kidnapped interpreter Claude Dubec (Lou Van Burg) in "The Case of the French Interpreter" (Ep.14). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lattimer (Bob Cunningham ) holds a Bulldog instead of previously used top-break revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes holds his revolver, waiting for the attack of escaped convict John Norton who vowed revenge, in "The Case of the Christmas Pudding" (Ep.23). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Lestrade (Archie Duncan ) gives a revolver to Holmes in "The Case of the Violent Suitor" (Ep.25). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fluted cylinder can be seen. RIC No. 1 First Pattern Revolvers that can be more confidently identified as RIC No. 1 First Pattern are seen in hands of escaped convict John Norton (Eugene Deckers) in "The Case of the Christmas Pudding" (Ep.23), by Jack Murdock (Eric Micklewood) and Tilda (Rolly Bester) in "The Case of the Violent Suitor" (Ep.25), by J. Oliver's henchman (uncredited) in "The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors" (Ep.33), and by a gambler Herbert Fenwick (Roland Bartrop) in "The Case of the Unlucky Gambler" (Ep.37).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley RIC No. 1 First Pattern - .442 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing John Norton (Eugene Deckers ), disguised a police constable, breaks in Holmes' room in "The Case of the Christmas Pudding" (Ep.23). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Norton's revolver allows to identify it as First Pattern due to the cylinder stop notches at the front of the cylinder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jack Murdock (Eric Micklewood) threatens Alex Doogle (Brookes Kyle) in "The Case of the Violent Suitor" (Ep.25). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tilda, a housekeeper, aims the revolver at Murdock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unlucky gambler Herbert Fenwick (Roland Bartrop), hiding his face under fake beard, robs a gambling club in "The Case of the Unlucky Gambler" (Ep.37). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Fenwick's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard ) holds Fenwick's revolver when interrogating the club bartender. RIC No. 1 Second Pattern A revolver that is used by a swindler Van Bentham (Lou Van Burg) in "The Case of the Belligerent Ghost" (Ep.5) can be identified as based on a RIC No. 1 Second Pattern .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley RIC No. 1 Second Pattern - .442 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the revolver in hand of Van Bentham (Lou Van Burg) in "The Case of the Belligerent Ghost" (Ep.5). This is Second Pattern revolver, identified by the cylinder stop notches at the rear of the cylinder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the confrontation with Van Bentham Watson pulls the rug out from under the villain's feet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson catches the revolver. The bird's head grip is seen that is more common for European produced versions of RIC that for original Webley revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson holds the revolver and then gives it to Holmes. Colt New Line Colt New Line revolvers are widely used throughout the series. Supposedly a single prop is reused.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt New Line - .38 (five rounds cylinder) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes (Ronald Howard ) hands a revolver to Lady Nina Beryl (Paulette Goddard ) in "The Case of Lady Beryl" (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Lysander Stark (Richard Warner ) threatens engineer Victor Haterly (David Oxley) in "The Case of the Shoeless Engineer" (Ep.12). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cylinder is 5-shot, so the revolver is chambered in .30 or larger caliber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Stark's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "The thistle killer" John Phoenix (Richard Watson), disguised as a police constable, fires a Colt New Line at Holmes and Watson in "The Case of the Thistle Killer" (Ep.18). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of a Colt New Line in hand of Dr. Dimanche (Jacques François) in "The Case of the Deadly Prophecy" (Ep.22). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson stops Dimanche and disarms him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson unloads the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Lestrade (Archie Duncan ) holds his revolver in "The Case of the Violent Suitor" (Ep.25). In earlier scene of same episode he has a Bulldog revolver. Colt New Army & Navy Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard ) uses a Colt New Army & Navy revolver in "The Red Headed League" (Ep.11) and "The Case of the Thistle Killer" (Ep.18). Same looking revolver are seen in hands of Minnie O'Malley (Lucille Vines) in "The Case of the Texas Cowgirl" (Ep.4); supposedly this is a single prop, reused throughout the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt New Army Model of 1903 - .38 Colt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Minnie O'Malley (Lucille Vines) "greets" Holmes and Watson with a gunshot of her Colt in "The Case of the Texas Cowgirl" (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Holmes' Colt in "The Red Headed League" (Ep.11). Holmes fires at a makeshift bullet catcher when he makes a ballistic experiment. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another closeup of the revolver. The shape of the frame matches M1903 version of New Army & Navy series. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes examines the Colt. A Bulldog is in his other hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes imitates dual shooting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes cleans his Colt in "The Case of the Thistle Killer" (Ep.18). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the revolver in same scene. Colt Police Positive Another Colt revolver, supposedly a Colt Police Positive , is used by Dr. Watson (Howard Marion-Crawford ) in "The Case of the Christmas Pudding" (Ep.23).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Police Positive with 4" Barrel - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson, awakened in the night, holds a revolver. Smith & Wesson top-break revolver A nickel plated Smith & Wesson top-break revolver is used by Uncle Cecil (Duncan Elliott) in "The Case of the Night Train Riddle" (Ep.24). It's hard to indetify the exact model but Smith & Wesson 4th Model seems to be a decent guess.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 4th Model Double Action - .32 S&W Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uncle Cecil holds a revolver. Compact top-break revolver Compact top-break revolvers are seen in several episodes. The angular lower part of the frame allows to guess that these guns (or a single gun reused) are hardly Smith & Wesson models, more likely they are produced by some smaller manufacturer, maybe not American but European one.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lattimer (Bob Cunningham ) threatens kidnapped interpreter Claude Dubec (Lou Van Burg) in "The Case of the French Interpreter" (Ep.14). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver is seen from the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard ) holds a top-break revolver instead of previously seen Bulldog. Supposedly it's same prop that was earlier used by Lattimer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Holmes' revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Lestrade (Archie Duncan ) fires at an unknown person who attacked Judge Westlake in "The Case of the Vanished Detective" (Ep.19). His gun appears to be same compact top-break revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson takes same looking top-break revolver from Holmes' drawer in "The Case of the Perfect Husband" (Ep.27). Error creating thumbnail: File missing What appear to be same revolver in hand of Holmes in the scene in Mr. Russel Partridge's house in same episode. Unidentified revolvers Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dr. Watson (Howard Marion-Crawford ) holds some compact revolver during the arrest of Lattimer in "The Case of the French Interpreter" (Ep.14). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Lestrade (Archie Duncan ) draws a compact revolver from his pocket in "The Case of the Thistle Killer" (Ep.18). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade shoots at John Phoenix (Richard Watson), knows as "thistle killer". Inspector's revolver is a very small gun (smaller that a Colt New Line that is also seen in this episode), seemingly without trigger guard. Possibly it's a kind of Velo-Dog that were widespread in France where the series were filmed. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Double Barreled Shotguns are seen in "The Case of the Greystone Inscription" (Ep.16) and "The Case of the Careless Suffragette" (Ep.20). It is supposed by the same reused prop, and while it's hard to say for sure, this shotgun may be a percussion cap gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sir Thomas Greystone (Archie Duncan in his second role in the series) holds a shotgun when he meets Miss Millicent Channing, Holmes and Watson on the doorstep of his castle in "The Case of the Greystone Inscription" (Ep.16). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Sir Thomas Greystone's shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes holds Greystone's shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A double barreled shotgun is seen on the wall in the apartments of Russian Anarchist Boris Turgoff in "The Case of the Careless Suffragette" (Ep.20). It seems to be the same gun, used in Ep.16. 
