Hands of a Murderer
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Hands of a Murderer Sherlock Holmes and the Prince of Crime ) is a 1990 British made for TV adventure movie directed by Stuart Orme and starring Edward Woodward as Sherlock Holmes , John Hillerman as Dr. John Watson, and Anthony Andrews as Prof. James Moriarty.
The following weapons were used in the film Hands of a Murderer : Error creating thumbnail: File missing WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Revolvers Webley RIC No. 1 First Pattern Sherlock Holmes (Edward Woodward ) uses a Webley RIC No. 1 First Pattern revolver throughout the movie. In several scenes same revolver is used by Dr. John Watson (John Hillerman ), and once - by Prof. James Moriarty (Anthony Andrews ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley RIC No. 1 First Pattern - .442 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes readies his revolver before leaving. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson drops the revolver when he avoids Jeremy Stubb's (Christopher Fairbank ) sword-cane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes raises his revolver at Moriarty who suddenly visited the great detective. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes holds Moriarty at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another good view of Holmes' revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moriarty aims Holmes' revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes in disguise surprises Watson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson holds the revolver in the scene in Moriarty's secret hideout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene. Webley RIC No. 1 Second Pattern Prof. James Moriarty's (Anthony Andrews ) main handgun is a Webley RIC No. 1 Second Pattern revolver with deep blue finish.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley RIC No. 1 Second Pattern - .442 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moriarty holds kidnapped Mycroft Holmes (Peter Jeffrey) as hostage when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson break in the villain's secret hideout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The back of Moriarty's revolver is seen. The cylinder stop notches on the rear of the cylinder allow to identify Second Pattern revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moriarty in disguise aims his revolver at Holmes, also in disguise, in the scene of fake funeral of Holmes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Moriarty's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moriarty and Holmes grapple for the revolver in the coach. Webley Metropolitan Police Colonel Gould (Warren Clarke ), the head of Secret Service, carries a compact revolver that is seen only in darkness. It appears to be a version of Webley RIC revolver, like a Webley Metropolitan Police .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Metropolitan Police - .450 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Gould holds his revolver during the chase after Moriarty's henchman safecracker Jeremy Stubb who stole secret documents from Mycroft Holmes' office. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Gould holds his revolver after a well aimed shot at Moriarty's henchman Kasim who clashed with Holmes on the rooftop. Beaumont-Adams Revolver Inspector Lestrade (Terence Lodge) carries a revolver that is supposed to be a kind of Beaumont-Adams (or maybe Tranter ) revolver, cap and ball or converted into breach loading version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beaumont-Adams, c.1860s - .44. This version of Adams has a plate arm along the barrel, like the screen gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade holds his revolver when police break in Moriarty's secred hideout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade fires at an attacking cobra on the floor. Note the plate arm along the barrel, common for cap and ball and conversion revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade holds the revolver when he runs to help Mycroft Holmes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade's revolver is seen when he is in the carriage during the pursue after Moriarty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A better view of Lestrade's revolver in same scene. The plate arm along the barrel can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The top of Lestrade's revolver is seen. Unidentified revolver In the scene of the fake funeral of Holmes, Moriarty's aide Sophie DeVere (Kim Thomson), disguised as a Quaker boy, holds a revolver. This gun has a frame, similar to Tranter M1868 but the extractor under the barrel looks very different.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sohie DeVere holds a revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A side view of the revolver. Webley-Wilkinson One of Lestrade's constables (Steve Ellis) who hides on a fir tree during the fake funeral, is armed with a top-break Webley-style revolver that turns out to be a Webley-Wilkinson Model 1892 or Model 1900, based on Webley WG model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley-Wilkinson Model 1892 - .455/476 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Plainclothes policeman holds his revolver. While it looks similar to Webley WG, difference in the shape of the frame and the cylinder to frame lock can be seen. Pistols Mauser C96 German spy Oberstein (Nickolas Grace ) carries a Mauser C96 pistol. When Oberstein is killed by Watson's accurate shot, Colonel Gould (Warren Clarke ) takes the pistol. While C96 already existed in 1900 when the story is set, the screen gun has smooth rails on each side of the barrel extension and side-to-side lanyard ring, both signs of post-WW1 models.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 M1930 - 7.63x25mm Mauser. The screen gun looks similar, except for the lack of stepped barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oberstein draws his C96. Note the smooth rails and side-to-side lanyard ring. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He aims at Holmes and Watson... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but drops the pistol, being gunned by Watson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gould picks the Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gould runs with the pistol in hand. Trivia When Watson reads The Illustrated London News newspaper, several pictures with rifles and cannons are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three rifles are seen in center; the top and bottom may be Lee-Metford or Lee-Enfield Mk.I . A field cannon of Victorian era is seen on a picture below. 
