Sinners of Paris (Rafles sur la ville)Sinners of Paris (Rafles sur la ville) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesSinners of Paris (Rafles sur la ville)
Sinners of Paris (original title Rafles sur la ville ("Raids on the city")) is a 1958 French crime drama directed by Pierre Chenal and based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton. Gangster Le Fondu (Charles Vanel) escapes from the prison hospital, killing a police inspector who pursued him. Paul Vardier (Michel Piccoli), the partner of the deceased inspector, begins his personal hunt for Le Fondu, making the gangster's nephew, a petty pimp, his informer. Meanwhile Vardier gets a new partner, rookie Gilbert Barot (François Guérin), whose charming wife Lucie (Danik Patisson) became the love interest of Vardier.
The following weapons were used in the film Sinners of Paris (Rafles sur la ville):
Several police detectives, notably Inspector Taillis (Georges Vitray), carry FN Model 1922 pistols. An FN M1922 is also seen in hands of an insane man (Henri Coutet). Le Fondu (Charles Vanel) uses an FN M1922 to kill his nephew Jeannot Donati (Marcel Mouloudji) when the gangster uncovers that the young man is a police informer.
Le Fondu's mistress Cri-cri (Bella Darvi) uses a Percussion Cap Pistol (possibly a theatrical mockup) to pistol-whip Le Fondu during the conflict between the two.
In the opening scene Le Fondu (Charles Vanel) incapacitates a gendarme who guards his room in hospital and takes his Thompson M1921AC submachine gun. During the escape Le Fondu's gun switches to a Sten Mk II (see below) due to a continuity error and then back to Thompson. Inspector Paul Vardier (Michel Piccoli) also carries an M1921AC in the same scene. Inspector Gilbert Barot (François Guérin) is armed with an M1921AC during the operation against Le Fondu's gang.
During Le Fondu's escape Inspector Lebouvier (Alain Reynaud) is armed with a Thompson M1A1 submachine gun. During the operaction against the gang Vardier carries an M1A1.
Due to a continuity error Le Fondu's Thompson switches to a Sten Mk II during the gangster's escape. Le Fondu uses a Sten during the robbery of the fur store and the following shootout with police.
Le Fondu carries a hand grenade that he calls "his lucky charm". After his arrest, he tries to blow the grenade in the police precinct. The body of the grenade resembles Citron Foug Mle. 1916 but the fuze is different.
