Santiago
Original Theatrical Poster
Santiago Alan Ladd as Caleb "Cash" Adams, former U.S. Army officer, dishonorably discharged from the military and turned a gun runner. In 1898, during the Cuban War of Independence, Adams attempts to take a shipment of weapons to Cuba. Here he meets an enemy from his past and his new love Isabella (Rossana Podestà).
The following weapons were used in the film Santiago :
Revolvers Single Action Army Caleb "Cash" Adams (Alan Ladd ), his assistant, former U.S. Army Sergeant Trasker (Paul Fix ), and Pike's man Jingo (Frank DeKova ) use Single Action Army revolvers of "Artillery" model. Gun runner Clay Pike (Lloyd Nolan ) carries a "Civilian" model revolver with deep blue finish and ivory grips.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army with 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army with 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pike draws his "Civilian" revolver with ivory grips when the gun runners surrender their weapons at the request of the steamer's captain Jones. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pike's revolver is seen in holster in the scene on the way to Santiago. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pike holds his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trasker with an "Artillery" Single Action Army and Cash with a visually modified Colt New Service revolver (see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Trasker's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash Adams carries an "Artillery" revolver with stag horn grips (such revolvers are used by Alan Ladd in many roles in Western movies) when he drowns a Spanish soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash holds his revolver in battle against Spanish cavalrymen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jingo makes an attempt to treacherously shoot Cash but he is stopped by Trasker. Colt New Service (Visually Modified) In many scenes Cash Adams' (Alan Ladd ), Trasker' (Paul Fix ), and Clay Pike' (Lloyd Nolan ) Single Action Army revolvers are replaced with visually modified Colt New Service revolvers. These revolvers have fake extractor rod housing installed on the right side of the barrel. Such kind of props, based on Colt New Service or Colt M1917 models, were frequently used in the 50's Western movies.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt New Service Revolver - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash holds a visually modified Colt New Service revolver during the shootout with bandits on the way to Tampa, Florida. Error creating thumbnail: File missing His gun runs dry. Note same stag horn grip that is used on Cash's real Single Action Army revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip is seen better when Cash carries the revolver in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash surrenders his revolver at the request of the steamer's captain Jones. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash draws his revovler when he and Trasker search for missing Isabella's younger brother Juanito. The fake extractor rod housing is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Here the base Colt New Service revolver is seen better. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trasker holds a visually modified Colt New Service during the battle with Spanish cavalrymen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pike's fake Single Action Army (with same ivory grips as his genuine SAA revolver) in his holster during the final duel between Cash Adams and Pike. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash fires at Pike. Colt New Service Unmodified Colt New Service revolvers without fake extractor rod housings are seens in hands of Cash's men Dutch (Clegg Hoyt ) and Pike's man Jingo (Frank DeKova ) during the battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt New Service Revolver - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dutch in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jingo in action. Remington 1858 New Model Police Cash Adams (Alan Ladd ) and Clay Pike (Lloyd Nolan ) carry Remington 1858 New Model Police revolvers (a medium frame version of Remington 1858) in shoulder holsters. These revolvers are most likely cartridge conversion but still too antique guns for 1898.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1858 New Model Police, cartridge conversion - .38 rimfire Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the shootout on the way to Tampa Cash draws his compact Remington when his large Colt runs out of ammo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash fires at bandits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the revolver in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pike carries his Remington in shoulder holster in the scene on the steamer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash carries his Remington in shoulder holster in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pike surrenders his revolver to Captain Jones. Rifles Winchester Model 1892 Rifle Both Cash Adams' and Pike's men carry Winchester Model 1892 rifles with well-defined faceted barrels.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 Rifle -.32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash's men, transporting weapons, are armed with Winchester 1892 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lobo (Royal Dano ), one of Cash's men, banishes the curious Jingo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another one of Cash's men, Digger (L.Q. Jones ) holds a Winchester at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Pike's men is killed by a Spanish cavalryman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Lobo's Winchester when he strangles a Spaniard. Winchester Model 1892 Carbine (mockup) Digger (L.Q. Jones ) uses a mockup of Winchester 1892 carbine as a club in close combat with Spanish soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Digger holds a mockup Winchester. Mauser Gewehr 1898 Spanish soldiers are armed with Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles, standing for proper Spanish Mauser M1893 rifles. Many of these rifles are fitted with long and slender M1898 bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Early Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Late Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry in Spanish camp. Note the extremely long bayonet on his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish soldiers combing the forest. A rifle matches G98 except for the lack of Lange-Visier sight. Most likely this gun is a post-1918 modification where the Lange sight was replaced with a conventional v-notch tangent-leaf sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Spanish soldier is attacked by a Cuban rebel. The straight bolt handle is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of the same scene. Note the typical Lange-Visier sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish soldiers guard cannons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing They fire at approaching Cash and Pike. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers get on Jones' steamer. Straight bolt handles and Lange-Visier sights are seen. Most rifles also have parade hook on the upper barrel band. Error creating thumbnail: File missing They aims rifles at captain. Springfield 1873 Trapdoor Carbine A Springfield 1873 Trapdoor Carbine is seen in hands of a Cuban crewmember on Jones' steamer.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing First year Model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor - 45/70 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotguns Colt Model 1878 Capt. Jones' mate Sam (Don Blackman ) carries a Colt Model 1878 shotgun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1878 reproduction - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam holds the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam with the shotgun when he and Cash find Juanito hiding in the storeroom. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam watches approaching Cuban rebels. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash Adams (Alan Ladd ) with a shotgun on a promotional image. He doesn't use this gun in the movie. Trivia Parrott Guns Cash and Pike capture and destroy two Spanish field guns. The actual cannons are 10-lb (2.9-inch or 3-inch) Parrot Rifle guns of American Civil War era.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 10-lb Parrott Rifle used in an American Civil War reenactment Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Spanish field cannons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of one of these guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cash and Pike capture the guns... Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and destroy them. Fortress Guns Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of old, rusty fortress cannons in 1950s Santiago - a relict of the day of the Cuban War of Independence. These guns appear to be so-called Sunchado cannons (from Spanish word, meaning "wrapped" or "belted"), most likely 210mm M1872 rifled muzzle-loading howitzers that were the mainstay of Spanish coastal artillery on Cuba. 
