Strike First Freddy (Slå først Frede!)Strike First Freddy (Slå først Frede!) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesStrike First Freddy (Slå først Frede!)
Strike First Freddy (Slå først Frede!, also released in English as Operation Lovebirds) is a 1965 Danish spy comedy, James Bond spoof, directed by Erik Balling. Frede Hansen (Morten Grunwald), a prank items salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent and kidnapped by the black leather clad thugs under the command of Kolick (Poul Bundgaard), the enforcer of mysterious Doctor Pax. But when Frede manages to escape, the real secret service Agent Smith (Ove Sprogøe) recruits him. Frede's first mission is to meet beautiful Sonja (Essy Persson), a dancer in a night club in Stockholm, who works for Dr. Pax.
The following weapons were used in the film Strike First Freddy (Slå først Frede!):
When Smith (Ove Sprogøe) trains Frede Hansen (Morten Grunwald) for the role of a super agent, he equips Frede with a specially designed pistol that has two muzzles, one standard and another one in the rear of the slide. The pistol can fire from one or another muzzle, forwards or backwards, by switching a small lever to right or left. Smith's long, complicated lecture on how to use the gun makes Frede hesitage before shooting, as he sometimes confuses right and left. The screen gun seems to be a modified toy gun rather than a real weapon.
In the scene in the hotel in Stockholm, Smith finds out that a maid (Anne Mari Lie) carries a pocket pistol, hidden in the stocking. This is an original FN Model 1906 or one of its numerous clones.
Several of Kolick's henchmen carry Husqvarna m/37-39 submachine guns. Smith (Ove Sprogøe) takes a submachine gun from a guard in a climactic scene on Dr. Pax' island. Only a single item is seen at a time so probably a single prop is reused.
A henchman, guarding captured Sonja and Smith, holds a variant of 1896 Swedish Mauser. Judging by the shape of the front sight, this is a Carl Gustaf m/41B, a sniper version adopted after WWII, but without the sniper scope.
Browning M2HBs in M45 Quadmount are also deployed on the island. Dr. Pax's enforcer Kolick (Poul Bundgaard) fires the machine gun in the climactic scene.
During the animated opening credits, a fairly authentic drawing of an FN Model 1903 pistol appears. While the drawing lacks the FN logo on the grips, the medalion for the logo presents (the Swedish version Husqvarna m/1907 has the medalion of different shape, so the drawing is based on the original Belgian pistol).
Several gun posters are seen in the headquarters of the secret service. The drawings of SIG SG 510 and Heckler & Koch G3 are seen best; there are also the images of some machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe drawings of SIG SG 510 and Heckler & Koch G3 are seen on the wall.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA photo of two machine guns on tripods is seen at the left. Below is a blueprint of some long gun, and an image of what may be a machine gun on a AA mounting is lower.
The English poster for the release entitled Operation Lovebirds contains fairly good drawings of a Walther PPK and a Smith & Wesson revolver (the latter is mirrored as the magazine release is placed on wrong side of the frame).
Dr. Pax plans to use six missiles, guided by trained pigeons, to unleash the global war. The missiles, seen in the movie, are real Nike Hercules SAMs (the Danish military supported the filming and even provided the crew with the army training ground for filming large-scale explosions in the final scene).
