Dirty Harry's cylinder rotation.........

[John H]

Why does Clint Eastwood's Model 29 cylinder rotate when he pulls the trigger on an empty chamber at the end of this clip?

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xjr2hnOHiM[/ame]

I have watched this a lot of times but never noticed it before....... maybe discussed before on the forum?

cheers, John

 

[glenwolde]

Different takes. They show him cock it but then cut to a front view. There was a break in between those two angles. They lost track of that and on the next take he just fired it DA.

 

[505Gibbs]

Its a normal function for a S&W. Empty or not the cylinder will rotate to the next position/chamber.

 

[murphydog]

Simple, it was a DA pull. Now, if he cocked the hammer on the last live round you know the next one would have fallen on a spent case...

 

[CScott]

Bad film editing by people that don't know how DA revolvers function.

 

[John H]

Bad film editing by people that don't know how DA revolvers function.

Yes, I saw him cock it and then from another angle/cut it rotates like pulling the trigger D/A..... like you said, bad editing.

 

[Old cop]

If you watch the entire clip and count the number of rounds Harry fires it comes to six, so the chamber was empty when he dropped the hammer on the downed bank robber. As an aside, Harry's sergeant will be doing paperwork for the next year b/c of all that damage.

 

[Bpx4st]

Yep...I agree...a double action pull on the last cylinder. Good catch!

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[Laketime]

Both were done for dramatic effect.Like a star racking the slide several times on a 1911 during a fight scene.

 

[Jack Flash]

Other questions --
Why doesn't Harry simply reload before approaching the wounded man?
Why does Harry turn his back on the man without ensuring that he doesn't have another weapon concealed somewhere?

And probably most important, why does Harry walk through spraying water without making any attempt to protect the revolver from getting wet?

 

[Pisgah]

On a movie set there's one person whose job is "continuity". That's the person who prevents, say, a character wearing a hat in one shot, then a split-second later shown with no hat on. What you're seeing is slack work by the person in charge of continuity. In Shot #1 he cocks the hammer; in Shot #2 he starts with an uncocked hammer and fires DA.

 

[rdcl]

Other questions --
Why doesn't Harry simply reload before approaching the wounded man?
Why does Harry turn his back on the man without ensuring that he doesn't have another weapon concealed somewhere?

And probably most important, why does Harry walk through spraying water without making any attempt to protect the revolver from getting wet?

1) He knows the cavalry is arriving within seconds, may have left his speedloaders in the car.

2) The cavalry is there, but most of all.......he is "Dirty Harry"......utterly fearless if not a bit reckless.

As for the sweet M29 getting wet......Harry shielding it from the water would have likely drawn laughter from a typical audience in light of all that just transpired......especially in those days. Also too.....Harry's gun back then was not the "sweet m29" we so love today......it was just a tool in his line of work and he probably did oil it up real good after......we just didn't see him do it.


Russ

 

[CA Escapee]

On a movie set there's one person whose job is "continuity". That's the person who makes prevents, say, a character wearing a hat in one shot, then a split-second later is shown with no hat on. What you're seeing is slack work by the person in charge of continuity. In Shot #1 he cocks the hammer; in Shot #2 he starts with an uncocked hammer and fires DA.

I agree with the above, but would add that the two scenes may not have been shot on the same day for various reasons. They may have decided to change the ending of that scene, set it up again, then re-shot it on a later day.

I'd also venture to say that not all studio employees are gun nuts like us here. That employee may not even know what single and double action is.

Bill

 

[hangnoose]

"NORMAL FUNCTIONING", NOT.

Normal function would be for the cylinder to rotate when the hammer is moved back, NOT FORWARD. Can't believe I missed it in all the times I've seen it either. Movie magic.

 

[KEN L]

An even bigger mistake, in my view, is the location of the shotgun laying on the sidewalk and the distance from Andrew Popwell's character as Harry approached and the next shot when he looks at the shotgun. BIG difference. Again, someone wasn't paying attention between takes. Hey, at least they got the number of shots right! I know, I know, for most folks it's just entertainment, but to us gun guys it's serious stuff. Actually, I enjoy looking for mistakes in movies. Part of the "entertainment"!

Just watch Stripes sometime and the wrestling match between Harold Ramus & Bill Murray in the motor pool before the girl MP's arrived. Count how many different positions the duffle bag, in relationship to Murray's head, is in. Amazing!

 

[hangnoose]

NEVER MIND THAT GUN NONSENSE.

What about the hot dog? It appears he is one bite in when he steps outside. We know Harry wouldn't toss a perfectly good dog over a mere bank robbery/shootout. Where did the rest of it go? He must have handed it to someone & said hold my weiner while I TCB.

 

[Mike in Reedley]

It's not real

 

[BAM-BAM]

Other questions --
Why doesn't Harry simply reload before approaching the wounded man?
Why does Harry turn his back on the man without ensuring that he doesn't have another weapon concealed somewhere?

And probably most important, why does Harry walk through spraying water without making any attempt to protect the revolver from getting wet?

Cus it's a movie!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BAM-BAM]

Both were done for dramatic effect.Like a star racking the slide several times on a 1911 during a fight scene.

Ditto.......when looking Harry from the front of the 'shot" it he'd just pulled the trigger..... nothing to see on film as the hammer is hidden!

 

[mod29]

He must have handed it to someone & said hold my weiner...

Hahahaa!! Classic!