Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Great article about Lee Marvin's "Point Blank" 4" Model 29.
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Chino74
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I have most of Wilbur Smith's books. 'Shout at the Devil' is a really good read & Marvin was perfect as Smith's character 'Flynn O'Flynn'. Reading the book I can't imagine he even wrote that character without having Lee Marvin in mind...it's uncanny. "Dark of the Sun' was the one w Rod Taylor.
gman51
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That was very interesting. Lee evidently thought you would enjoy/treasure the gun more than anyone else could. It was his and he wanted you to have in a way part of him that would live on.
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Wyatt Burp
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Looks like Lee Marvin tried his hand at being a gun writer he was so into firearms and using them. Here's an article about LM writing for Gun World about elk hunting. I saw another on dove hunting elsewhere.
CulturePulp.: 'Elk Hunting with Lee Marvin'
CulturePulp.: 'Elk Hunting with Lee Marvin'
"M Squad" was a great series. I have the whole set on DVD. Shot on location in Chicago, when that wasn't common. That and "The Untouchables" we're favorites when I was a kid. Have that series on DVD as well. Robert Stack was a gun guy as well.
Best Regards, Les
Best Regards, Les
Thanks for sharing!
I like all Mr. Marvin’s movies, but “Paint your Wagon” is a favorite.
I like all Mr. Marvin’s movies, but “Paint your Wagon” is a favorite.
lamarw
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You can see this at Arlington National Cemetary:
You guys know I like Marvin...see my avatar!! (In which he is wielding an S&W!).
Best Regards, Les
And it's the one it's being talked about.
That Avatar of yours is from "Point Blank"
Death Hunt is another great movie Lee Marvin was in. I need to watch it again.
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Wyatt Burp
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A great movie with cool guns from my favorite period, old west overlapping "modern" times. One of my favorites, but only about 2% true to the real story. It was set in the Northern Territories. That's about it. The real hunt for "Albert Johnson" is covered in a real good book called "The Mad Trapper Of Rat River". Johnson was a bad guy, but of almost super human endurance.
Here's my 4 incher with Culinas. It came with a tuned action and rear sight rounded off. Not by the young LEO I bought it from but someone previous.
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Redwood32R2
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Death Hunt
Death Hunt also starred Angie Dickinson who also was in Point Blank with Lee Marvin. Agree that Death Hunt used a wide variety of weapons in the movie made it interesting.
Death Hunt also starred Angie Dickinson who also was in Point Blank with Lee Marvin. Agree that Death Hunt used a wide variety of weapons in the movie made it interesting.
Chino74
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Love those grips!!
Great story Wyatt, and thanks for sharing it with us.
Lee Marvin was one of my favorites, just caught part of "Paint Your Wagon" the other night and even though it's not one of my favorites, it does have Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in it.
Lee Marvin was one of my favorites, just caught part of "Paint Your Wagon" the other night and even though it's not one of my favorites, it does have Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in it.
I really enjoy that movie, primarily because it is so out of character for those two! That, and Eastwoods complete inability to sing.....
UncleEd
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Because Lee Marvin wanted the role in "Paint Your Wagon,"
he turned down the role of Pike Bishop in "The Wild Bunch."
Both films were filmed about the same time and
were released in 1969.
he turned down the role of Pike Bishop in "The Wild Bunch."
Both films were filmed about the same time and
were released in 1969.
And it's the one it's being talked about.
Good call, Kurusu!!!
Here's the photo that my avatar came from...as you point out, a publicity shot for "Point Blank", which I may or may not have been aware of when I picked it. Back then I was finishing up watching my "M Squad" DVDs, and searched for a good black and white of Marvin for my avatar.
What do you guys think...is he holding the gun that the OP's thread tells the story of?? A 4" Model 29?
Best Regards, Les
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Wyatt Burp
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I just watched “The Killers” on You Tube and Lee Marvin was really mean to Angie Dickinson. That’s three movies they were together. He carried what is probably an 8 3/8s” Model 27 with a suppressor.
Abbynormal
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For sure it is!
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