My favorite guns were the ones Dale Evans carried when she was with Roy Rogers.
Roger Moore wasn't very happy with them either. He always flinched while shooting them. Liam Neeson REALLY hates guns.The Avengers was made at Elstree Studios - the studio, which was in dire straits financially, like most of the British film industry at that time, only seems to have had a small number of guns as the same ones turn up again and again. A Beretta M1934 (they seem to have had two of these as there are occasionally two in the same shot) and a Colt Dick Special are the most common. A P38 often shows up, and occasionally a Polish Radom/Viz when they needed something extra. Patrick MacNee hated guns, and repeatedly said so, despite having worked in North America for most of his career and becoming a US citizen in the 1960s. His character frequently avoided using them.
Starts at about a minute and a half into this clip.Not exactly TV.....but in the original Magnificent Seven the Robert Vaughan character pull out an SAA, enters a room and shoots 6 or 8 bad guys, and holsters what looks like a S&W DA; which one I couldn't make out.
Patrick McGoohan appeared to be no fan of guns in the Danger Man show. His character rarely used one. However, his real beef was with the sexual content entering TV and film back in the early 60s. Watching his character fend off the attentions of various hot actresses in character is a great laugh, even today.Roger Moore wasn't very happy with them either. He always flinched while shooting them. Liam Neeson REALLY hates guns.
I've not yet watched Danger Man. I have the whole series in my computer along with dozens of others to watch. Maybe next year. How was it? Any good?Patrick McGoohan appeared to be no fan of guns in the Danger Man show. His character rarely used one. However, his real beef was with the sexual content entering TV and film back in the early 60s. Watching his character fend off the attentions of various hot actresses in character is a great laugh, even today.
If you remember the series The Prisoner with Patrick McGoohan from 1968, Danger Man (broadcast as Secret Agent on CBS...Johnny Rivers sang the theme song) was the immediate predecessor to that series. While McGoohan denied it, there are too many character similarities for John Drake from Danger Man NOT to be Number 6 from The Prisoner. It was a unique series; Drake didn't get along with his superiors...didn't get the girl...and was issued the cheapest equipment his agency could give him. His victories were often at a high cost...he didn't always win in the accepted sense.I've not yet watched Danger Man. I have the whole series in my computer along with dozens of others to watch. Maybe next year. How was it? Any good?
Rick
The Prisoner with Pat McGoohan was the weirdest show I ever saw. I've watched it several times and also have a couple of books about the series. I also have the Jim Caviezel 2009 series too but haven't watched it yet.If you remember the series The Prisoner with Patrick McGoohan from 1968, Danger Man (broadcast as Secret Agent on CBS...Johnny Rivers sang the theme song) was the immediate predecessor to that series. While McGoohan denied it, there are too many character similarities for John Drake from Danger Man NOT to be Number 6 from The Prisoner. It was a unique series; Drake didn't get along with his superiors...didn't get the girl...and was issued the cheapest equipment his agency could give him. His victories were often at a high cost...he didn't always win in the accepted sense.
The Prisoner was one of my favorites...think George Orwell's 1984 or Huxley's Brave New World but with McGoohan's character fighting them.
That happened a lot in those vintage westerns.... the actors couldn;t thumb a SAA very fast so for scenes such as you describe they used DA Colt revolvers. Hombre, one of my favorites, has Paul Newman with a New Service in his hand at the death scene whereas when he started the trip it was an SAA.Not exactly TV.....but in the original Magnificent Seven the Robert Vaughan character pull out an SAA, enters a room and shoots 6 or 8 bad guys, and holsters what looks like a S&W DA; which one I couldn't make out.
What? cant hear you. Basic summer of 71 at Ft Campbell , 100 many times…I was kind of on the cusp.
Revolvers still issued with .38 +P. Postal matches in basement indoor range, where some folks used hearing protection while others would just stick a piece of .38 brass in their ear.
Tinnitus is a thing.
I don't know, he didn't have too many qualms about using guns in The Saint.Roger Moore wasn't very happy with them either. He always flinched while shooting them.
One of the best I saw where they made it obvious obvious. Five Card Stud. Dean Martin is out in the middle of nowhere having a little target practice at a windmill. I'm sure that the rancher that was using that thing to work his pump appreciated that.That happened a lot in those vintage westerns.... the actors couldn;t thumb a SAA very fast so for scenes such as you describe they used DA Colt revolvers. Hombre, one of my favorites, has Paul Newman with a New Service in his hand at the death scene whereas when he started the trip it was an SAA.
Wasn't much he could do about it, it was in the script. At that time he wasn't the superstar he became in the 70's and 80's.I don't know, he didn't have too many qualms about using guns in The Saint.
Starts at about a minute and a half into this clip.
You're right. Looks like a Smith hand ejector.
He played the exact same character is a cheesy Sci-Fi 1980 movie called "Battle Beyond the Stars".If there was EVER an actor, "out-of-place" in a movie, it was Robert Vaughn!