Quiz: Spot that S&W on TV/Movies

[Texas Star]

Originally posted by The Last Standing Knight:

Originally posted by Texas Star:

Originally posted by kmyers:
Didn't Brody carry a model 15 in Jaws?

That he did! And loaded up some ammo with garlic or something, in hopes of achieving greater lethality on the shark. May have been mercury. I think the audience was supposed to think the bullets were explosive or poisonous.

I need to watch, "Jaws" again, although the book was quite a bit better. But film has that visual impact...


Most cop and private eye shows from the mid-1950's-on used Model 36's. Examples included,"Bourbon Street Beat", "77 Sunset Strip", "Hawaii Five-O", and "Peter Gunn."

(Some of these shows also showed the cast with Colts in some episodes.)

I think M-10's were used by Heather Locklear and some others on, "T.J. Hooker", but Wm. Shatner had a Colt MK III .357, if memory serves. At least one M-10 was on, "Soldier of Fortune", carried by a senior cop in, I think, Columbia.

"Adam 12" had both Model 14's and Model 15's, the latter in later episodes. This reflected changes in LAPD issues.

I have a vague rcollection that Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. used a snub M-19 in "The FBI".

The M-66 wasn't listed by the OP, but one figured very prominently in, "Broken Arrow", a Travolta film. The cute female park ranger had it. It was in many scenes throughout most of the movie.

"Bourbon Street Beat" had a M-27 or pre-27 in the office safe. 3.5-inch barrel.The PI's took it out when they wanted something more potent than their snub .38's.

I really don't recall the other models listed as being used much. Of course, how are you going to distinguish between a M-36 and a M-37 on screen?

Oh: "RCMP" used M-10's in the episodes that I saw, which were made before the M-5946 (?) replaced revolvers on the Force. I've only seen this Canadian show on a sporadic basis, and not recently. One scene that really stuck with me was when a constable told a drunk smart alec guy to get out of a car, or he'd shoot him. In the US, that would have been murder, had he done it. I interfaced with the RCMP from an air base (USAF) in Canada, and can tell you, the Mounties left the impression that they were much more feared than are most American cops. With good cause!

I'll leave the M-29 to someone else. I think we all know it's main claim to film stardom, though.

Doug, I'm sorry. This just seemed the better way to answer your question. Maybe someone else will use your chart.

T.J. Hooker carried a medium-frame Dan Wesson with pistol barrel pack in the trunk of his radio car. His partner caried a pencil barrel M-10.

Knight-

I won't argue with you, but I never saw Hooker with any spare barrels in his trunk. I'm almost sure that he had a MK. III Trooper. He may have had different guns in different seasons? Different episodes?

T-Star

 

[mod57]

danski that was just plain funny

I don't know about T.J. Hooker but Robert Urich, as detective Dan Tanna in Vega$ carried a 6 inch heavy, vented Dan Wesson Model 15, .357 Magnum.
regards,
Ralph

 

[Buford57]

Originally posted by big50_1:

6" M28 carried by Al Lettieri as the heavy in the Steve MCQueen/Ali McGraw version of "The Getaway"

I thought Lettieri had a snub Python. When he was in the car with a young girl and shot in the shoulder chasing McQueen, it looked like a Python. But I saw that movie a long time ago. Also in one of the early "Dirty Harry" movies, Harry's sidekick, "DeGorgio" looks like he's carrying a 4" N frame when he goes into the warehouse where he ultimately gets shot.

It's been awhile for me, too and the Python sounds right for the later scenes, but I'm pretty sure he had the 28 in the robbery scenes.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

In the Getaway Letteiri first has a Python then later in the hotel he has a 6" Colt Trooper. I assumed it was a S&W but took a close look last time. Really. I'm 99% sure on this one.

 

[2152hq]

Originally posted by Les Y:
Mod 29, 8 3/8 and a mod 36 or 60, Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver.

How 'bout the ever popular S&W Escort in 'Taxi Driver'...,,,"You Talkin' To Me??"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgcVLOe9qFM

** warning...'R' Language...**

Described as a "25" earlier in the movie when he buys it from the arms dealer for "one and a quarter" during their hotel meeting.

 

[Doug.38PR]

Model 10
a. Mildred Pierce--the murder weapon was a pre-model 10 that shot the guy in the beginning
b. First Blood--the State Police all used Model 10s
c. Terminator--the cop in the police station taht managed to dodge the machine gun and pop up unloading his gun before getting blown away with the shotgun was using what I think was a M-10 heavy barrel
d. Money Talks--The two policemen in the diner that spotted Chris Tucker on the news and across the counter began shooting at him with M-10 heavy barrels
e. Twilight Zone--Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up. In this episode the two state troopers carried M-10s
f. Twilight Zone--Nightmare at 20,000 feet. William Shatner snatched from a cop and used a 5 inch pre-Model 10 and shot the gremlin on the wing
g. Twilight Zone--He's Alive. The police use Model 10s to gun down neo-nazi Vaulmer for murdering an old Jewish man.
h. Twilight Zone--The Fear. The NY State trooper in this episodes uses a 5 inch Pre-Model 10 to search the woods and gun down the invader
i. Twilight ZOne--Time Enough At Last. Burgess Merideth, about to crack from loneliness and bordom in the smouldering ruines of NYC is about to commit suicide with a 5 inch pre-Model 10 when he spots a library and has "all the time he needs and all the time he wants" to read now.
j. Twilight Zone--Valley of the Shadow. The reporter trying to escape the town uses an advanced machine to replicate a 5 inch Pre-Model 10.
k. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms--The main character and his partner use a M-10 4 inch to signal for help after being caught out in the snow. Later is the famous scene where a New York City beat cop tries to stop the beast with a 4 inch model 10 and gets eaten.
l. Highway To Heaven--Wrath of Jonathan. This episode has an individual ineffectively unloading a 4 inch M-10 on the angel Jonathan.
m. The Untouchables movie. Sean Connery as Officer Jim Malone uses a 4 inch pre-Model 10 as does George Stone later in movie, most notably when he picks off one of Capones goons in the train station holding a hostage. Frank Nitti disguised as a uniformed cop shoots a witness and one of the Untouchables in an elevator with a pre Model 10.
n. Witness--Harrison Ford as John Book uses a 2 inch Pre-Model 10.
o. The Desperate Hours--Humphrey Bogart as Griffin uses a 5 or 6 inch Pre-Model 10 that he swiped from a murdered guard escaping from prison.
p. Batman--The police in the Axis Chemical Factory use model-10s
q. Batman Begins--The man who mugged Bruce Wayne's parents and murdered them used a M-10 heavy barrel
r. Batman Dark Knight--A Hong Kong police detective uses a Model 10 heavy barrel to search the building.
s. The Hitcher 2--The Sheriff deputies all use Model 10 heavy barrels
t. Dragnet (1960s)--Joe Friday uses a 2 inch Model-10 with a round butt.
u. Hawaii Five O--The Five O Team all use 2 inch Model 10s by the Second Season
v. The Streets of San Franciso--Inspector Keller is using a Model 10 2 inch through most of the second season
w. My Blue Heaven--Steve Martin is loaned a Model 10 by a beautiful policewoman in the end and uses it to disarm two hitmen.
x. Lost--John Loch after being stabbed by Ben Linus finds a Pre-Model 10 among the skeletons of the Darmah Initiative

Model 15
a. Terminator--Reese disarms a cop of his Model 15 in the beginning. A cop shooting around a corner in the police station fires two shots from his Model 15 at the Terminator before getting shot in the hind end running away. The Terminator uses a Model 15 on the motorcycle chase at one point
b. My Blue Heaven--Rick Morranis and his fellow FBI agents carry Model 15s
c. Jaws--Roy Schieder as Chief Brody uses a Model 15 to shoot at Jaws.
d. Jaws 2--Brody loads semi jacketed hollowpoints with poison and caps them with wax. He then shoots up a school of bluefish with his Model 15
e. Halloween--Dr. Loomis (Donald Plesance)shoots Meyers off the second story with a Model-15. He even has a permit for it as he shows the sheriff earlier in the movie.
f. Halloween 2--Loomis again uses a Model 15 throughout the movie


Model 19
a. Lethal Weapon--Roger Murtagh (Danny Glover) uses a M-19
b. Lethal Weapon 2--Uses a Model 19 in this movie too. Uses it to revoke Rudds diplomatic immunity
c. Lethal Weapon 3--uses a Model 19 here too
d. Lethal Weapon 4--yup...this movie too
e. Enforcer--Harry's first partner DeGorgio carries a M-19

That's all I have time for right now. Whew

 

[mjr]

Originally posted by danski:
Good grief! I didn't believe anyone, I mean anyone, would think that what I wrote I took seriously or actually believe!!!!!

You probably should have used an emoticon in your first post.

I didn't think you were serious but it was kind of hard to tell.

 

[SandW_itch]

There is some interesting director's commentary in the movie "Point Blank" about Lee Marvin's 4" Model 29. Director John Boorman first indentified the gun as a "Smith & Wesson 44, no a 45 magnum", then stated that Marvin overly exaggerated the guns recoil in the scene where he unloads a full cylinder into an empty bed where he thought Reese (John Vernon) was sleeping. Marvin thought the stage blanks used in the scene weren't powerful enough to be realistic, so he ad-libbed some extra "recoil". Boorman goes on to say that when the film crew went on site to Alcatraz Island they fired the gun with live ammo and it had almost no recoil at all! If you get the DVD, check out the director's commentary.

 

[Doug.38PR]

Model 10 cont.
The old Saturday movie serials from the 1940s frequently armed their good guys and bad guys with Pre-Model 10s.

a. Radar Men from the Moon. Commando Cody uses a Pre-Mode 10 as does the two hood henchmen hired by the moon men, one of them played by Clayton Moore (Lone Ranger)
b. Superman vs. Atom Man. Bad guys use Pre-Model 10s
c. Superman vs. The Spider Lady. Bad guys use Pre-Model 10s.
d. Superman 1950s tv series. Bad guys and cops like Inspector Henderson use Model 10s.
e. Peter Gunn--Episode The Kill. Two phony policemen pull over and gun down a rival mob boss using Model 10s.

 

[Miss Fire]

I need bigger memory chips, can anybody remember what Angie Dickenson(aka Pepper Anderson) carried in the show Police Woman?

 

[Doug.38PR]

S&W M-36
a. Back to the Future II--Biff Tannen used a nickel plated M-36 to try to kill Marty McFly in his condo and chased him to the roof of the building

 

[MacGuffin]

Maxwell Smart used a Model 42 Centennial throughout the series, I believe.

 

[Doug.38PR]

Model 19
f. In the Line of Fire--Clint Eastwood used a M-19 in the beginning of said movie

 

[haggis]

In the movie "Hickey and Boggs", Boggs (Robert Culp) used a supposed model 29 with an 8-3/8" barrel, while Hickey (Bill Cosby) used what I think is a model 14 with an 8-3/8" barrel.

Pretty gritty film noire, if you haven't seen it.

Buck

 

[BigBoreShooter]

The model 29 was also used prominently in 48 Hours (Nick Nolte & Ganz) and in Blue Steel (Ron Silver).

A 6" 629 was used buy James Bond in Live an Let Die.

 

[M67]

In the TV series "THE SHIELD" VIC MACKEY carries a S&W 649, as his backup gun.

 

[Duke426]

Just got done watching Every Which Way But Loose. Clint Eastwood's character got in a bar fight with a couple of off duty cops - a white guy and a black guy. They go on the road to get him as Clint goes in search of his "girlfriend." In one scene these two dufus cops are doing some target practice along the road and both are using S&W model 28's. In another scene, not sure what type of gun Beverly DeAngelo fires in the meat packing plant to save Philo and Orville but it looks like a model 66 snubby.

 

[palmetto99]

In "Fargo" when the father-in-law goes to pay off the kidnappers in the parking garage, he has a model 19 (thought he had a model 15 until the last time I saw the movie again).
The female police chief has what looks like a model 36. She has the 36 in the "wood chipper" scene, but has a model 19 a little later in the same scene. Both BG's have S&W semi-auto's.

 

[Diego]

regarding guns used in movies, here is a page with a lot of info (and some pics):
http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

[Doug.38PR]

That page is interesting...but it has a lot of flaws and incorrect info. I.E. it is claimed that in the Untouchables movie with Kevin Costner that Coster is using a Colt Police Positive in the courthouse chase with Frank Nitti when in fact it was a Colt Official Police.