50's Movie Suddenly - Frank Sinatra - Gun used?

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Colduglandon

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Watched an old Frank Sinatra movie tonight. The rifle being used was supposed to be German. It looked like a 1949 FN with a slightly different stock. It was semi-auto with at least a 20 round magazine. Mounted on bipod with a scope. Any ideas.
 
What was the movie? It would help to know what rifle was being used. VonRyan's Express or something else.

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The title of the movie was "Suddenly". Plot has psycho-gangster Sinatra and confederates setting up to pot President for pay, as he steps off a train at a whistle stop to award a medal to an retired Federal officer. Sterling Hayden plays hero local sheriff. Improbable. Sinatra has German WWII G-43, with a hoked-up tripod mount screwed to a table in a window. He also carried and spent a lot of time brandishing a Colt pocket automatic (.32 or .380), as I recall. Old-time character actor Jimmy Gleason plays the retiree...the only bright spot in a dismal film. --slabsides
 
Nice synopsis, Slabsides! I understand Roger Ebert is still looking for a suitable partner...

G-43, huh? Which one's that?
 
G-43 was the German Army's semi-automatic rifle chambered for the full size 8mm cartridge. Fed from an 10 round detachable magazine, it operated on a gas system similar to the Soviet M1940 Tokarev. Attempts to make it a sniper rifle were not successful.
 
Thanks for the input. Will be bring this info back to the Tuesday night movie fest to keep the discussion going. Considering most of the crap that is made today, this movie was not so bad. Not as good as the Manchurian Candidate though. I understand that "Old Blue Eyes" was pretty shaken after the JFK assasination because of this flick.
The magazine in the movie looked like it was capable of carrying more than 10 rounds. Of course when one of the perps started cranking off rounds, it kept going like a belt fed crew weapon. Of course thats Hollywood.

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