Casablanca Pistol

Did you guys ever see The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart. Hes a private eye I think and he has the coolest gun rig in his car. He hits a button in his car an 2 38's(Colt detective special and offical police) pop down from his dashboard locked in just enough to secure them. He usually takes the snub if I recollect correctly. It is a cool firearm hideaway in a movie.
 
Alan Ladd had small hands and couldn't fire a SAA fast, so in the bar shootout, the SA he was carrying suddenly became a DA Colt, either the New Service or an OP. You have to look fast to notice, though.

Jim
 
Correcting an old error

Back up in post #7, I misstated the stuff about Bogart using an M1 Carbine in "To Have and Have Not." As mentioned by blume357 in post #9, he indeed did use a lever gun, I think a model 92, in that particular version. I did some research and there have been at least three different films based on that movie. Wish I knew which one had the male lead using the M1 Carbine.

This thread has gotten WAY off topic - -and I'll admit I've contributed to the veer. :o Also, the thread started nearly EIGHT years ago. I'll leave it open, just for grins, but I can't speak for the other staffers. :D

Johnny
 
If I remember correctly, the story in the movie version of To Have and Have Not is set in Fort de France, Martinique, in 1940. If that is correct, the Harry Morgan character could not have had a .30 U.S. M1 Carbine, as they were not even issued to troops until after October, 1941 (the date of design finalization), and there is little way that a civilian could have obtained one.
 
Sometimes a thread will stray off the subject into a different puddle but one that is

just as productive or fun at least.

Don't movies now have a 'gun wrangler' that is in charge of all the guns and often times the actors have to go to classes before they actually start doing the scenes of the movie?

I can't remember the exact details but this was part of the big deal with the death of Bruce Lee's son.... somebody screwed up big time.
 
The old hammerless colt pocket pistols were every popular in the movies. This week we watched 2 old Charlie Chan movies and 3 of "The Thin Man" series and they were in all 5.
 
g.willikers said:
Alan Ladd used 1911s in his nonwestern movies. In one, where he plays a returning WW2 GI accused of murder, he has his service pistol. In another, where he plays a Postal Service detective, he also carries one. Anyone remember the exact line that Alan Ladd says in the movie, when asked why he isn't married? Something about true love is a .45.
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The movie about the returning GI is the The Blue Dahlia.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038369/

I think the Postal Service detective movie is Appointment with Danger.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043292/

According to the link your quote is:
"Sure I know what love is - it's what goes on between a man and a .45 that won't jam"
 
And FARTHER down the OT rabbit tracks - -

RKG, you're quite right as to the time factor and time setting of the film, though it was released in 1944. I should have caught that when I made that initial post in this thread.

The later versions:
The Breaking Point (1950), had John Garfield as the lead, as a former PT Boat captain. It was set in southern California.

The third film version, titled The Gun Runners (1958), starred Audie Murphy and was set during the Cuban Revolution. During that time, Batista was viewed by many (most?) Americans as a major bad guy, and Fidel Castro as a freedom fighter, striving to liberate his beloved island from the cruel dictatorship. :cool:

Either of those films could have had the hero using an M1 Carbine. They were still scarce on the civilian market but most film studios could obtain some cooperation from military sources. I've checked both Internet Movie Data Base and Wikipedia for info on the subsequent films aned there's no reference to the weapons. Internet Movie Firearms Data Base does confirm use of a '92 Winchester in the original THAHN.

blume357, most current films, a least for the past 20 years, indeed have someone in charge of firearms, for safety, if not authenticity. The situation in the 1940s was far different. I recently saw a clip from a vintage film depicting Clay Allison as a guerilla in the War Between the States brandishing a Colt Single Action Army (metallic cartridge) revolver.

Johnny
 
check this site out

Here is a website that may be helpful. I am at work now, and the firewall blocks this website so I cannot look up the OP's request. Maybe someone else can find it if it is on that site

www.imfdb.org/ Cool website that identifies firearms used in movies, TV, video games etc. I believe those that click the link will find it interesting. I am curious if their info is accurate.

Can someone please post if Casablanca is on there? I am curious, but cannot look due to internet restriction at work.

Thanks!
 
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