Posted on 09/03/2009 5:50:55 PM PDT by Chasaway
Started another thread about getting sights for my 1911. And it got me thinking that another thread might be worthwhile...
What are some films that use the 1911 prominently? Terrific (or sucky!) movies that have the ole standby as the handgun of choice?
Tell me, tell me, tell me...
Best...gun...ever. I’ve got two. ;-)
Just a little.
Oh, man...
Not to double-time someone else on here, but I think I love you, too.
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Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino.
(simulated 1911 shown)
We were Soldiers Once.
Sam Elliot’s character, CSM Plumley.
Awesome movie.
HA!
Scary bastard. Even with his finger.
And Yojimbo's really Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest" except with samurais and swords. Then there's "Fistful of Dollars", which is Yojimbo and Red Harvest, but with Clint Eastwood, a bunch of Italians, and six-shooters.
"Last Man Standing" is the only version that's at least set in the same era as the book.
Knew Fist Full of Dollars, but didn’t know Red Harvest.
I think that Gary Cooper in “Sergeant York” had a few scenes with a 1911. A wonderful movie with a lot nuance. The contrasts between the back country up in the hollers religious faith and the strains of an arming America in WW1 are very well done!
Featuring the Continental Op, the original Man With No Name. Hammett really is the starting point of the American style of crime fiction. He pretty much invented “hard boiled.”
The Survivors, Walter Mathau, Robin Williams, and Jerry Reed as the hitman with the .45. Great movie.
Real life bad-ass right there. Plumley fought in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Combat jumps in WWII and Korea too if I am not mistaken.
'Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves.'
We were soldiers once is a great book too- should anyone want to read a great account of a battle.
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Sir, if the time comes I need one, there'll be plenty lying on the ground.
I just pulled Red Harvest off the shelf last month and read it for the fourth or fifth time. Always a good read every three years or so.
Well, .45 with Mila Jovovich... It’s the title of the film. It’s a hard film to like though.
Is this a 1911 she's holding?
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"....it shoots through schools."
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