In a scene in "Taxi Driver," Travis buys several handguns from "Easy Andy the Traveling Salesman." Andy opens up several suitcases full of illegal guns and one of them is a Luger. Travis did not pick up the Luger but there are several views of it. One of the pistols Travis does buy is misidentified as a .380 Walther. Not sure what it was, but it was not a Walther.
In other movies, I saw the end of "The Sound of Music" recently and the lead character, Von Trapp, is being chased through a cemetery by a young Nazi carrying a Luger. Trapp convinces the young Nazi to hand over his Luger.

Found another neat reference, this time on paper...

A Belgian example of a graphic novel. It's set in the New Guinea of the 1920s, following the adventures of a Belgian missonary and his young colleague. In this book, by Yann and L. Verron, published by Lombard in Brussels, 1996, the blues brothers make a cameo appearance.

ISBN 90.5581.061.4.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/para_cartoon.jpg

I read through as much of this thread as I could and didn't see a movie I saw years ago and didn't know the name of. It is black and white (so I assume it is old) and tells the tale of a group of American soldiers fighting the Germans. At one point one of the soldiers picks up a luger as a take-home war trophy. It turns out that the luger is haunted and discharges in the holster, the bullet passing through the soldier's femoral artery thus killing him. The luger is then picked up by another member of the group and mayhem ensues.

Anybody know the name of that one?

Matt,

Thanks for the new entries, added.

--Dwight

I guess nobody knows the movie Im talking about. I really want to rent it, I just wish I knew the name of it.

"Star wars" can be added to the list. The blaster that the Princess uses in the sequence where she is captured was built on a Luger. It's not too easy to make out on the screen though. I remember this from a magazine article I read back in the late '70's on Bapty & Co., the Brit weapons prop house that supplied the weapons for the film. I think it was in "Guns" magazine. Anyone have any vintage issues from that time frame? If I recall, there was a pic of the prop in the article.

Actually, Princess Leia's nifty little blaster started out as a Russian Margolin .22 cal. target pistol.

--Dwight

and Hans Solo's was a broomhandle

The rifles carried by the stormtroopers in Star Wars were MG34s.

Did someone say "broomhandle"? From the new film Resident Evil...

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/ResEvil96.jpg

..this is how the original picture looks like

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/03257_r.jpg

girl is still sexy dough ;)

Just seen this morning on TNT:

X-Files episode 'Triangle' in which Lugers are wielded by Nazis on a British luxury liner in a 1939 flashback. Lugers used in executions.

Russell

Well, I tried not to hijack this thread, but when I clicked on "new topic" I got a blank page every time, so....

A couple of weeks ago I was listening to XM's "Old Time Radio" and dragnet was on. A guy was threatening to kill himself. Friday indicated the intended method was by a "chromed Luger." The man threatening to kill himself stated he had killed a guard in Dachau in WWII and taken the pistol for himself.

Russell,

Added, thanks.

--Dwight

This has always been one of the most interesting topics on the Lugerforum. I remember the "Lost Brigade" and that one shot of a German soldier handing over an American prisoner to the Americans with a note requesting that the Americans surrender. A very deliberate shot of the German soldier changing hands that held the Luger pistol. Three errors were brought up by very sharp eyed forum members of that quick look see of a Luger. I started it out by mentioning that the Lugers magazine had an aluminum bottom on it. Definately not a WW1 magazine. Someone else brought up that the grips were East German repros. I can't remember the third error.

I have to look up in my history file to see if I can find the old movie list that some one on this forum used to keep. (Maybe Ted Green) The views of the Lugers were rated on a 1 to 5 star basis based on how good the view of the Luger was. Only movies were rated and not television serials.

I just went back on this topic to see if I could spot the third error and read Ed Tinkers note. Hey Ed, hows about an autographed picture of you in the background? This is your moment of glory. Your a real live movie star now. O-O-O WOW! :jumper:
Big Norm :typing:

"The ax" is about a guy who goes beserk with a Luger..

Not that I have seen the movie myself, so cant verify it.

I think it was on the History Channel, they are airing the "Young Indiana Jones" series. The later episodes covered his exploits during the Great War. While escaping from the Germans he uses a stolen Luger to defend himself.

Steven,

Added, thanks much

--Dwight

Dwight, is anyone keeping a running total, so we might set a goal!

Eric, go the the first page :)