[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Mister Sunshine

I watched the movie, Where Eagles Dare last night and I saw more that one Luger. I hated to see the way they kept dropping or throwing them around. In one of the closing scenes on the cable car a spy is trying to shoot Clint who is on the roof and after the third shot the gun is empty and he snaps it again, twice I think, neat trick and then he hurls it to the floor. It always amazed me that the actors in movies would throw there pistols away when empty, even in westerns.

I sort of remember that, but more have the impression that the gun would be the last possible projectile directed toward the opponent--providing, of course, they were within "doinking" distance...