Lugers in the movies, Ted, tell them the truth!

Matt · 03-20-2001, 09:34 PM

A movie I saw in the early 80s on HBO had Frank Sinatra playing a New York City detective chasing a serial killer who killed people with a mountain climbing pick ax. Sinatra carried a Luger which I found odd because I believe it was filmed in then-modern day 1970s New York. Anybody notice that "Raiders of the Lost Ark" took place in 1937 but the Germans carried MP40s and P38s? Although a great movie, this was another Hollywood gun goof. No Lugers in "Enemy at the Gates" but there is an MP38, which surprised me because these being rarer than the MP40, aren't usually seen in movies.

03-20-2001, 09:34 PM	#9
Matt User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lugers in the movies, Ted, tell them the truth! A movie I saw in the early 80s on HBO had Frank Sinatra playing a New York City detective chasing a serial killer who killed people with a mountain climbing pick ax. Sinatra carried a Luger which I found odd because I believe it was filmed in then-modern day 1970s New York. Anybody notice that "Raiders of the Lost Ark" took place in 1937 but the Germans carried MP40s and P38s? Although a great movie, this was another Hollywood gun goof. No Lugers in "Enemy at the Gates" but there is an MP38, which surprised me because these being rarer than the MP40, aren't usually seen in movies.