Movie Lugers List--Spring 2006 - Page 4

383 magnum · 09-23-2007, 05:28 PM

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.

Vlim · 09-24-2007, 03:28 PM

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.

Crotalus · 09-24-2007, 04:13 PM

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?

Dwight Gruber · 09-27-2007, 03:58 AM

Matt,

Thanks for the new entries, added.

--Dwight

Crotalus · 09-27-2007, 04:24 PM

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

Parafan · 09-28-2007, 01:01 PM

"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.

Dwight Gruber · 09-29-2007, 02:46 AM

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

--Dwight

Edward Tinker · 09-29-2007, 09:31 AM

and Hans Solo's was a broomhandle

383 magnum · 09-29-2007, 08:00 PM

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

azlaw · 09-30-2007, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Edward Tinker
and Hans Solo's was a broomhandle

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

Steinar · 09-30-2007, 04:28 AM

..this is how the original picture looks like

girl is still sexy dough

Parabellus · 10-16-2007, 01:51 PM

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

Rod WMG · 10-18-2007, 04:02 PM

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.

Dwight Gruber · 10-18-2007, 06:32 PM

Russell,

Added, thanks.

--Dwight

Big Norm · 10-23-2007, 04:09 PM

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!

Big Norm

Steinar · 10-28-2007, 11:57 AM

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

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

stefanosg · 11-13-2007, 09:30 PM

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.

Dwight Gruber · 11-13-2007, 10:17 PM

Steven,

Added, thanks much

--Dwight

cirelaw · 11-14-2007, 04:07 PM

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

Edward Tinker · 11-14-2007, 04:14 PM

Eric, go the the first page

09-29-2007, 09:31 AM	#68
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09-30-2007, 04:28 AM	#71
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	..this is how the original picture looks like girl is still sexy dough __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

10-16-2007, 01:51 PM	#72
Parabellus User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SF Bay Posts: 195 Thanks: 16 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	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 __________________

10-28-2007, 11:57 AM	#76
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	"The ax" is about a guy who goes beserk with a Luger.. Not that I have seen the movie myself, so cant verify it. __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

11-13-2007, 09:30 PM	#77
stefanosg User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East Central Florida Posts: 367 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 2 Posts	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. __________________ "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

09-23-2007, 05:28 PM	#61
383 magnum User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 120 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	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.

09-24-2007, 03:28 PM	#62
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	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.

09-24-2007, 04:13 PM	#63
Crotalus User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 68 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	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?

09-27-2007, 03:58 AM	#64
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,317 Times in 431 Posts	Matt, Thanks for the new entries, added. --Dwight

09-27-2007, 04:24 PM	#65
Crotalus User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 68 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	I guess nobody knows the movie Im talking about. I really want to rent it, I just wish I knew the name of it.

09-28-2007, 01:01 PM	#66
Parafan New User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: central Florida Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	"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.

09-29-2007, 02:46 AM	#67
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,317 Times in 431 Posts	Actually, Princess Leia's nifty little blaster started out as a Russian Margolin .22 cal. target pistol. --Dwight

09-29-2007, 08:00 PM	#69
383 magnum User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 120 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The rifles carried by the stormtroopers in Star Wars were MG34s.

10-18-2007, 04:02 PM	#73
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	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.

10-18-2007, 06:32 PM	#74
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,317 Times in 431 Posts	Russell, Added, thanks. --Dwight

10-23-2007, 04:09 PM	#75
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	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! Big Norm

11-13-2007, 10:17 PM	#78
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,317 Times in 431 Posts	Steven, Added, thanks much --Dwight

11-14-2007, 04:07 PM	#79
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Dwight, is anyone keeping a running total, so we might set a goal!

11-14-2007, 04:14 PM	#80
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,933 Thanks: 2,032 Thanked 4,530 Times in 2,092 Posts	Eric, go the the first page __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV