Hawkeye_Joe Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 (1971) SHAFT.. The mobsters use what looks like two WH 1928's with L drums. There are several scenes where Tommyguns are seen..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplnorton2 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 (1971) SHAFT.. The mobsters use what looks like two WH 1928's with L drums. There are several scenes where Tommyguns are seen..... The best one I have seen for Thompsons lately is the new movie Public Enemies with Johnny Depp. The movie wasn't good, and very innacurate as far as history goes. But I watched it several times just for the Thompsons and BAR's. It had a lot of closeups and a lot of 50rd mag dumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 cplnorton2, While I agree the movie Public Enemies was not historical, it certainly provided a lot of 1930's era entertainment from several very good actors. But that is just me... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/Auto-Ordnance/TimesSquare2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james m Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 You guys are not alone on Public Enemies. I've watched it multiple times. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrylta Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 (edited) I've tried to watch it two times but lost interest in it because it moved so sssllllooowww. -Darryl Edited July 26, 2010 by RoscoeTurner Personal politics have nothing to do with the discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35divmp Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 "Dillinger" staring Warren Oates is more enjoyable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillinger_(1973_film) Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyfivecal Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 while not a movie, a tv show, and it was a single image, of all places, i saw a thompson running, brass flying, on monty python last night. the episode was entitled "salad days" and was poking fun at gratuitous violence in american films. the image was full screen, good quality. i didn't recognize the actor or the film, it wasn't a monty python cast member. has anyone else seen this? can you identify the film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james m Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) I ran across this still while surfing the web. It's is supposed to be from a movie called "The Steel Helmet" Samuel Fuller 1951 about the Korean War. Jim SORRY: Picture won't post but it appears to be two Asians with 28 Thompsons. Edited December 13, 2010 by james m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUTTERRATT Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) "Dillinger" staring Warren Oates is more enjoyable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillinger_(1973_film) Jay +1 I also liked the original Public Enemy's movie about Ma Barker. Lots of Tommy action in that flick... Regards Bob M. Edited December 13, 2010 by GUTTERRATT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted December 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 You mean this pic from 'Steel Helmet"? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/Steel-helmet.jpg I also saw a hellova lot of Thompsons in "1941" the other night, can't find any pics on line but there were a bunch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james m Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Thanks Hawkeye: That's the one! Has anyone on the forum seen this movie? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijive Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Thanks Hawkeye: That's the one! Has anyone on the forum seen this movie? Jim Yes, I've seen it, but it was many years ago. It used to be shown on the late-night movies back in the 1960's on the local Chicago television stations. It is a pretty good Korean War movie, although it is a typical early 1950's low-budget flick. For the record, the guy on the left isn't an oriental, that's Gene Evans, a character actor from the 1950's and 1960's. He was in lot's of cowboy movies, usually as a bad guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyfivecal Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) how about "edge of darkness" ? saw the cover showing errol flynn with a thompson, and bought it to see what there was. a movie typical of that time, 1942, some nice thompson scenes, even the vicar pops up packing a tsmg. Edited December 14, 2010 by fortyfivecal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnshooter Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Did anyone see the premiere of Conan Obrien's latest talk show incarnation? Four Thompsons with drums firing in a Godfather parody. Muzzle flashes two feet long; wonder what the inside of those barrels look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yeah, I saw "Steel Helmet" a few months back. It was a Samuel Fuller movie made for about $100K. He used 25 extras and filmed them very artistically and made them look like thousands.. well maybe not thousands... All in all it was a pretty good movie about Korea and those are few and far between. His one scene where the Officer shoots the prisoner got him an FBI invetigation to see if he was a Commie Pinko. Fuller also made "The Big Red 1" with Lee Marvin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browningautorifle Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Battan with Robet Taylor, Desi Arnez,Lloyd Nolan and other familiar faces. Trapped on the Battan peninsula while employed as a rear guard, this U.S. squd is armed with Thompsons among other period weapons. Filmed in 43 I think, the kit is good and the Thompsons all used drums. It doesn't turn out well for them but I don't think there was much .45 ammo left when they fell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyfivecal Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Battan with Robet Taylor, Desi Arnez,Lloyd Nolan and other familiar faces. Trapped on the Battan peninsula while employed as a rear guard, this U.S. squd is armed with Thompsons among other period weapons. Filmed in 43 I think, the kit is good and the Thompsons all used drums. It doesn't turn out well for them but I don't think there was much .45 ammo left when they fell. the actors in the movie bataan sport some of the biggest on screen grins of any movie when shooting their blankfiring thompsons. and how the youngsters's helmet keeps sliding down as he fires is almost comical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 I always remember Dean Jones in "Imitation General" starring Glenn Ford and Red Buttons where Ford got Dean to fire both Thompsons at the German tank to button it down and they both climbed up almost flipping him over backwards... *LMAO* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embalmer Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) The latest indiana jones movie (temple of the crystal something) had a bunch of tommy guns near the begining, but not one was cocked from the looks of them (this was one of few exceptions. though look at rear receiver, and can see the reweld ) http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/maninblue1861/2008_indiana_jones_4_037.jpg http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/maninblue1861/indiana_jones_and_the_kingdom_of_the_crystal_skull_movie_image__14_.jpg Edited January 9, 2011 by Embalmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Watching "THEM!" James Whitmore and James Arness shooting up giant ants with Thompsons. http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/Them_560x330_MCDTHEM_EC006_H.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Coming up Friday at 9:30 on TCM. "Scarface" the one with Paul Muni, produced by Howard Huges and directed by Howard Hawks. Just in the trailer I saw many many Thompsons.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 "Michael Collins" Watch the "Irish Swords" in action..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACARLG Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Upcoming AGE OF HEROS, with Sean Bean http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/26/...181_634x374.jpg http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...Bean-blush.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21 smoker Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 How about `Miller`s Crossing`...plenty of upclose Tommy action..and some great quotes...and let`s not forget Eastwoods daughter as a moll,she`s hotter than a Thompson barrel after a drum dump!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rader Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Battan with Robet Taylor, Desi Arnez,Lloyd Nolan and other familiar faces. Trapped on the Battan peninsula while employed as a rear guard, this U.S. squd is armed with Thompsons among other period weapons. Filmed in 43 I think, the kit is good and the Thompsons all used drums. It doesn't turn out well for them but I don't think there was much .45 ammo left when they fell. Those guys died hard, but a great ending jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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