Mario Scarpino Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I was watching Dirty Harry the other night. Where Harry drops off the cash, Scorpio uses an automatic weapon. It sounds like a Thompson. I could not make out the weapon (poor lighting or poor quality tape). Does anybody know for sure what was used in the movie? A guy at work thought it might have been an MP 40. Thanks, Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junebug Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I haven't seen "Dirty Harry" in a long time, but if I remember correctly, Scorpio was using an MP-40. Now you've got me wanting to see the movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimFromFL Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Not sure of the actual firearm but almost certain it was not a Thompson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Didn't one of the bad guys in a office pull one out of a file cabinet and use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 It seems like they did...maybe an M1 Thompson...but it has been years since I saw that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35divmp Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 QUOTE (full auto 45 @ Mar 13 2006, 10:49 PM) Didn't one of the bad guys in a office pull one out of a file cabinet and use it? Yeah, but it was in "Magnum Force," the second Dirty Harry movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philasteen Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I vaguely remember a scene where the equivalent of a SWAT team had Thompsons, among other guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGunny Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 !st Dirty Harry it was a MP-40 the bad guy was using! 2nd Dirty Harry, one cop had a S&W model 76, 9mm submachinegun. The pool scene. Then in the warehouse bust scene, the bad guys do whip out a Thompson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 TheGunny is correct. Andy Robinson playing the psycho "Scorpio" in the Original "Dirty Harry, originally uses a high power rifle to do his sniping but when Harry and partner confont him on rooftop and then again later at the cross, Scorpio blasts away with the MP40. Magnum force, (2nd DH film), bad cop kills entire mafia pool party with one magazine from S&W76, one hell of a shot that cop! Bad guy warehouse shootout shows two badies using Thompson M1's and being outgunned and shot by Harry with his revolver, (not likely in real life but makes great movie stuff!) http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/popcorn.gif Mike Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINK Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Well, the cop shooting up the pool also used a sachel charge, which is probably cheating (even for mafia-hunting). By the way, supposedly Suzanne Somers was supposedly one of the (topless) bimbo victims of the poolside massacre. Any idea if this is true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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