Detroit 9000: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Detroit 9000: Difference between revisions
Detective Williams's partner Sam Orr ([[Ron Mcllwan]]) uses what appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson Model 20]] as his sidearm. Not the lack of adjustable sights (combat sights), the tapered barrel and the half-moon front sight. The actor has large hands which makes the large framed revolver appear just average seized.
Detective Williams's partner Sam Orr ([[Ron Mcllwan]]) uses what appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson Model 20]] as his sidearm. Note the lack of adjustable sights (combat sights), the tapered barrel and the half-moon front sight. The actor has large hands which makes the large framed revolver appear just average seized.
[[File:Smith&WessonModel20.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 20 "Heavy Duty" - .38/44]]
[[File:Smith&WessonModel20.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 20 "Heavy Duty" - .38/44]]
[[File:D9000-rev-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Orr fires his Model 20 during a shootout.]]
[[File:D9000-rev-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Orr fires his Model 20 during a shootout.]]
Detroit 9000 is a 1973 blaxploitation film directed by Arthur Marks. Alex Rocco and Hari Rhodes star as two Detroit Police detectives who team up to investigate the theft of $400,000 from a political fundraiser. The film is notable for being a favorite of director Quentin Tarantino, who later re-released the film in 1998 under his Rolling Thunder distribution company.
The following weapons were used in the film Detroit 9000:
Detroit Police Department officers and criminals both use the Smith & Wesson M&P revolver with both the 5" and 6" barrel throughout the film. The revolvers appear to be the pre-Model 10 model. S&W began numbering their models in 1957.
Detective Williams's partner Sam Orr (Ron Mcllwan) uses what appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 20 as his sidearm. Note the lack of adjustable sights (combat sights), the tapered barrel and the half-moon front sight. The actor has large hands which makes the large framed revolver appear just average seized.
Pistols
Mauser C96
The criminals who rob Aubrey Hale Clayton's (Rudy Challenger's) fundraiser are armed with Mauser C96 pistols.
Star Model B
Sgt. Jesse Williams (Hari Rhodes) uses a nickel-plated Star Model B with pearl grips as his sidearm.
Detroit PD officers fire Winchester M1897 shotguns while chasing a fleeing suspect.
Rifles
Colt M16 (SP1)
The robbers use M16 (SP1) rifles - distinguishable by their flat sided receivers and three-prong flash hiders - while robbing Clayton's fundraiser. They later use the rifles when the police surround their hideout.