Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort)Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesLet Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort)
Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort) is a 1988 French crime movie directed by José Pinheiro and starring Alain Delon as police commissaire Eugène Grindel. Grindel's opponent is his colleague, commissaire Roger Scatti (Michel Serrault) who secretly arranged the ultra-right wing organization among the police. This organization called "Loyalty to the police" was similar to South American death squads. Grindel with several assistants faced with a situation where any police officer could become an enemy... (Note: this isn't a spoiler because the opening scenes of the movie shows Scatti and his death squad at work).
The following weapons are seen in the movie Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort):
Most of the police and Gendarmerie officers are armed with Manurhin MR-73 revolvers. Personal weapon of Eugène Grindel (Alain Delon) is MR-73 Gendarmerie model with 4-inch (?) barrel and rubber grips. There can be also seen several other models of MR-73 that differ in barrel length and the grips.
Two of the main characters use revolvers that looks similar to MR-73 but a little different: commissaire Roger Scatti (Michel Serrault) and police inspector Péret (Patrick Catalifo), Grindel's main assistant.
Police officer Lutz (Xavier Deluc), one of Scatti's men, is armed with Ruger Security Six revolver. This is historically correct because Ruger Security Six was one of the service revolvers of the French police.
Police inspector Spiero (Stéphane Jobert) is armed with M1911 pistol during most scenes of the movie (in the final scene he replaced it with MR-73 revolver).
Nickel-plated Smith & Wesson Model 39-2 is the weapon of Le Stéphanois (Serge Reggiani), commissaire Grindel's informant. He was shot when riding on a carousel, but managed to fire his pistol several times - only to kill and wound innocent bystanders.
In the opening scene a two-tone Star Model BM can be seen under the pillow of the criminal boss Ginzbaum (Rémy Kirch). He had no chance to use it when Scatti's "death squad" attacked his penthouse.
Franchi SPAS-12 shotguns are seen in hand of police officers in the scene of the attack on Grindel's car. There can be seen two versions of SPAS-12 with different barrel length.
In the opening scene of the movie one of Scatti's men uses a custom flamethrower to burn alive criminal boss Ginzbaum. The flamethrower consists of the launcher and the glass ampoule with flammable liquid which is assembled to the launcher's muzzle. The launcher itself looks like "Granatpistole" Heckler & Koch HK69A1 or some of its modification.