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Top Secret!

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Top Secret! (1984)



The following firearms can be seen in the 1984 comedy film Top Secret!:


Browning Hi-Power

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Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm
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Du Quois (Harry Ditson) points a Hi-Power at Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer).
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The very short Resistance member Albert Potato struggles to shoot out a window that's out of his reach

Walther P38

Colonel Von Horst (Warren Clarke) uses a Walther P38 to threaten Nick after he smarts-off in German. Sergeant Kruger (Jack Cooper) also uses one to shoot an informant later.

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Walther P38 pistol World War II date of production
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Von Horst with his Walther P38.
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Kruger's hand holding a Walther P38

Luger P08

French Resistance leader and secret traitor Nigel (Christopher Villiers) uses a Luger P08 when he abducts Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge) at the climax.

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Luger P08 9mm
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Nigel and Nick grapple over the Luger P08.

M1928 Thompson

Chocolate Mousse's (Eddie Tagoe) weapon is an M1928 Thompson. During one scene, Chocolate Mousse "loads" his weapon like a musket, even pouring gunpowder and using a ramrod.

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M1928 "Tommy Gun" - .45 ACP
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Chocolate Mousse loads his Thompson in a...most unusual way.
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Chocolate Mousse blasts away at the East Germans.
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"My man!"

MP40

The MP40 is seen quite frequently in the hands of the East Germans and the French Resistance.

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MP40 9mm
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An East German guard on the train platform holding an MP40.

Sten Mk II

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Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm
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Man in the back holds a Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9mm

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k can be seen in the hands of the East Germans.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A quite brutal scene greets Nick Rivers as he enters East Germany. Here, German soldiers with Karabiner 98k's apprehend, and later execute, a guy carrying a suspicious package, which is later revealed to contain dog biscuits...

M1 Garand

Deja Vu uses an M1 Garand. Also, in when the East Germans attack the Resistance headquarters, a German soldier, for some reason, is using an M1 Garand.

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M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06

M1 Carbine

An M1 Carbine can be seen in the hands of at least one of the French Resistance fighters.

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M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine

MG34

An MG34 is seen mounted on an East German car that chases the heroes after they rescue Hillary's father from Flergendorf Prison.

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MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum
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The soldier riding in back wields the MG34 (trivia: this is the same mockup of a Mercedes-Benz G5 used in Raiders of the Lost Ark).
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Another view of the MG34 as the German driver loses control of the vehicle.
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The soldier in back continues firing the MG34 even as the car heads wildly out of control and right into a Ford Pinto.

Miscellaneous Shotguns

During the "Skeet Surfin'" scene near the beginning of the movie, the surfers can be seen with a variety of shotguns.

SIG P210

During the shootout at the farm between the Resistance members and East German troops, Nick Rivers is given a SIG P210 to use against the Germans.

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SIG P210 9x19mm
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Nick fires a SIG P210 out the window - 9mm

Enfield No.4 Mk.1

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Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British
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Man in the back holds a Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 rifle - .303 British


Unknown automatics

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Du Quois, holding a gun, alerts the others to the presence of a German grenade.

The gun in this picture looks to me like a Beretta 92F, however the film is set around WWII and the 92F was not designed until 1972 so it could just be a movie mistake and they were not careful to use guns and other weapons from that era.

  • It's set in the 1950's. Still too early for such a gun, but then again, they also have a 1970's Ford Pinto and overall intentional flagrant disregard for period authenticity anyway.

Unknown revolvers

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Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled revolver, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.
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In an obvious satire of old B-Movie westerns and gangster movies, Nigel goes for the one unbroken window, smashes it with his revolver and shoots through that. (In reality smashing ALL of the panes allows you one less obstruction to a target and keeps the enemy's fire from hurling glass shards at you when their fire smashes the pane.)
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Déjà Vu (Jim Carter) tries to break a window using a revolver, only for the barrel to bend.

Cannon

Chocolate Mousse (Eddie Tagoe) uses a muzzle-loading field cannon during the attack on the French Resistance's headquarters.

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The loaded cannon being aimed at Nick and Hillary as they enter the Resistance's hideout
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Chocolate Mousse uses the cannon.