The Man with the Golden GunThe Man with the Golden Gun - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesThe Man with the Golden Gun
The Golden Gun is a fictional 4.2 mm single-shot handgun, the trademark of hitman Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) who uses it to assassinate his marks. It uses special golden bullets for maximum damage. The weapon breaks down for concealment and is usually carried as a series of everyday objects; a pen, a cuff link, a lighter and cigarette case. Scaramanga typically only uses a single bullet for each hit, but carries spares hidden in his belt buckle.
At least three Golden Gun props were fabricated for the movie; one, which the crew called the "Gimmick Gun," was made for scenes where Scaramanga assembles the weapon, while the "stunt gun" was used for scenes where the gun is being handled, and did not come apart. A third version was built for firing scenes which could fire percussion caps.
In the opening sequence, a mob hitman (Marc Lawrence) trying to assassinate Scaramanga uses a suppressed Browning Hi-Power (although the sounds of the pistol firing are unsuppressed).
A Colt Detective Special is one of the many revolvers inside the locked cabinet that Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) reaches for during his gunfight with the mob hitman.
The "dummies" that resemble Chicago Gangsters inside Scaramanga's assassination rooms have Thompson M1928 submachine guns. The "dummy" who appears to be Al Capone (Ray Marioni) fires at him with it.
The armorer Lazar (Marne Maitland) shows Bond a custom-built bolt-action rifle he built for a three-fingered hitman. Bond later turns his gun on Lazar to get information from him.
Andrea Anders (Maud Adams), when Bond encounters her in a shower, pulls a Beretta 950 Jetfire on him, but is knocked out of her hand by Bond when he examines a box containing Scaramanga's gold bullets. It's a coincidence that Andrea Anders uses a Jetfire, because Maud Adams uses one when she plays Octopussy several years later.
The Walther PPK, 007's weapon of choice, is James Bond (Roger Moore)'s main gun throughout the movie. It's generally believed that this model is chambered in 9mm Kurz (.380 ACP) given Bond's comment "Six bullets to your one?" The film marks the first time Roger Moore has the chance to actually fire it on screen.
Nick Nack (Herve Villechaize) holds a Derringer on Bond, causing Bond to quip about the originality of "a gun in a bag of peanuts". Note: In the novel version of the film, Scaramanga also uses a gold plated derringer as his back up gun during the climax, which also housed one bullet as with the film's custom golden gun.
As a tribute to the book, Scaramanga uses a gold-plated Single Action Army to shoot off a cork from the champagne that Nick Nack is delivering to 007 as he arrives at the Island. Scaramanga dismisses the revolver as a "harmless toy". It should be noted that in the novel the film is based upon, Scaramanga uses a gold-plated Single Action Army and not a custom gun.
A giant 'prop' gun, the Solex Laser Gun is a piece of Hollywood Fiction. It is seen obliterating 007's Republic RC-3 Seabee amphibious Seaplane and is purely custom prop work (with a healthy helping of Special effects). Originally, the script called for the laser beam to be a "golden beam of laser light". However, time and budget constraints prevented the effect from being fully developed, and the sequence was eventually shown with no beam at all (which, ironically, is more realistic), which lent some confusion to Scaramanga's line, "So you see, I now am truly... The Man with the Golden Gun."
