Olsen-banden på spanden

Nice, but where's the trigger?

This article or section is incomplete. You can help IMFDB by expanding it.

Olsen-banden på spanden (The Olsen gang in a fix in English) was a 1969 gangster comedy movie of the Danish Olsen-banden series. As for the comic intent of the series, guns were used in the movie mostly for comic effects, i.e. to represent the ruthlessness or madness of certain characters.

As I'm not very good at identifying models, please feel free to discuss and identify the shown guns on the Discussion page! Thanks in advance! -- Egon Olsen 20:00, 19 June 2011 (CDT)

The following guns were used in the film Olsen-banden på spanden:

Pistols

Luger Water Pistol

In the teaser of the movie, main character Egon Olsen (Ove Sprogøe) is attempting a bank robbery by means of threatening the personnel with a Luger P08-like water pistol.

Luger P08 with black grips - 9x19mm

Egon Olsen holds the water pistol in hand

Another view of the same pistol

Egon Olsen pointing the pistol at the bank personnel

Toy Pistol

Little Børge Jensen (Jes Holtsø) fires his toy gun at Inspector William Mortensen (Peter Steen) and hits his glasses with a sucker dart.

Børge Jensen aiming at Mortensen

FN Model 1922

A thug of Italian-American gangster boss Serafimo Motzarella (Harold J. Stone) threatens psychologist Bodil Hansen (Ghita Nørby) with a suppressed FN Model 1922.

FN Model 1922 - .32 ACP

The trenchcoat thug holding the suppressed FN Model 1922

Submachine Guns

Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II

Various submachine guns can be seen as the police inspects the National Bank, which just has been robbed by Motzarella's men. At least two of them carry Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II submachine guns.

Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

Policemen holding Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II submachine guns inside the bank

Thompson M1928

Thompson M1928s are used by Motzarella's trenchcoat thugs. Stereotypically, they are also carried inside violin cases. They are used throughout the movie on the occasions of intimidating pub owner Tjener Hansen (Paul Hagen) and during a chase with the Olsen gang and the police.

M1928 "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago typewriter" with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP, made famous through countless classic gangster movies.

The thugs lining up to take apart Hansen's pub

Muzzle flashes seen during the first shooting at the pub

A closer view on the aiming towards the bar

The thugs preparing to fire the SMG during the car chase

Husqvarna M/44

As the police assumes the Olsen gang to be highly dangerous, Mortensen protects himself with some protective apron and a helmet and arms himself with a Husqvarna M/1944. He later fires the gun in Hansen's pub again, leading to the third obstruction of the pub's interior.

File:Husqvarna maskinpistol M1944.jpg

Husqvarna M/1944 - 9x19mm

An exterior view during the chase reveals that the trenchcoat thugs Thompson has turned into a Husqvarna M/44

Inspector Mortensen talking to Bodil Hansen, just having himself prepared for the encounter with the "dangerous" Olsen gang

Mortensen emptying the magazine in Hansen's pub at the end of the film, prior to Egon Olsen's arresting

Beretta M38/42

Prior to this, a a Beretta M38/42 is seen as it is taken from another violin case. It is possible that this is in fact a SMG of the same type Mortensen carries.

Beretta Model 38/42 - 9x19mm

Unpacking a gun from a violin case

The same scene, a few frames later. Details of the barrel can be seen.

Various SMGs

As his current henchmen fail to gain the stolen crown jewels back, Motzarella recruits some special "Bavarian" mobsters. They are seen carrying a variety of SMGs towards the hideout of the Olsen gang.