Colt Detective Special

The Colt Detective special has appeared in the following movies, television series, and video games used by the following actors:

Colt Detective Special 1st Gen - .38 Special

Colt Detective Special 3rd Gen - .38 Special

Colt Detective Special Nickel 3rd Gen - .44 Special (this is a rare "one-off" variant. The CDS never went into wide production in this caliber.)

Nickel Plated Colt Detective Special Snub Nose Revolver - .38 Special. This is the screen used revolver carried by (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) in the television series 77 Sunset Strip.

Pre-War Colt Detective Special used on Public Enemies

Colt Detective Special - .38 Special

Specifications

(1927-1986)

Type: Revolver

Caliber: .38 Special, .32 New Police

Capacity: 6 round cylinder

Fire Modes: Single shot (Double Action Revolver)

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Films

• Colin Farrell in In Bruges (2008)

• Richard Attenborough as Commander Swann in Brannigan (1975)

• Public Enemies (2009)

• A mob hitman in The Godfather (1972)

• Russell Crowe as Detective Bud White and Guy Pearce as Lt. Ed Exley in L.A. Confidential (1997)

• Sondra Locke in Sudden Impact (1983)

• John Ericson as "Pretty Boy" Floyd in Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)

• Sean Connery as James Bond in You Only Live Twice (1967)

• Pierce Brosnan as Julian Noble in The Matador (2005)

• Andy Garcia as Stone in The Untouchables (1987)

• James Arness as FBI Agent Robert Graham in Them! (1954)

• Brandon Lee as Brandon Ma, Michael Wong as Micahel, the undercover cop, and a hitman in Legacy of Rage (1986)

• Mark Ruffalo as S.F.P.D. Inspector Dave Toschi in Zodiac (2007)

• Robert De Niro as David "Noodles" Aaronson, James Woods as Max Bercovicz, William Forsythe as Philip "Cockeye" Stein, and Richard Bright as "Chicken Joe" in Once Upon A Time In America (1984)

• James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

• Judge Reinhold as Detective Billy Rosewood in Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

• Gene Hackman as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971)

• Warren Beatty as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel in Bugsy (1991)

• Marcia Gay Harden in Miller's Crossing (1990)

• NYPD Detectives in The Usual Suspects (1995)

• Michael Douglas as NYPD Detective Sergeant Nick Conklin in Black Rain (1989)

• Leslie Nielsen as Richard Vickers in Creepshow (1982)

• Lois Chiles as Anne Lansing in Creepshow 2 (1987)

• An unlucky woman and Lawrence Tierney as Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

• Brad Pitt as Jerry Welbach and J.K. Simmons as Ted Slocum in The Mexican (2001)

• San Francisco detectives in Bullitt (1968)

• A Bullet For Joey (1955)

• Bataan (1943) (Mocked Up as Colt 1911 pistol)

• Richard Roundtree as P.I. John Shaft in SHAFT (1971)

• Bruce Willis uses one as a "Spare rod" as Detective Hartigan in Sin City

• Used by Robert Forster as Max Cherry and later borrowed by Pam Grier as Jackie Brown in Jackie Brown (1997)

• Bob Peterson as Pretty Boy Foyd in The FBI Story (1959)

• William Phipps as Baby Face Nelson in The FBI Story (1959)

• Edmond O'Brien as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A. (1949)

• Paul Bryar as Charley Newton in Parole, Inc. (1948)

• James Cardwell as Duke Vigili in Parole, Inc. (1948)

• John Merton as Police Captain in Parole, Inc. (1948)

• Michael O'Shea as Richard Hendricks in Parole, Inc. (1948)

• DeForest Kelley as Vince Grayson in Fear in the Night (1947)

• The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

• Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep (1946)

• John Ridgely as Eddie Mars in The Big Sleep (1946)

• Elia Kazan as Googi Zucco in City for Conquest (1940)

• Ben Welden as Cobb in City for Conquest (1940)

• Prison Guards in Each Dawn I Die (1939)

• Prisoner in Each Dawn I Die (1939)

• Heather Angel as Phyllis Clavering in Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)

• Leo G. Carroll as Henry Seaton in Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)

• E.E. Clive as "Tenny" Tennison in Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)

• John Howard as Bulldog Drummond in Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)

• Henchman in Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)

• Reginald Denny as Algy Longworth in Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

• E.E. Clive as 'Tenny' Tennison in Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

• John Howard as Bulldog Drummond in Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

• Frank Puglia as Draven Nogais in Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

• Murray Alper as Horace 'Red' Graham in Escape by Night (1937)

• Dean Jagger as James 'Capper' Regan in Escape by Night (1937)

• William Hall as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen in Escape by Night (1937)

• Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Blake in Bullets or Ballots (1936)

• Vince Barnett as Studio Officer Gulliver in The Death Kiss (1932)

• John Wray as Detective Lieutenant Sheehan in The Death Kiss (1932)

• Wade Boteler as Sergeant Owen Hilliker in The Death Kiss (1932)

• Edward Van Sloan as Tom Avery in The Death Kiss (1932)

• Adolfo Celi as Ralph Valmont in Diabolik (1968)

Television

• Charlie's Angels (TV)

• NYPD Detectives including Harvey Keitel as Det. Gene Hunt in Life on Mars

• Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday in Dragnet

• Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Stuart Bailey in 77 Sunset Strip (Nickel plated version with stag Grips)

Video Games

• Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

• Silent Storm: Sentinels

• Godfather, The (VG)

Anime

• Matsuda in Death Note.