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Bird on a Wire

Theatrical Poster

Country	United States
Directed by	John Badham
Release Date	1990
Studio	Interscope Communications The Badham/Cohen Group
Distributor	Universal Pictures

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Rick Jarmin	Mel Gibson
Marianne Graves	Goldie Hawn
Eugene Sorenson	David Carradine
Albert Diggs	Bill Duke
Joe Weyburn	Stephen Tobolowsky
Rachel Varney	Joan Severance

The following weapons were used in the film Bird on a Wire:

Handguns

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Rick takes a Smith & Wesson Model 10 off a bank guard. Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) also is seen holding a S&W revolver.

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model 19

Joe Weyburn (Stephen Tobolowsky) is armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 19.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose.

Joe Weyburn (Stephen Tobolowsky) is armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 19.

Rifles

CAR-15

A hitman in a heliopter is seen armed with a CAR-15 carbine. Diggs is also seen using the rifle.

CAR-15 Rifle with a fake XM177 flash hider welded on to make the barrel a legal 16" for commercial sale - 5.56x45mm

Valmet M78

Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine) is seen armed with a Valmet M78 while searching for Rick in the animal park.

Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO

Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine) is seen armed with a Valmet M78 while searching for Rick in the animal park.

Shotguns

12 Gauge Double Barreled Sawed-off Shotgun

Both Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine) and Albert Diggs (Bill Duke) are seen wielding 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns as they stalk Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) in the gas station.