Colors

Colors (1988)

Colors is a 1988 film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Robert Duvall and Sean Penn as a pair of LAPD officers assigned to the CRASH ("Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums") unit. The film is notable for being one of the first Hollywood attempts to realistically depict the Los Angeles gang problem, and for featuring many now well-known actors in minor supporting roles (including Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, Glenn Plummer, and Mario López, all of whom played gang-bangers here).

The following weapons were used in the film Colors:

Smith & Wesson Model 14

LAPD Officer Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) carries a 6" barrel Smith & Wesson Model 14 as his on-duty service handgun.

Smith & Wesson Model 14 - .38 Special

Officer Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) confronts High Top (Glenn Plummer) with his S&W Model 14, ordering him to release a hostage.

Smith & Wesson Model 64

McGavin (Sean Penn) also carries a 3" barrel Smith & Wesson Model 64, which appears to be his plainclothes/off-duty sidearm.

Smith & Wesson Model 64 - .38 Special

McGavin prepares for a breach during a drug bust with his S&W Model 64 at the ready.

Beretta 92F

Officer Bob Hodges (Robert Duvall) carries a Beretta 92F as his service pistol throughout the movie, which was just entering service with the LAPD at the time of the film. Several other LAPD officers can be seen using the Beretta, and at least one gang-banger also uses one during the shootout at the climax.

Beretta 92F - 9mm.

Hodges points his Beretta 92F at several Crip gang-bangers during a search.

Hodges aims his Beretta during a house call.

Another CRASH officer firing his Beretta in the climax.

Taurus PT92

Hodges (Robert Duvall) can also be seen using a Taurus PT92 during the scene where CRASH busts the drug dealer Oso (C.E. Grimes) in his home. It is not clear if this is supposed to be his plainclothes/off-duty pistol, or if the movie's armorer simply was unable to bring a Beretta 92FS to the set when this scene was filmed (in all other scenes, Hodges' pistol is definitely a Beretta).

Trivia Note: Several Berettas and Taurus' were on the set of this film. While getting ready for the scene, Robert Duvall not being a firearm aficionado, picked up what he thought was a Beretta just like he had been using. By the time someone realized the error it was pointless and late to fix it. This is an honest mistake since the two firearms look very similar anyone who did not already know the difference would not know.

Taurus PT92AF (blued) 9mm

Hodges prepares to breach a house on a drug bust with his Taurus PT92 at the ready.

Felipe wielding a Taurus in the climatic shootout.

Smith & Wesson Model 39

A Smith & Wesson Model 39 can be seen on a table when the Crip DeVille 'bangers are loading up their weapons and planning to kill McGavin.

Smith & Wesson Model 39 9mm.

Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; the S&W Model 39 is visible to the left of the picture.

Smith & Wesson Model 15

Officer Baines (R.D. Call) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 15 as his sidearm, which he uses to shoot an innocent man, which brings the wrath of the Crip DeVille set down upon McGavin after he is mistakenly IDed as the shooter. The S&W Model 15 was one of the standard issue revolvers for the LAPD before they switched over to semi-autos.

Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 Special

Officer Baines enters the suspect house with his S&W Model 15 at the ready.

Baines, in a panic, fires his S&W 15 during the house call.

Smith & Wesson Model 36

McGavin (Sean Penn) also carries a Smith & Wesson Model 36 compact revolver in an ankle holster which is only ever seen for a second during the scene in the restaurant where High Top (Glenn Plummer) is arrested.

Smith and Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot

Hodges apprehends High Top while McGavin points his back-up revolver (a S&W Model 36) at him.

Ithaca 37

When McGavin and Hodges confront the 21st Street Gang after one of its members, Felipe (Romeo De Lan), throws a rock at their car, McGavin takes out an Ithaca 37 riot model (specifically, the LAPD version with rifle sights). Hodges tells him to put the shotgun back in the car, embarrassing him. Later in the film, when the 21st Street Gang gets busted, several other LAPD officers can be seen with identical shotguns.

Ithaca 37 with extended magazine tube - 12 Gauge

McGavin holding the Ithaca 37 at the ready.

McGavin goes to put the Ithaca away after Hodges orders him to do so.

A gang bust on 21st Street; an officer in the background is pointing an Ithaca 37 at a banger on the ground.

Remington 870

A sawed-off Remington 870 is seen several times in the film. It is first taken from Oso's (C.E. Grimes') house, and later appears again in the hands of at least one 21st Street Gang member in the final shootout. This may also be the shotgun that Rocket (Don Cheadle) uses in the drive-by shooting at the beginning of the movie, though this is uncertain.

Hodges takes Oso's Remington 870 shotgun out of his closet.

In this shot, the pump is shown better.

Micro Uzi

In this film, the Micro Uzi is depicted as the weapon-of-choice for many of the gang-bangers. Rocket (Don Cheadle), the leader of the Crip gang in the movie, and Larry "Looney Tunes" Sylvester (Grand L. Bush), a 21st Street Gang leader, both use Micro Uzis when they square off against each other in the climactic shootout.

Micro Uzi with 32 rd magazine - 9mm

A Crip reloads his Micro Uzi after the drive-by on the church where a Blood funeral was being held.

Crip weapons on the table in their hideout; a Micro Uzi is visible in the center of the picture.

Rocket and several of his Crip homies, all armed with Micro Uzis, carry out a drive-by on a house where 21st Street is partying.

Rocket hanging out at his hideout and listening to Ice-T; his Micro Uzi is sitting on the right arm of the chair beside him.

Larry "Looney Tunes" Sylvester (Grand L. Bush) fires his Micro Uzi at Rocket...

...and Rocket returns the favor.

Ruger Mini-14 GB-F

Bird (Gerardo Mejía) carries a Ruger Mini 14 GB-F when the 21st Street Gang is involved in a shootout with Crip DeVille.

Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56mm.

Bird fires his Ruger Mini-14 GB-F while Frog (Trinidad Silva) fires an unknown revolver in the fireground.

Bird celebrates with his Mini-14 in hand after the shooting at the Crips' hideout.