Forty Guns

Forty Guns (1957)

Forty Guns (1957) was written, produced, and directed by Samuel Fuller (The Steel Helmet, Pickup on South Street, Merrill's Marauders) and starred Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, and Neyle Morrow. The Bonnell brothers, Grif (Sullivan), Wes (Barry) and Chico (Dix), ride into Tombstone to find that Cochise County is controlled by an authoritarian land baroness, Jessica Drummond (Stanwyck), her brother Brockie (Ericson), and her armed posse of forty dragoons.

The following firearms were used in the film Forty Guns:

Single Action Army

Throughout the film, various characters carry the Colt Single Action Army revolver.

Colt Single Action Army Artillery Model w/ 5.5" barrels - .38-40 Winchester.

Grif (Barry Sullivan) carries the Colt.

Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) likes Grif’s gun.

Note the ivory grip.

Chico (Robert Dix) provides cover for Grif.

Nearsighted Marshal John Chisum (Hank Worden) mistakes Grif for the wrong man.

Brockie Drummond (John Ericson) is ready for a gunfight.

Brockie fires.

Brockie uses his sister, Jessica, as a human shield.

Winchester Model 1892

Louvenia Spanger (Eve Brent) and her father, Shotgun (Gerald Milton), build custom-made Winchester Model 1892 rifles.

Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20.

Louvenia at her workbench.

Louvenia and her father watch the shoot-out from a safe distance. Notice the unfinished stock.

Wes (Gene Barry) returns a borrowed Winchester to Louvenia after shooting a bad guy.

Colt 1860 Army

A Colt 1860 Army revolver is seen hanging in Shotgun’s gun shop (right).

Colt 1860 Army - .44 caliber.