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Lawless (2012)

Lawless is a 2012 gangster film directed by John Hillcoat (The Road) based on the true story of a family of bootleggers (portrayed by Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Jason Clarke) who decide to fight back against a corrupt politician and his agent. The film is set in Franklin County, Virginia in 1931, late in the Prohibition era.

The film's cast includes Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, and Gary Oldman. It was based on the book The Wettest County in the World, written by Matt Bondurant, grandson of Jack.

Handguns

Colt Detective Special

Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy) carries a Colt Detective Special throughout the film. Jack Bondurant (Shia LaBeouf) also handles Forrest's revolver, posing with it in photographs and taking it during the final shootout.

Colt Detective Special 1st Gen - .38 Special

Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy) carries the Colt Detective Special.

Jack Bondurant (Shia LaBeouf) is seen posing with the Colt DS revolver in his right hand.

Forrest sleeps next to his Detective Special.

Forrest steps out of the truck with his revolver.

Forrest opens fire with the revolver.

Jack fires Forrest's Detective Special.

Colt Detective Special (Nickel)

Fellow bootlegger Jimmy Turner (Bruce McKinnon) carries a nickel Colt Detective Special.

File:NickelColtDS.jpg

Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with nickel finish and pearl grips - .38 Special

A bootlegger with the revolver.

The nickel Colt DS revolver is seen on the right.

Colt New Service

Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy) fires a nickel Colt New Service during the bridge shootout. This was previously identified as a Police Positive but based on the bore size and the front sight, it is in fact a New Service.

Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy) fires a nickel Colt New Service out a car window.

Forrest fires the New Service.

Colt Official Police

Franklin County deputies Henry Abshire (Lew Temple) and Jeff Richards (Marcus Hester) are both armed with Colt Official Police revolvers.

Abshire's revolver on the ground next to him.

Forrest (Tom Hardy) unloads Abshire's revolver and...

...hands it back.

Richards aims his Official Police as Rakes fires his Model 10 in the background.

Colt Police Positive

Several law enforcement officers including Sheriff Hodges (Bill Camp) are armed with the Colt Police Positive revolver. Banner's driver Gummy Walsh (Noah Taylor) also uses a Police Positive.

Colt Police Positive with 4" Barrel - .38 spl

Walsh cocks his Police Positive.

The police officer on the right with his Colt Police Positive.

Sheriff Hodges (Bill Camp) fires his Colt Police Positive.

Sheriff Hodges (Bill Camp) with his Colt Police Positive.

Iver Johnson DA Safety Hammerless

Jack Bondurant (Shia LeBeouf) carries a hammerless .32-caliber Iver Johnson DA Safety Hammerless with a 2" barrel as his main handgun, tucked into his waistband.

Jack grabs his Iver Johnson from the truck.

One of Banner's men disarms Jack of his "pea shooter".

M1911A1

One of the officers uses an M1911A1 during the bridge shootout. One of Banner's men also carries an M1911A1.

Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP

One of Banner's men holds his M1911A1 on Jack.

On the left, one of the officers uses an M1911A1 during the bridge shootout.

Single Action Army Cavalry

One of the drunken thugs in the Blackwater station carries a Single Action Army Cavalry Model with a 7.5" barrel. Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan) picks it up off of the ground and uses it to subdue the man. In the book, it was an older station assistant named Hal who had grabbed the SAA.

Cricket spots the discarded SAA.

Cricket holds the man's own SAA on him.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 (Nickel)

Special Agent Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 with a nickel finish in a black leather belt holster on his right side.

Nickel Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special

Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce) with a Nickel S&W Model 10 in a production image.

Rakes' Model 10 holstered.

Rakes holds the revolver.

Rakes fires the revolver.

Webley .455 Mk VI

Howard Bondurant's (Jason Clarke) sidearm of choice in the film is a Webley .455 Mk VI, seen during the opening sequence in 1918 and later during the bridge shootout. Jack (Shia LeBeouf) and Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan) also pose with the revolver on Jack's car.

Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley

Howard shoots the pig during the opening sequence.

Jack Bondurant (Shia LaBeouf) is seen posing with a Webley .455 Mk VI in his left hand and a Colt DS revolver in his right hand.

Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan) posing with the Webley .455 Mk VI.

The Webley being reloaded by Howard.

Shotguns

Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun

Charley Rakes (Guy Pearce) carries a Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun when raiding Cricket Pate's still. Later, Jack Bondurant (Shia LeBeouf) takes his own when confronting Rakes. Jack is seen holding what appears to be a Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun.

Colt Model 1878 reproduction - 12 gauge

Rakes checks the load in his shotgun.

Rakes aims his shotgun, one-handed, at Jack.

Jack is seen holding what appears to be a Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun.

Closeup of the shotgun.

Stoeger Coach Gun

Jack Bondurant (Shia LeBeouf) retrieves a hammerless Stoeger double-barreled shotgun from the brothers' whiskey still.

Jack aims his shotgun.

"Imp. by Stoeger" can be clearly read on the barrel.

Winchester Model 1897 Trench

Special Agent Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce) uses a Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun". Floyd Banner also keeps at least one in his arsenal, although he never uses it during the film.

Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun" - 12 Gauge

Banner's Winchester M1897 is visible behind Walsh's head.

Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce) holds the Winchester M1897.

Rakes fires his Winchester at the fleeing Jack Bondurant.

Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun

Several agents who accompany Rakes on a raid wield the Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun. The Winchester also used during the bridge shootout.

Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun - 12 Gauge

Several agents who accompany Rakes on a raid wield the Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun.

The police officer with his Winchester Model 1912.

Winchester Model 1912

The Winchester Model 1912 is seen in hands of Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan), Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy), and Howard Bondurant (Jason Clarke).

Winchester Model 1912 - 12 Gauge

Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan) poses with the Winchester Model 1912.

Howard Bondurant (Jason Clarke) firing the Winchester Model 1912.

Submachine Guns

M1928 Thompson

A mobster named Floyd Banner (Gary Oldman) wields an M1928 Thompson.

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

Floyd Banner (Gary Oldman) with the M1928 Thompson.

The M1928 Thompson being fired.

Floyd rides off with the Thompson.

Rifles

unidentified bolt-action rifle

During the opening flashback, set in 1918, eight-year-old Jack Bondurant handles a bolt-action rifle when his brothers try to get him to kill a pig. In this book, this was declared to be a .22-caliber.

8-year-old Jack loads the rifle.

Model 1896 Krag-Jorgensen Carbine

A Krag-Jorgensen M1896 Carbine is used by a bootlegger during the bridge shootout. In the picture it is mostly obscured by the back of the truck.

1896 U.S.Krag-Jorgensen carbine

A Krag-Jorgensen M1896 Carbine is used by the bootlegger seen on the far right during the bridge shootout. In the picture it is mostly obscured by the back of the truck.

Stevens Crackshot

What appears to be a .22 rimfire Stevens Crackshot is carried by a bootlegger during the bridge shootout.

Stevens Crackshot Rifle - .22LR

The rifle is seen at the bottom used by the bootleggers.

Winchester Model 62

A bootlegger can be seen with a Winchester Model 62 pump action rifle.

Winchester Model 62 - .22 LR

Seen in the foreground, the Winchester Model 62 used by a bootlegger.

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 [[File:LawlessPoster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Lawless'' (2012)]]
-'''''Lawless''''' is a 2012 gangster film directed by [[John Hillcoat]] (''[[The Road]]'') based on the true story of a family of bootleggers (portrayed by [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Tom Hardy]], and [[Jason  Clarke]]) who during the time of Prohibition decide to fight back against a corrupt politician and his agent.  The film's cast includes [[Jessica Chastain]], [[Guy Pearce]], and [[Gary Oldman]].
+'''''Lawless''''' is a 2012 gangster film directed by [[John Hillcoat]] (''[[The Road]]'') based on the true story of a family of bootleggers (portrayed by [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Tom Hardy]], and [[Jason  Clarke]]) who decide to fight back against a corrupt politician and his agent. The film is set in Franklin County, Virginia in 1931, late in the Prohibition era.
+The film's cast includes [[Jessica Chastain]], [[Guy Pearce]], and [[Gary Oldman]]. It was based on the book ''The Wettest County in the World'', written by Matt Bondurant, grandson of Jack.
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 ==Colt Detective Special==
-Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]) carries a [[Colt Detective Special]] throughout the film. Jack Bondurant ([[Shia LaBeouf]]) is also seen posing with the revolver and then using it.
+Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]) carries a [[Colt Detective Special]] throughout the film. Jack Bondurant ([[Shia LaBeouf]]) also handles Forrest's revolver, posing with it in photographs and taking it during the final shootout.
 [[File:Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Detective Special 1st Gen - .38 Special]]
 [[File:Lawless 39.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]) carries the [[Colt Detective Special]].]]
 [[File:Lawless 51.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jack Bondurant ([[Shia LaBeouf]]) is seen posing with the Colt DS revolver in his right hand.]]
+[[Image:LL-cds1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest sleeps next to his Detective Special.]]
+[[Image:LL-cds2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest steps out of the truck with his revolver.]]
 [[File:Lawless 21.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest opens fire with the revolver.]]
-[[File:Lawless 62.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of the revolver being fired.]]
+[[File:Lawless 62.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jack fires Forrest's Detective Special.]]
 ==Colt Detective Special (Nickel)==
-A nickel [[Colt Detective Special]] is also used in the film.
+Fellow bootlegger Jimmy Turner ([[Bruce McKinnon]]) carries a nickel [[Colt Detective Special]].
 [[File:NickelColtDS.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with nickel finish and pearl grips - .38 Special]]
 [[File:Lawless 25.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A bootlegger with the revolver.]]
 [[File:Lawless 61.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The nickel Colt DS revolver is seen on the right.]]
-==Colt M1911A1==
+==Colt New Service==
-One of the officers uses an M1911A1 during the bridge shootout.
+Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]) fires a nickel [[Colt New Service]] during the bridge shootout. This was previously identified as a Police Positive but based on the bore size and the front sight, it is in fact a New Service.
-[[File:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP]]
+[[File:LawlessColtPolicePositive.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]) fires a nickel Colt New Service out a car window.]]
-[[File:Lawless 17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the left, one of the officers uses an M1911A1 during the bridge shootout.]]
+[[Image:LL-cns1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest fires the New Service.]]
+==Colt Official Police==
+Franklin County deputies Henry Abshire ([[Lew Temple]]) and Jeff Richards ([[Marcus Hester]]) are both armed with [[Colt Official Police]] revolvers.
+[[Image:LL-cop1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Abshire's revolver on the ground next to him.]]
+[[Image:LL-cop2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest ([[Tom Hardy]]) unloads Abshire's revolver and...]]
+[[Image:LL-cop3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...hands it back.]]
+[[Image:LL-cop4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Richards aims his Official Police as Rakes fires his Model 10 in the background.]]
 ==Colt Police Positive==
-Several law enforcement officers including Sheriff Hodges ([[Bill Camp]]) are armed with the [[Colt Police Positive]] revolver.
+Several law enforcement officers including Sheriff Hodges ([[Bill Camp]]) are armed with the [[Colt Police Positive]] revolver. Banner's driver Gummy Walsh ([[Noah Taylor]]) also uses a Police Positive.
 [[File:Second Colt Police Positive.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt Police Positive with 4" Barrel - .38 spl]]
+[[Image:LL-cpp1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Walsh cocks his Police Positive.]]
 [[File:Lawless 17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The police officer on the right with his Colt Police Positive.]]
 [[File:LawlessColtOffPolice&UnknownShotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheriff Hodges ([[Bill Camp]]) fires his Colt Police Positive.]]
 [[File:Lawless 29.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheriff Hodges ([[Bill Camp]]) with his Colt Police Positive.]]
-==Colt Police Positive (Nickel)==
+==Iver Johnson DA Safety Hammerless==
-Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]) fires a nickel [[Colt Police Positive]] during the bridge shootout.
+Jack Bondurant ([[Shia LeBeouf]]) carries a hammerless .32-caliber [[Iver Johnson Revolver|Iver Johnson DA Safety Hammerless]] with a 2" barrel as his main handgun, tucked into his waistband.
+[[Image:LL-iver1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jack grabs his Iver Johnson from the truck.]]
+[[Image:LL-iver2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Banner's men disarms Jack of his "pea shooter".]]
+==M1911A1==
+One of the officers uses an M1911A1 during the bridge shootout. One of Banner's men also carries an M1911A1.
+[[File:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP]]
+[[Image:LL-1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Banner's men holds his M1911A1 on Jack.]]
+[[File:Lawless 17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the left, one of the officers uses an M1911A1 during the bridge shootout.]]
-[[File:Colt Police Positive (Nickel).jpg|thumb|none|350px|Nickel Colt Police Positive - .38 Special]]
+==Single Action Army Cavalry==
-[[File:LawlessColtPolicePositive.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]) fires a nickel Colt Police Positive out a car window.]]
+One of the drunken thugs in the Blackwater station carries a [[Single Action Army|Single Action Army Cavalry Model]] with a 7.5" barrel. Cricket Pate ([[Dane DeHaan]]) picks it up off of the ground and uses it to subdue the man. In the book, it was an older station assistant named Hal who had grabbed the SAA.
+[[Image:LL-saa1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cricket spots the discarded SAA.]]
+[[Image:LL-saa2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cricket holds the man's own SAA on him.]]
 ==Smith & Wesson Model 10 (Nickel)==
-Special Agent Charlie Rakes ([[Guy Pearce]]) carries a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] with a nickel finish.
+Special Agent Charlie Rakes ([[Guy Pearce]]) carries a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] with a nickel finish in a black leather belt holster on his right side.
 [[File:SW10Nickel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nickel Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special]]
 [[File:LawlessColtOffPolice.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Charlie Rakes ([[Guy Pearce]]) with a Nickel S&W Model 10 in a production image.]]
+[[Image:LL-sw10a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rakes' Model 10 holstered.]]
 [[File:Lawless 44.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rakes holds the revolver.]]
 [[File:Lawless 05.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rakes fires the revolver.]]
 ==Webley .455 Mk VI==
-Both Jack and Cricket are seen posing with a [[Webley .455 Mk VI]]. Howard Bondurant ([[Jason Clarke]]) is seen using a [[Webley .455 Mk VI]] during the shootout at the bridge.
+Howard Bondurant's ([[Jason Clarke]]) sidearm of choice in the film is a [[Webley .455 Mk VI]], seen during the opening sequence in 1918 and later during the bridge shootout. Jack ([[Shia LeBeouf]]) and Cricket Pate ([[Dane DeHaan]]) also pose with the revolver on Jack's car.
 [[File:Webley.JPG|thumb|none|350px|Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley]]
+[[Image:LL-webley1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Howard shoots the pig during the opening sequence.]]
 [[File:Lawless 51.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jack Bondurant ([[Shia LaBeouf]]) is seen posing with a [[Webley .455 Mk VI]] in his left hand and a Colt DS revolver in his right hand.]]
 [[File:Lawless 49.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cricket Pate ([[Dane DeHaan]]) posing with the [[Webley .455 Mk VI]].]]
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 ==Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun==
+Charley Rakes ([[Guy Pearce]]) carries a [[Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun]] when raiding Cricket Pate's still. Later, Jack Bondurant ([[Shia LeBeouf]]) takes his own when confronting Rakes.
 Jack is seen holding what appears to be a [[Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun]].
 [[File:Colt1878.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Colt Model 1878 reproduction - 12 gauge]]
+[[Image:LL-coltshotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rakes checks the load in his shotgun.]]
+[[Image:LL-coltshotgun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rakes aims his shotgun, one-handed, at Jack.]]
 [[File:Lawless 06.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jack is seen holding what appears to be a [[Colt Model 1878 Coach Gun]].]]
 [[File:Lawless 54.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of the shotgun.]]
-==Winchester Model 1897==
+==Stoeger Coach Gun ==
-Special Agent Charlie Rakes ([[Guy Pearce]]) uses a [[Winchester Model 1897|Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun"]].
+Jack Bondurant ([[Shia LeBeouf]]) retrieves a hammerless [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun|Stoeger]] double-barreled shotgun from the brothers' whiskey still.
+[[Image:LL-stoeger1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jack aims his shotgun.]]
+[[Image:LL-stoeger2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Imp. by Stoeger" can be clearly read on the barrel.]]
+==Winchester Model 1897 Trench==
+Special Agent Charlie Rakes ([[Guy Pearce]]) uses a [[Winchester Model 1897|Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun"]]. Floyd Banner also keeps at least one in his arsenal, although he never uses it during the film.
 [[File:Winchester1897TrenchTakedown.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun" - 12 Gauge]]
+[[Image:LL-w97t1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Banner's Winchester M1897 is visible behind Walsh's head.]]
 [[File:LawlessWinchesterM1897.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Charlie Rakes ([[Guy Pearce]]) holds the Winchester M1897.]]
+[[Image:LL-w97t2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rakes fires his Winchester at the fleeing Jack Bondurant.]]
 ==Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun==
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 ==Winchester Model 1912==
-The [[Winchester Model 1912]] is seen in hands of Cricket Pate ([[Dane DeHaan]]) and Howard Bondurant ([[Jason Clarke]]).
+The [[Winchester Model 1912]] is seen in hands of Cricket Pate ([[Dane DeHaan]]), Forrest Bondurant ([[Tom Hardy]]), and Howard Bondurant ([[Jason Clarke]]).
 [[Image:Winchester Model 1912.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester Model 1912 - 12 Gauge]]
 [[File:Lawless 52.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cricket Pate ([[Dane DeHaan]]) poses with the Winchester Model 1912.]]
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 =Rifles=
+==unidentified bolt-action rifle==
+During the opening flashback, set in 1918, eight-year-old Jack Bondurant handles a bolt-action rifle when his brothers try to get him to kill a pig. In this book, this was declared to be a .22-caliber.
+[[Image:LL-rifle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|8-year-old Jack loads the rifle.]]
 ==Model 1896 Krag-Jorgensen Carbine==
 A [[Krag-Jørgensen|Krag-Jorgensen M1896 Carbine]] is used by a bootlegger during the bridge shootout.  In the picture it is mostly obscured by the back of the truck.
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 [[File:Winchester-Model-62A.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Winchester Model 62 - .22 LR]]
 [[File:LawlessRilfes.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Seen in the foreground, the Winchester Model 62 used by a bootlegger.]]
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