Lawless

Lawless Theatrical Poster Country USA Directed by John Hillcoat Release Date 2012 Distributor The Weinstein Company Main Cast Character Actor Jack Bondurant Shia LaBeouf Forrest Bondurant Tom Hardy Howard Bondurant Jason Clarke Maggie Beauford Jessica Chastain Special Deputy Charlie Rakes Guy Pearce Floyd Banner Gary Oldman

Lawless is a 2012 gangster film directed by John Hillcoat (The Road) and 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. Fellow bootlegger Jimmy Turner (Bruce McKinnon) also carries a nickel Colt Detective Special.

1st Generation Colt Detective Special - .38 Special

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

Bootlegger Jimmy Turner (Bruce McKinnon) 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.

Nickel Colt New Service Revolver - .45 LC.

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. Several law enforcement officers including Sheriff Hodges (Bill Camp) are also armed with Colt Official Police revolvers. Banner's driver Gummy Walsh (Noah Taylor) also carries one.

Colt Official Police - .38 Special

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.

Walsh cocks his official Police.

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

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

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

Harington & Richardson .32 Hammerless

Jack Bondurant (Shia LaBeouf) carries a Harrington & Richardson .32 Hammerless revolver with a 2" barrel as his main handgun, tucked into his waistband.

Harrington & Richardson .32 Hammerless with 2" barrel - .32 S&W

Jack grabs his H&R Hammerless 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 - .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 Buntline Special

One of the drunken thugs in the Blackwater station carries a Single Action Army Buntline Special. 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.

Colt Single Action Army w/ 12" barrel known as the "Buntline Special".

Cricket spots the discarded SAA.

Cricket holds the man's own SAA on him.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

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 LaBeouf) and Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan) also pose with the revolver on Jack's car. This was previously identified as a .38 Webley Mk IV, but it can be determined to be a Mk VI based on the size of the revolver in Cricket's hands and the big chambers as it is seen being reloaded.

Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley

Howard shoots the pig during the opening sequence.

Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan) posing with the Webley. Based on the size of the revolver and the shape of the trigger guard, this is most definitely not a .38 Webley, but the Mk VI .455

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

The Webley being reloaded by Howard. Judging by the size of the chambers and the rounds already loaded up, they are .455 and it is a .455 revolver.

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 LaBeouf) 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 with his shotgun.

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

Stoeger Coach Gun

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

Stoeger/IGA Coach side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge

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

The full size Winchester Model 1912 is seen in hands of Cricket Pate (Dane DeHaan), Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy), and Howard Bondurant (Jason Clarke). 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 - 12 Gauge

Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun - 12 Gauge

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

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

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

Winchester Model 1897 Riot

A police officer fires a Winchester Model 1897 during the bridge shootout.

Winchester Model 1897 Riot Gun - 12 gauge

The police officer with his Winchester Model 1897.

Submachine Guns

M1928 Thompson

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

M1928 with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP

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.

Winchester 1894

A bootlegger can be seen with an Winchester Model 1894.

Winchester 1894 - .30-30.

Seen used by the man on the far right.

The gun in the middle.

Unknown Sporterized Rifle

In Mad Dog's car arsenal, one of the guns is an unknown Sporterized rifle.

Second gun from the right of the car.