Olsen-banden på spanden

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Olsen-banden på spanden (The Olsen gang in a fix in English) was a 1969 gangster comedy movie of the Danish Olsen-banden series. As for the comic intent of the series, guns were used in the movie mostly for comic effects, i.e. to represent the ruthlessness or madness of certain characters.

As I'm not very good at identifying models, please feel free to discuss and identify the shown guns on the Discussion page! Thanks in advance! -- Egon Olsen 20:00, 19 June 2011 (CDT)

The following guns were used in the film Olsen-banden på spanden:

Pistols

Luger Water Pistol

In the teaser of the movie, main character Egon Olsen (Ove Sprogøe) is attempting a bank robbery by means of threatening the personnel with a Luger P08-like water pistol.

Egon Olsen holds the water pistol in hand

Another view of the same pistol

Egon Olsen pointing the pistol at the bank personnel

Unidentified Toy Pistol

Little Børge Jensen (Jes Holtsø) fires his toy gun at Inspector William Mortensen (Peter Steen) and hits his glasses with a sucker dart.

Børge Jensen aiming at Mortensen

Unidentified Silenced Pistol

A thug of Italian-American gangster boss Serafimo Motzarella (Harold J. Stone) threatens psychologist Bodil Hansen (Ghita Nørby) with this gun.

The trenchcoat thug holding the silenced gun

Submachine Guns

Unidentified SMGs

Various unidentified SMGs can be seen as the police inspects the National Bank, which just has been robbed by Motzarella's men.

Policemen holding submachine guns inside the bank

Tommy Gun SMG

SMGs that look very much like the Thompson M1928 are used by Motzarella's trenchcoat thugs. Stereotypically, they are also carried inside violin cases. They are used throughout the movie on the ocassions of intimidating pub owner Tjener Hansen (Paul Hagen) and during a chase with the Olsen gang and the police.

The thugs lining up to take apart Hansen's pub

Muzzle flashes seen during the first shooting at the pub

A closer view on the aiming towards the bar

The thugs preparing to fire the SMG during the car chase

An exterior view during the chase reveals that the SMG indeed has a full stock

Beretta M38/42

As the police assumes the Olsen gang to be highly dangerous, Mortensen protects himself with some protective apron and a helmet and arms himself with a SMG. He later fires the gun in Hansen's pub again, leading to the third obstruction of the pub's interior. Certainly a Beretta M38/42.

Inspector Mortensen talking to Bodil Hansen, just having himself prepared for the encounter with the "dangerous" Olsen gang

Mortensen emptying the magazine in Hansen's pub at the end of the film, prior to Egon Olsen's arresting

Rifles

Unidentified Rifles

As his current henchmen fail to gain the stolen crown jewels back, Motzarella recruits some special "Bavarian" mobsters. They are seen carrying a variety of rifles towards the hideout of the Olsen gang.

The Bavarian mobstery hurrying with their guns

Unidentified Rifle

Prior to this, a unidentified rifle is seen as it is taken from another violin case. It is possible that this is in fact a SMG of the same type Mortensen carries.

Unpacking a gun from a violin case

The same scene, a few frames later. Details of the barrel can be seen.