Smith & Wesson Model 19

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum - .357 Magnum

The Smith & Wesson Model 19 was an 'upgrade' of the very popular Smith & Wesson Model 15 (which was the Model 10 with adjustable sights). With the advent of the more powerful .357 Magnum round, Smith & Wesson offered a newer version of the Model 15, beefed up to take the then new cartridge of the time. The .357 Magnum Model 19 was adopted by many law enforcement (and some military), however, budgetary concerns and 'political considerations' kept the traditional .38 revolvers such as the Model 10 & Model 15s in service for a long time, concurrent with the active usage of the Model 19.

Specifications

Type: Revolver

Caliber: .357 Magnum, .38 Special

Capacity: 6 round cylinder

Fire Modes: Single shot (Double Action Revolver)

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The Smith & Wesson Model 19 revolver and variants have been seen in the following films, television shows and anime used by the following actors:

Smith & Wesson Model 19

Smith & Wesson Model 19, 6 inch "patridge" front sight barrel - .357 Magnum.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 with combat grips - .357 Magnum

Smith & Wesson Model 19 (nickel) - .357 Magnum.

Film

• Bill Smitrovich as Officer Trust in Nick of Time (1995)

• Brian Cox as Dr. Nathan Waldman in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Commissaire Jean Letellier in Fear over the City (Peur sur la ville) (1975)

• Found in a crime scene in Crash (2005)

• Gangsters in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

• Mel Novak as Stick in Game of Death (1978)

• Graham Beckel as N.Y.P.D. Det. Sklaroff in True Believer (1989)

• Drug dealer in Snake Eater (1989)

• Nick of Time (1995)

• Blood In, Blood Out (1993)

• Robert Prosky as Leo in Thief (1981)

• Danny Glover as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series

• L.A.P.D. officers in Lethal Weapon

• Various characters in Night of the Comet

• Clint Eastwood as Frank Horrigan in In The Line of Fire

• McNairy County deputies and Tennessee state troopers in Walking Tall (1973)

• Cheech Marin as The Tarasco bartender in Desperado (1995)

• The assassins in Veronica Guerin

• Carl A. McGee as Toot in Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

• Josh Brolin as N.Y.P.D. Detective Trupo in American Gangster

• A Wing Kong gang member in Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (gold plated and ivory grips)

• Police officers in Natural Born Killers

• Survival of the Dead (2009)

• Louisville Police Officers in The Return of the Living Dead

• Manuel Ojeda as Zolo in Romancing the Stone

• Fred Ward as Earl in Tremors

• William Hootkins as Lt. Eckhart and various thugs in Batman.

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman / "'Twas the Night Before Mxymas"		A Bank Robber		1993-1997
Blue Murder'	Gary Sweet	Christopher Dale Flannery		1995
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei	Several	Several		1996-Present
Monk / "Mr. Monk and the Actor" (S05E01)	Stanley Tucci	David Ruskin		2002-2009
Guns		A customer		2008

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Mad Bull 34	Daizaburo		1990
'Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Robbers		2001
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World			2003
Black Lagoon	Thugs		2006

Video Games

• Mafia II

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Battlefield: Vietnam as the M-19

• Resident Evil Survivor

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose (left side) - .357 Magnum.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose (right side) - .357 Magnum.

Film

• Danny DeVito as Bobby Ciaro in Hoffa (1992)

• Dennis Franz as Det. Dilech in The Package (1989)

• Michelle Pfeiffer as Angela de Marco and Matthew Modine as Special Agent Downey in Married to the Mob (1988)

• David James Campbell as Al in Scarecrows (1988) (nickel with pearl grips)

• George Kennedy as Capt. Ed Hocken in The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)

• Blood In, Blood Out (1993)

• Richard Dreyfuss as Det. Leece in Stakeout (1987)

• Billy Crystal as Det. Danny Costanzo in Running Scared (1986)

• Tom Noonan as Varrick in F/X (1986)

• Tom Signorelli as Attaglia in Thief (1981)

• Nicolas Cage as Secret Service Agent Doug Chesnic in Guarding Tess (1994)

• Kevin Bacon as Joe Hickey in Trapped (2002) (2002)

• Charlize Theron as Karen Jennings in Trapped (2002) (2002)

• Danny Huston as Jack Bennett in Edge of Darkness (2010)

• Thomas Jane as Henry in Dreamcatcher (2003)

• William Petersen as U.S.S.S. Agent Richard Chance in To Live and Die in L.A.

• Bruce Willis as Joe Hallenbeck in The Last Boy Scout

• Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond in 48 Hrs.

• A robot in Runaway

• John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop

• Cle Shaheed Sloan as Bone in Training Day

• Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity (1988)

• Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight

• Hal Holbrook as Lt. Neil Briggs in Magnum Force

• Secret Service Agents in 1988 in Hackers

• Dennis Burkley as Oatmeal in Beyond the Law (1992)

• George Clooney as Harry Pfarrer in Burn After Reading

Television

• The Professionals (1977-1983)

• Eugene Roche as Luther Gillis in Magnum P.I. (1980-1988)

• Jason Lee as Earl in My Name is Earl (S1E22 - Stole a Badge)

• Clint Howard as Creepy Rodney in My Name is Earl (S1E22 - Stole a Badge)

• Michael Rapaport as Frank in My Name is Earl (S3E10 - Midnight Bun)

• D.J. Qualls as Ray-ray in My Name is Earl (S3E10 - Midnight Bun)

• Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana in Law & Order (1990-2010)

Anime

• Cindy in Mad Bull 34

Video Games

• Driver: Parallel Lines

See Also

• Smith & Wesson Model 66 -Stainless Steel version of the Smith & Wesson Model 19