Smith & Wesson Model 36 / 38

The Smith & Wesson Model 36/38/49 is used in the following:

Smith & Wesson Model 36 "Chiefs Special"

Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot. First pattern with flat latch cylinder release.

Smith & Wesson Model 60, stainless variant of the Model 36 - .38 Special.

Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model 36 with square butt - .38 Special

The Smith and Wesson Model 36 (often called simply ".38 snubnose") was introduced in 1950 as the "Chief's Special" (sometimes called the "Police Chiefs Special"). When Smith & Wesson adopted a model number only system seven years later, the revolvers' name was changed to Model 36. It is famous as being the first J-frame revolver in the S&W series (the earlier models were called "I-frames"). It is commonly used as a "belly gun", being stuffed in the pants waist, or as an officer's "Spare Rod", strapped to the ankle in a holster. It holds five rounds of .38 special.

Film

• Ed O'Neill as Popeye Doyle in Popeye Doyle (1986)

• Nick Nolte as Det. Lt. Hoover in Mulholland Falls (1996)

• Samuel L. Jackson as Mitch Hennesy in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

• Angelina Jolie as Amelia Donaghy in The Bone Collector (1999)

• Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Anthony in Crash (2005)

• Larenz Tate as Peter in Crash (2005)

• Ryan Gosling as Richard Haywood in Murder by Numbers (2002)

• Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

• Julia Ormond as Susannah Fincannon Ludlow in Legends of the Fall (1994)

• Joanna Cassidy as Lieutenant Colonel Gallagher in The Package (1989)

• Will Patton as Scott Pritchard in No Way Out (1987)

• Scotland, PA. (2001)

• Claude Akins as Warren Butcher in The Night Stalker (1972)

• Frances McDormand as Brainerd Chief of Police Marge Gunderson in Fargo (1996)

• Mark Rolston as Wayne in Hard Rain (1998)

• Gangsters in The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

• Lance Henriksen as F.B.I. Special Agent Murphy in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

• Roy Scheider as Buddy Manucci in The Seven-Ups (1973)

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

• George Kennedy as Capt. Ed Hocken in Naked Gun 33 1/3:The Final Insult (1994)

• N.Y.P.D. officers in The Hot Rock (1972)

• Richard Roundtree as Shaft in Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

• William Devane as Janeway in Marathon Man (1976)

• Al Pacino as Frank Serpico in Serpico (1973)

• F. Murray Abraham as an N.Y.P.D. detective in Serpico (1973)

• Mel Brooks in High Anxiety (1977)

• Graham Beckel as Det. John Taylor in Jennifer Eight (1993)

• Tom Selleck as Chief Jesse Stone in Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

• James Caan as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather(1971)

• Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)

• Nat Grant as Store Robber in Taxi Driver (1976)

• Shawn Doyle as Jack Shepard in Frequency (2000)

• Dawn of the Dead (1978)

• Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle in French Connection II (1975)

• Art LaFleur as Captain Sears and Andrew Robinson as Detective Monte in Cobra

• Bruce Willis as Lieutenant John McClane in Die Hard with a Vengeance

• Sylvester Stallone as Det. Ray Tango in Tango & Cash

• Yakuza gangsters in The Yakuza

• Lee Van Cleef as warden Bob Hauk in Escape from New York

• Tupac Shakur as Bishop in Juice

• Donald Li as Eddie in Big Trouble in Little China(1986)

• Laurence Fishburne as Lt. Charlie Stobbs in Red Heat(1988)

• Joseph Siravo as Vincent Taglialucci in Carlito's Way(1993)

• Chazz Palminteri as Sonny in A Bronx Tale (1993)

• Daniel Villarreal as Ray in Speed(1994)

• City Of God

• Sheri Moon Zombie as Deborah Myers in Halloween (2007)

• Peter McRobbie as Agent John Hanlon in In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders(1988)

• Lawrence Montaigne as Ubermann in Escape to Witch Mountain

• Ed Lauter as Shriker in Death Wish 3

• Isabelle Fuhrman as Esther in Orphan (2009)

• Clayne Crawford as John Taylor in The Perfect Host (2010)

Television

• The Professionals

• Steven Keats as Jack Rivers in Miami Vice (1984-1989)

• Jack Lord as Steve McGarret and other characters in Hawaii Five-O (1968)

• James MacArthur as Danny "Danno" Williams in Hawaii Five-O (1968-1979)

• Kam Fong as Chin Ho in Hawaii Five-0 (1968)

• Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet

• Edward Furlong as Shane Casey and Jason Earl Carter as the 'peep show guy' in CSI: NY (episode: "Raising Shane")

• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan in Law & Order (1990 - 2010)

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lenny Briscoe on Law & Order (1990 - 2010)

• Skip Sudduth as Officer John "Sully" Sullivan in Third Watch (1999 - 2005)

• Eric Wareheim as himself in Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

• Monk (2002-2009)

• Ingrid Chauvin as Marie Kermeur in "Dolmen"

• Bailey Chase as Jason Clark Battle in Criminal Minds (2005 - ?)

• Haven (2010-present)

• Guns (2008)

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

• Mike O'Malley as Officer Stuart Daniels in My Name is Earl (S1E22)

• Giovanni Ribisi as Ralph in My Name is Earl (S2E05)

• Alison Brie as Annie Edison in Community (S2E19)

Anime

• In Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman, the character Ryu found a broken one in an antique store, and used it as the base for the laser gun he built for himself, which he dubbed a "Smith and Wesson-style Magna Blaster".

• Used by The Laughing Man in Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex during his abduction of Ernest Serano on live TV.

• Seen briefly in the opening of Gunsmith Cats

• Used by Elroy, a hitman hired by Hotel Moscow in Black Lagoon

• Used by Takashi Komuro in High School of the Dead

• A nickel-plated model appears on several occasions in Eden of the East and Eden of the East the Movie I: King of Eden

Smith & Wesson Model 38/49

Smith & Wesson Model 49 - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model 38, aluminum-alloy-framed version of Model 49 - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Nickel Plated Model 38 (Airweight version) with Pearl Grips - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model 649, stainless variant of the Model 49 - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Bodyguard with longer barrel

The Smith & Wesson Model 38/49 "Bodyguard" is a Model 36 that has a "Camel Hump" hammer shroud used to prevent clothing snag, as the hammer is concealed in the shroud. The Smith & Wesson Bodyguard was unusual in that the alloy framed "Airweight" version was released first, as the Smith & Wesson Airweight Bodyguard, in 1955. In 1957 Smith & Wesson introduced a new model numbering system, with the Airweight Bodyguard becoming the Model 38. The steel-framed Bodyguard, the Model 49, was not introduced until 1959, unusual in that most Airweights were preceded by their steel counterparts. For the new polymer framed Bodyguard see Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 38.

Film

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

• Danny DeVito as Bobby Ciaro in Hoffa (1992)

• Tom Selleck as Jimmie Rainwood in An Innocent Man Brushed Stainless with wood grips (1989)

• Dennis Quaid as Detective Lt. Remy McSwain in The Big Easy (1987)

• Vanessa Williams in Eraser (1996)

• Don Cheadle as Cash in The Family Man (2000)

• Edward Norton as Will Graham in Red Dragon (2002)

• Gretchen Palmer as the Hooker in Red Heat (1988)

• Unknown man and woman in Moonraker (1979)

• Charles Bronson as Jeff Heston in The Family (Città violenta) (1970)

• Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994)

• Andrew "Dice" Clay in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

• Anne-Marie Martin as Det. Dori Doreau in Sledge Hammer! (1986-1988)

Television

• Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996-????)

• Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984-1989)