Running Scared (2006)

The following guns were used in the film Running Scared:

Running Scared (2006). Note how Paul Walker wields a Smith & Wesson Model 13 on the cover, which is never seen in the film. On an alternate movie poster, we see Walker holding a Marksman 1020 BB gun.

Running Scared is a 2006 crime thriller following a low life mobster named Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker). When a drug deal between mobsters and dirty cops goes bad, Joey is asked to dispose of their guns. Instead of throwing them in the river as he should, Joey hides the guns in his basement, which proves to be a mistake when Joey's son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) and his neighbor friend Oleg Yugorsky (Cameron Bright) witness him hiding them. Nicky steals the .38 snubnose used by Tommy "Tombs" Perello (Johnny Messner) and attempts to kill his abusive Russian stepfather, Anzor Yugorsky (Karel Roden), which he fails to do. To make matters worse, Anzor is cousins with mob boss Ivan Yugorsky (John Noble), who is displeased by this murder attempt. Now Joey must get the gun back, save Oleg, and hope he survives the night. Since the film was shot in Prague, all of the automatic handguns in the film are 8mm blank firing props to comply with the country's laws.

NOTE: My memory of this movie is fuzzy, so please comment if I mess up any story aspects in the captions. - Gunmaster45

M1911A1

Joey Gazelle's (Paul Walker) sidearm throughout the film is an M1911A1 pistol. In reality, it is a Bruni 8mm blank firing stage prop, as indicated by its muzzle diameter, gas port behind ejection port, short fully-cocked hammer, and external extractor.

Bruni M1911-style blank firing stage prop - 8mm blank.

Joey fires his M1911A1 during the opening shootout, while keeping an excellent high grip on the weapon.

Note how the hammer does not cock back as far as on a real M1911-series pistol.

Joey draws his M1911A1 at the dinner table when an errant bullet smashes through the window. Note good trigger discipline and gas port behind ejection port.

Joey searches for Nicky with his M1911A1 and flashlight at the ready, using the Harries technique quite effectively. With all this good gun handling, is it possible Joey was once a cop? Or is Paul Walker just that good?

Joey shoots a druggy holding Nicky hostage.

Joey holds his M1911A1 on a thug. Note external extractor.

Ivan Yugorsky (John Noble) wields Joey's M1911A1 during the final shootout at the Ice Hockey rink.

Smith & Wesson Model 36

The story revolves around the ".38 Snubnose" used by Tommy "Tombs" Perello (Johnny Messner) during the bad drug deal at the start of the film, a nickel plated Smith & Wesson Model 36 with ivory grips, which he uses to kill several dirty cops, requiring the weapon to be disposed of. He gives the snubnose to Joey to get rid of, but he instead hides it in his basement, where it is stolen by Oleg Yugorsky (Cameron Bright) and used to shoot his step-father Anzor Yugorsky (Karel Roden). The gun is later given to a prostitute "Divina" (Idalis DeLeon), who helps Oleg out. Eventually Joey's son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) hides it in the tank of a diner toilet, where it is found and given to Lester the Pimp (David Warshofsky), who turns the tables and holds it on Oleg at the end of the film.

Smith & Wesson Model 36 1st Gen with blue finish - .38spl.

The nickel Smith & Wesson Model 36 stored in Tommy "Tombs" Perello's ankle holster. Note ivory grips.

Tombs draws his Smith & Wesson Model 36 from his ankle holster and shoots a dirty cop.

Tombs delivers the coupe de grace on a wounded dirty cop.

Joey examines the Smith & Wesson Model 36 when Tombs hands it to him.

Oleg holds the Smith & Wesson Model 36 on Lester the Pimp outside a conveniance store. His grip wouldn't be that bad if he didn't have both fingers on the trigger.

Divina holds her Smith & Wesson Model 36 on the store clerk.

Nicky retrieves the hidden Smith & Wesson Model 36 from the toilet tank.

Lester the Pimp cocks the hammer on his Smith & Wesson Model 36. Here we see both the hammer is missing the firing pin and the the gun is empty, so basically he is no threat at all.

A good full shot of the Smith & Wesson Model 36.