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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Sacco and Vanzetti (Italian: "Sacco e Vanzetti") is a 1971 Drama/Crime film directed by Giuliano Montaldo and starring by Riccardo Cucciolla and Gian Maria Volonté as the titulars "Sacco" and "Vanzetti".
Sacco and Vanzetti is based on the lives of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco, who were blamed for the events that occurred in Massachusetts, Braintree at the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company factory, where a robbery occurred that led to a double murder and escape. Throughout the film they defense try to clear the names of Sacco and Vanzetti and avoid being blamed for a crime they say they did not commit.
The film varies between being faithful to real-life events and being biased or even fictional.
The following weapons were used in the film Sacco and Vanzetti:
Revolvers
Harrington & Richardson Premier
At Nicola and Vanzetti's trial, what appears to be a Harrington & Richardson Premier is used as evidence of the crime. This Harrington & Richardson revolver is the one police found on Nicola Sacco's property and the one he allegedly used in the crime in the real life.
Iver Johnson Safety Automatic
At the beginning of the film, a police officer arrests one of the Italian unionists using an Iver Johnson Safety Automatic. During Sacco and Vanzetti's trial, one of the witnesses to the Braintree crime remembers that one of the murderers (identified as Bartolomeo Vanzetti) uses an Iver Johnson revolver to execute Alessandro Berardelli at the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company.
Iver Johnson Safety Automatic Hammerless
One of the drivers of the getaway vehicle used by the criminals is seen carrying an Iver Johnson Safety Automatic Hammerless.
Pistols
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
When a police officer stops Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volonté) on a tram, the latter is arrested, armed with a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless, which identifies him as one of the Brainwater crime suspects. During Sacco and Vanzetti's trial, one of the witnesses to the Braintree crime remembers that one of the murderers (identified as Nicola Sacco) uses an Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless to execute Alessandro Berardelli at the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company. It is also used during Sacco and Vanzetti's trials as evidence of the crime.
Rifles
Springfield M1903
At the beginning of the film, during the police raid, a large number of police officers are seen carrying what appears to be M1903 Springfield rifles.
Machine Guns
Schwarzlose Model 08/13
In the film's introduction a vehicle with a mounted Schwarzlose Model 08/13 machine gun can be briefly seen, but at no point is it fired.
Others
Gun Rack
During the search for one of the weapons used in the Sacco and Vanzetti crime, a large number of weapons can be seen in the gun racks.
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On the middle gun rack can be identify two Smith & Wesson revolvers (probably Smith & Wesson Model 10 and Smith & Wesson Victory Model), one Colt M1911 pistol, what appears to be a Colt "Fitz" Detective Special, two Smith & Wesson Top-Break revolvers, one Smith & Wesson Model 2 and some unidentified revolvers.
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