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The Grand Duel
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The Grand Duel (Italian: El Grande Duello) also known as: Storm Rider or The Big Showdown is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giancarlo Santi and starring Lee Van Cleef. The Grand Duel was the first Spaghetti Western entirely directed by Giancarlo Santi, who previously worked with Sergio Leone in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West and with Giulio Petroni in Death Rides a Horse as assistant director.
In an unspecified year in the Old West, the film follows a grizzled sheriff who seeks justice for a young gunslinger on the run from the law after being falsely accused of murder.
This film is considered "Lee Van Cleef's last great western".
The following weapons were used in the film The Grand Duel:
Revolvers
Colt Single Action Army
The Colt Single Action Army appears as the most common revolver in the film, used by several characters. Multiple variants are used, of which stands out a golden finish variant used by David Saxon (Horst Frank).
Adam Saxon (Klaus Grünberg) uses a Colt 1851 Navy with nickel finish as his sidearm.
Smith & Wesson Model .44 Hand Ejector
Clayton (Lee Van Cleef) uses a Smith & Wesson Model .44 Hand Ejector as his main sidearm.
Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless
The Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless appears used by bartenders in a few scenes.
Lefaucheux Model 1858
During the duel between Adam Saxon (Klaus Grünberg) and Old John (Giovanni Filidoro), the latter carries a solid-frame Lefaucheux Model 1858.
Rifles
Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy"
The Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" is used by several characters in the film, mainly by the bounty hunters.
Winchester Model 1873
A bounty hunter carries a Winchester Model 1873 with a mounted scope.
Shotguns
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun
A 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun appears in the Silver Bells station. Vermeer tries to arm himself with it, but Clayton (Lee Van Cleef) prevents him from doing so. No one gets a chance to use it, as it is revealed that it is not actually loaded.
Machine Guns
MG 42
Adam Saxon (Klaus Grünberg) uses an MG 42 during the ambush on Wermeer's followers heading to the silver mine. This is a anachronism, since the film is set in the Wild West and the MG 42 was introduced during World War II, two very separate historical periods. A similar error is seen in the film Duck, You Sucker!.
