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#REDIRECT[[Professional, The (Le Professionnel)|The Professional (Le Professionnel)]]
|name = The Professional (Le Professionnel)
 
|picture = Le Professionnel Poster.jpg
 
|caption = ''Cinema poster''
 
|country = [[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France
 
|director = [[Georges Lautner]]
 
|date= 1981
 
|language = French
 
|studio=Cerito Films
 
|distributor=Gaumont
 
|character1=Josselin Beaumont dit 'Joss'
 
|actor1=[[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]
 
|character2=Alice Ancelin
 
|actor2=[[Cyrielle Clair]]
 
|character3=The minister
 
|actor3=[[Jean Desailly]]
 
|character4=Commissaire Rosen
 
|actor4=[[Robert Hossein]]
 
|character5=Police inspector Farges
 
|actor5=[[Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu]]
 
}}
 
 
 
'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Le Professionnel'' (''The Professional''):'''
 
 
 
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== Armalite AR-10 Assault Rifle ==
 
The [[Armalite AR-10]] is used to great effect by Joss Beaumont ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) during the firefight in the african village. Obviously he likes to be prepared, since he must've stashed the disassembled rifle in a "goodie-box" in one of the huts before his arrest.
 
 
 
[[Image:AR-10BattleRifles.jpg |thumb|none|300px]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP AR10 1.jpg |thumb|none|500px| Joss Beaumont about to return fire with his AR-10 during the village shootout ]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP AR10 2.jpg |thumb|none|500px| Almost ready ... ]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP AR10 3.jpg |thumb|none|500px| The disassembled AR-10 (plus some vacation money and a passport) in Joss' goodie-box. ]]
 
 
 
 
 
== Browning M1919A4 ==
 
 
 
[[File:M1919A4 pintle.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Browning M1919A4 on pedestal mount - .30-06]]
 
 
 
The [[Browning M1919A4]] is seen mounted on a Jeep during the assault on the village.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Browning LMG.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Jeep-mounted Browning M1919A4 machine gun. Seen during the attack on the village. ]]
 
 
 
== Browning M1917 (?) ==
 
 
 
[[Image:M1917A1 2.jpg |thumb|none|300px]]
 
 
 
Seen briefly in the background during Joss' fight with the prison-guards.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Browning M1917 LMG.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Another Jeep-mounted MG - seen during Joss' fight with the prison-guards. From the look of it I'd say it's the water-cooled M1917.]]
 
 
 
== MAT-49 ==
 
 
 
[[Image:MAT-49.jpg |thumb|none|300px]]
 
 
 
Most of the african soldiers use the french MAT-49 SMG during the raid on the village.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP MAT-49.jpg |thumb|none|500px | A soldier about to shoot some barking dogs off-screen with his MAT-49 ]]
 
 
 
 
 
== High Standard FLITE KING K-1200 Riot ==
 
 
 
[[Image:HighStandardK120Shotgun.jpg |thumb|none|300px]]
 
 
 
The black prisoner ([[Sidiki Bakaba]]) gets this one off a guard he kills. He then (rather foolishly) opens fire with it on the approaching soldiers during the raid and is promptly shot.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Shotgun.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Joss' buddy with his shotgun ]]
 
 
 
== Unknown Flamethrower ==
 
 
 
Used by the african soldiers to incinerate some of the huts in the village.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Flamethrower.jpg |thumb|none|500px | A rather cool looking soldier burning down the village. ]]
 
 
 
 
 
== Colt Python ==
 
 
 
[[Image:ColtPython6In.jpg |thumb|none|300px]]
 
 
 
Back in France, Beaumont uses a [[Colt Python]] revolver with a 6in barrel as his main sidearm.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Colt Python1.jpg |thumb|none|500px | President N'Jala ([[Pierre Saintons]]) wielding Joss' empty Colt Python - as seen through the police sniper's scope.  ]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Colt Python 2.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Joss using .357-persuasion on Farges ([[Bernard-Pierre Donadieu]]). ]]
 
 
 
== Arminius HW-3 ==
 
 
 
The film's main antagonist, Commisaire Rosen ([[Robert Hossein]]) , uses a [[Arminius HW Revolver Series|Arminius HW-3 (.32 S&W Long) Revolver]].
 
[[Image:ArminiusC.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Arminius HW-3 - .32 S&W Long]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Unknown Revolver 1.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Rosen shooting his revolver at Beaumont during the car-chase. ]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Unknown Revolver 2.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Rosen with his revolver ]]
 
 
 
[[Image:Rosen.jpg | thumb|none|500px | Commissaire Rosen loading his Arminius HW-3 before the showdown with Josselin Beaumont]]
 
 
 
== Unknown automatic handguns ==
 
 
 
Beaumont's lover Alice Ancelin ([[Cyrielle Clair]]) keeps a small automatic in her nightstand.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Unknown Handgun B 1.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Alice grabbing her small automatic. ]]
 
 
 
 
 
When talking to Beaumont during the film's climax, the president tries to grab an unknown handgun from his desk's drawer. The gun is never fully seen, because Beaumont realizes what's going on an slams the drawer shut.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP Unknown Handgun 1.jpg |thumb|none|500px | The unknown handgun in the drawer. ]]
 
 
 
Seems to me like a Colt M1911 variant. If you look closely, you'll see the grip safety.
 
 
 
== Scoped assault rifle, probably SIG Manurhin SG-540 ==
 
 
 
[[Image:Sig sg540 2.jpg |thumb|none|300px]]
 
 
 
During the memorable last minutes of the film, two of Beaumont's ex-colleagues use a scoped assault rifle with a folding stock and an unusually large magazine. After some poking around on the internet, I *think* it's a SIG Manurhin SG-540 (license-built [[SIG SG 540]] in 5.56mm), but I'm not quite sure. Again: Please correct me if I'm wrong.
 
 
 
[[Image:LP SIG Manurhin SG-540 1.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Farges takes aim during the memorable climax. ]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP SIG Manurhin SG-540 2.jpg |thumb|none|500px | A close-up of the rifle. The trigger and the fire-selector look like an SG-540's.]]
 
 
 
[[Image:LP SIG Manurhin SG-540 3.jpg |thumb|none|500px | Another view of the scoped assault rifle.]]
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Movie]]
 
[[Category:Crime]]
 
[[Category:Georges Lautner]]
 
[[Category:French Produced/Filmed]]
 

Revision as of 22:43, 8 February 2013


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