Top Secret! is a 1984 American action-comedy film written directed by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams (The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Airplane!). A parody of espionage films and Elvis Presley musicals, the film stars Val Kilmer in his first film role as Nick Rivers, a pop singer who goes undercover in East Germany to foil an insidious plot.
The following weapons were used in the film Top Secret!:
Handguns
Browning Hi-Power
The Browning Hi-Power is used by resistance members.
Classic commercial Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum
The very short Resistance member Albert Potato (
Sydney Arnold) struggles to shoot out a window that's
totally in his reach.
Walther P38
Colonel von Horst (Warren Clarke) uses a Walther P38 to threaten Nick after he smarts-off in German. Sergeant Kruger (Doug Robinson) also uses one to shoot an informant later.
Walther P38 - 9x19mm Parabellum
Von Horst with his Walther P38.
A close-up of a Walther P38 in Kruger's hand.
Luger P 08
French Resistance leader and secret traitor Nigel (Christopher Villiers) uses a Luger P 08 when he abducts Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge) in the climax.
Luger P 08 - 9x19mm Parabellum
Nigel and Nick grapple over the Luger P 08.
SIG P210
During the shootout at the farm between the Resistance members and East German troops, Nick Rivers is given a SIG P210 to use against the Germans.
SIG P210 - 9x19mm Parabellum
Nick fires a SIG P210 out the window. With his eyes closed.
Unique BCF-66
Du Quois uses a Unique Bcf-66 in the hideout.
Du Quois, holding his BCF-66, alerts the others to the presence of a German grenade.
Colt Single Action Army
Nigel uses a Colt SAA during the firefight in the hideout.
Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, custom engraved with ivory grips - .32-20 Winchester
Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled SAA, takes up position near a mostly-broken window.
In an obvious satire of old B-movie westerns and gangster movies, Nigel goes for the one
unbroken window, smashes it with his revolver, and shoots through that.
(In reality smashing ALL of the panes allows you one less obstruction to a target and keeps the enemy's fire from hurling glass shards at you when their fire smashes the pane.)Charter Arms Undercover
Déjà Vu (Jim Carter) tries to break a window using an early Charter Arms Undercover, only for the barrel to bend. It appears as if a easily bendable prop tube was attached to the end of the revolver, allowing the barrel to "bend".
Early model stainless Charter Arms Undercover - .38 Special
Déjà Vu (
Jim Carter) confusedly looks at his now unusable revolver.
Submachine Guns
M1928 Thompson
Chocolate Mousse's (Eddie Tagoe) main weapon is an M1928 Thompson. During one scene, Chocolate Mousse "loads" his weapon like a musket, even pouring gunpowder and using a ramrod.
Chocolate Mousse loads his Thompson in a... most unusual way.
Chocolate Mousse blasts away at the East Germans.
MP 40
The MP 40 is seen quite frequently in the hands of the East Germans and the French Resistance.
MP 40 - 9x19mm Parabellum
An East German guard on the train platform holding an
MP 40. Despite ostensibly being East German soldiers, they wear
Wehrmacht-style uniforms and wield World War II-era weapons, as opposed to the distinct tan uniforms of the
Nationale Volksarmee and AK-style rifles like the
MPi-KM-72. Besides the fact East German equipment would have been rare in the Western world in 1984, this is of course an intentional choice and hardly the most egregious anachronism or inaccuracy in the film.
Sten Mk II
A member of the resistance is seen with a Sten Mk II.
Sten Mk II - 9x19mm Parabellum
A resistance fighter in the back holds a Sten Mk II. Holding it by the magazine would cause it to jam.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
The Karabiner 98k can be seen in the hands of the East Germans.
Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
A quite brutal scene greets Nick Rivers as he enters East Germany. Here, German soldiers with Karabiner 98ks apprehend, and later execute, a guy carrying a suspicious package, which is later revealed to contain dog biscuits...
M1 Garand
Deja Vu uses an M1 Garand. Also, when the East Germans attack the resistance headquarters, a German soldier, for some reason, is using an M1 Garand.
M1 Garand with leather M1917 sling - .30-06
M1 Carbine
An M1 Carbine can be seen in the hands of at least one of the French Resistance fighters, and later on used by a Flergendorf Prison guard.
The grey-haired resistance fighter with the M1 Carbine.
An M1 Carbine in the hands of an East German prison guard.
Enfield No.4 Mk.1
A resistance fighter is briefly seen with a Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I .
Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - .303 British
A man in the back holds a Lee-Enfield.
Machine Guns
MG 34
An MG 34 is seen mounted on an East German car that chases the heroes after they rescue Hillary's father from Flergendorf Prison.
MG 34 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser
The soldier riding in back wields the MG 34 (trivia: this is the same mockup of a Mercedes-Benz G5 used in
Raiders of the Lost Ark).
Another view of the MG 34 as the German driver loses control of the vehicle. Note the ammunition belt that realistically has enough ammo for about two seconds or less of automatic fire.
The soldier in back continues firing the MG 34 even as the car heads wildly out of control and right into a Ford Pinto.
Other
Black Powder Cannon
Chocolate Mousse (Eddie Tagoe) uses a muzzle-loading field cannon during the attack on the French Resistance's headquarters.
The loaded cannon being aimed at Nick and Hillary as they enter the Resistance's hideout.
Chocolate Mousse using the cannon as a hand-held weapon.
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