Black Series (Série noire)

Black Series (Série noire) Original Theatrical Poster Country France Directed by Alain Corneau Release Date 1979 Language French Studio Gaumont Distributor Gaumont Main Cast Character Actor Franck Poupart Patrick Dewaere Jeanne Myriam Boyer Mona Marie Trintignant Staplin Bernard Blier Andreas Tikides Andreas Katsulas Mona's aunt Jeanne Herviale

Black Series (Série noire, a French euphemism for "bad luck") is a 1979 French crime drama directed by Alain Corneau and based on the novel "A Hell of a Woman" by Jim Thompson. Franck Poupart (Patrick Dewaere), an unfortunate door-to-door salesman, gets acquainted with Mona (Marie Trintignant), an underage prostitute. Mona persuades Franck to rob her rich aunt.

The following weapons were used in the film Black Series (Série noire):

M1911

Franck Poupart (Patrick Dewaere) finds an M1911 pistol in Mona's aunt's room and uses it to stage the robbery.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Franck finds the gun, hidden under the mattress.

He examines the pistol.

"Oh my! Forty-five caliber, and loaded!"

Franck puts the pistol in the dead hand of his accomplice Andreas Tikides (Andreas Katsulas).

A good view of the grip.

Franck stages the robbery, puting the pistol in the dead hand of Mona's aunt.