Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï (1967)

Le Samouraï (also known as The Godson, though it rarely translated in English due to quite understandable meaning of the title even when it's not translated) is a cult 1967 neo-noir film by french master of the genre Jean-Pierre Melville. This film established new neo-noir movement separated from calssic film-noir and inspired many films in one or another way. Two films even considered to be unofficial reamkes: Jhon Woo's The Killer and Jim Jarmush's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai though also they considered genre's classic themselves. Film stars Alain Delon as loner, mediative assasin, which principles making him behave as a medieval samurai, double-crossed by police and mafia as well as trying to understand why pianist girl Valerie (Cathy Rosier), who witnessed him leaving Marty's cabinet after the assasination pretended that she didn't recognised him, while talking to the ploice. NOTE: CONTAINING SPOILERS.

The following weapons were used in the film Le Samouraï:

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Jef Costello (Alain Delon) works as an assasin and uses Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers provided to him by garage keeper (André Salgues), who also changing number plates on Citroen DS cars stolen by Jef using huge ring of keyes. We see such a scene two times in the movie and it's hinted that it's became a routine for both.

The First One

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special.

The first revolver given to Jef by garage keeper used by him to kill "Marty's" bar owner Marty (played by an unknown actor). He shoots him three times and then tosses revolver, after also using him as a weapon when blonde Gunman (Jacques Leroy) tries to kill him on a bridge.

Jef examines his revolver after receiving it from garage keeper.

Jef (in stylish white gloves) aims his revolver at Marty.

Jef fires his revolver at Marty.

The Second

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special. With different sight as the second revolver in the movie has.

The second revolver given to Jef by garage keeper (who tells him that it's their last case) difffers slightly (different sight) and is used to kill mysterious gangster named Olivier Rey (Jean-Pierre Posier), who's behind the assasinations. He, as usual fires at Rey three times. Revolver also plays significant role in the ending.

Jef aims his revolver on Rey.

Jef fires his revolver at Olivier Rey, who was about to kill him with his own revolver.

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The third shot. Note, that Delon don't closed his eyes fully. He's skilled with weapons hardly due to his army experience.

Jef examines his revolver in the car before his last visit in "Marty's".

Jef examines his revolver in the car before his last visit in "Marty's".Close-up on the bullets.

Jef dies, holding his revolver next to his heart.

One of the police inspectors opens the revolver...

To show that there was no reason to actually shoot Jef and it was more a suicide that the assasination attempt.

M1911

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Blonde Gunman's weapon of choice is original M1911 first issued to the U.S. Military during WWI. He aims it at Jef in the iconic scene while talking about Jef's next case. Perhaps he also wounded Jef's arm with the same weapon during the bridge shootout. Jef disarms gunman and aims it on the blonde man to find out who is Olivier Rey and where he lives.

Gunman aims his M1911 on Jef.

Gunman aims his M1911 on Jef. You can clearly see many details of the gun in this shot.

Gunman aims his M1911 on Jef, while he's sitting like nothing's happened. Iconic shot.

Even more iconic shot, used in american VHS cover art.

Jef threatens Gunman with his own M1911.

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Gunman sitting, beaten and adhered to a chair while his M1911 lying on Jef's bed tossed by Jef himself. Those indicating that Jef knows that he'll never return in his apartment.

Hard to recognise Detective Snub style revolvers

There are many Detective Snub style revolvers in this movie used by Marty, Olivier Rey and the ploice inspectors. All of this guns are out-of-focus, or there's another circumsatnces (such as typical for noir minimalist lighting), which making them difficult to recognise. It's possible that Marty's and Rey's revolvers are the same prop.

Marty aims his revolver on Jef.

Olivier Rey aims his revolver on Jef. It's the clearest shot of it.

One of the police inspectors aims his revolver on Jef, after firing it.

Another police inspector fires his revolver on Jef...

...and continues aiming it.

Third inspector fires his revolver those making three people in the movie killed by three shots each.