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|name = Pierrot le Fou
|picture = PlF-poster.jpg
|caption = ''Movie poster''
|country = [[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France<BR>[[Image:ITA.jpg|25px]] Italy
|director = Jean-Luc Godard
|date= 1965
|language = French<BR>English<BR>Italian
|studio= Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie<BR>Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
|distributor=Pathé Contemporary Films
|character1=Ferdinand 'Pierrot' Griffon 
|actor1=[[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]
|character2=Marianne Renoir
|actor2=[[Anna Karina]]
|character3=Fred
|actor3=[[Dirk Sanders]]
|character4=The dwarf
|actor4=[[Jimmy Karoubi]]
|character5=The gangster
|actor5=[[Hans Meyer]]
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'''''Pierrot Goes Wild''''' (Original title: ''Pierrot le Fou'')  is a 1965 French-Italian crime drama romance film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and based on the 1962 novel ''Obsession'' by Lionel White. Starring [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] and [[Anna Karina]].


'''The following weapons were used in the movie ''Pierrot Goes Wild (Pierrot le Fou)'':'''

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= Handguns =
== Walther P38 ==
Ferdinand 'Pierrot' Griffon ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) and gangsters are seen with nickel plated [[Walther P38]] pistols.
[[Image:W-P38-nickel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 pistol WWII dated - nickel plated - 9x19mm]]
[[File:PierreotlF-001.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ferdinand aims a pistol while performing for tourists.]]
[[File:PierreotlF-002.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The dwarf ([[Jimmy Karoubi]]) holds two handguns, one of them is a Walther P38.]]
[[File:PierreotlF-003.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|One of the gangsters ([[Roger Dutoit]]) picks up the gun...]]
[[File:PierreotlF-004.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|...and aims it at Ferdinand in the bath.]]

==Colt M1911==
Marianne Renoir ([[Anna Karina]]) has a nickel plated [[Colt M1911]] pistol on her bedside table. The pistol is fitted with an early type magazine with integral lanyard loop.
[[File:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt M1911 - .45 ACP]]
[[File:PierreotlF-005.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

== Enfield No.2 Mk.1* ==
The dwarf ([[Jimmy Karoubi]]), boss of the gangsters, carries a [[Enfield No.2 Mk.1*]] revolver. Ferdinand 'Pierrot' Griffon ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) later seizes this gun.
[[File:Enfield No2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Enfield No.2 Mk.1* - .38 S&W]]
[[File:PierreotlF-00X.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The dwarf aims his gun at Marianne.]]
[[File:PierreotlF-007.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ferdinand pulls the revolver on the man in the car.]]

== Colt Official Police ==
Fred ([[Dirk Sanders]]) (right) in the car shoots the driver of some gangsters with a [[Colt Official Police]] revolver.
[[File:ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special]]
[[File:PierreotlF-06.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

= Submachine Guns =
== M1A1 Thompson ==
Three SMGs are seen leaning on a bedroom wall. On the left is an [[M1A1 Thompson]]. 
[[Image:M1sb.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:PierreotlF-008.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

== United Defense M42 ==
Among the submachine guns propped against the wall is a [[United Defense M42]].
[[Image:UD-M42.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|UD M42 submachine gun - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:PierreotlF-008.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M42 is on the far right.]]

== MAT-49 ==
Among the submachine guns propped against the wall is a [[MAT-49]] with the empty magazine well in the folded position and the stock extended.
[[File:MAT-49Folded.jpg|thumb|400px|none|MAT-49 with magazine well in the folded position - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:PierreotlF-008.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The MAT-49 is the middle of the three guns.]]

== M3 "Grease Gun" ==
An [[M3 "Grease Gun"]] is seen hanging off a radiator.
[[File:M3 Grease.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|400px|M3 "Grease Gun" .45 ACP]]
[[File:PierreotlF-009.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

== MAS-38 ==
[[MAS-38]] and [[MP40]] submachine guns are seen in the OAS arsenal.
[[Image:Mas38 1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MAS-38 Submachine gun - 7.65mm]]
[[File:PierreotlF-01Z.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

== MP40==
The dwarf ([[Jimmy Karoubi]]) inspects both the [[MP40]] and [[MAS-38]].
[[Image:MP40.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:PierreotlF-010.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

= Rifles =
== Mauser Gewehr 1898 ==
Marianne Renoir ([[Anna Karina]]) uses a [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] rifle with a scope, which she had taken from the OAS arsenal. The characters talk about the weapon:<br>
''Marianne'': "Give me the rifle".<br>
''Ferdinard'': "The same make that killed Kennedy!"<br>
''Marianne'': "Sure, didn't you know it was me?" <br>
It should be noted a [[Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle]] was used to assassinate John F. Kennedy. 
[[Image:Mauser g98 sniper.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Post WW1 Weimar reissue Scharfschutzengewehr98 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:PierreotlF-009.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sniper rifle in Marianne's bedroom was fitted with a silencer.]]
[[File:PierreotlF-012.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marianne anticipates the arrival of the gangster's car with rifle in hand.]]
[[File:PierreotlF-013.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marianne has her sights on the first of the gangsters.]]

== Mauser 98 Sporter ==
Marianne ([[Anna Karina]]) and Ferdinand ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) equip [[Mauser Rifle Series|Mauser 98 Sporter]] sniper rifles during their escape. 
[[Image:Mau 0571-01.jpg|thumb|none|450px|German-style Mauser 98 sporter, similar to the one used in the film.]]
[[File:PierreotlF-01Y.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marianne hands Ferdinand a sniper rifle while fleeing her apartment.]]
[[File:PierreotlF-014.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marianne shoots the gas tank of a car owned by a dead member of the OAS.]]

= Machine Guns =
== MG 34==
An [[MG 34]] machine gun is seen next to a murdered OAS member lying on a bed.
[[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MG 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:PierreotlF-011.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]


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