Viva Maria!

Viva Maria! (1965)

Viva Maria! is a French western comedy was directed by Louis Malle in 1965 about two women both named Maria, who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century. Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley (credited as Maria I) (Brigitte Bardot) is the daughter of an Irish political dissident who has traveled to Latin America with her father to take part in an anarchist political uprising. When her father is killed, Maria, left to her own devices, happens upon a traveling circus, where she strikes up a friendship with one of the performers, french singer also named Maria (credited as Maria II) played by (Jeanne Moreau). Maria O'Malley joins up with the carnival, and she works up a dance routine with Maria II; the act is a smash hit, especially after the Irish Marie accidentally loses part of her costume during a performance, thus 'inventing' the strip tease. Despite their success, the two Marias find themselves increasingly distressed with the poverty and brutality of the peasants' lives, and they soon decide to use their talents in support of revolutionary leader Flores (George Hamilton). But Florès was treacherously shot by an evil landowner, Ródriguez (Carlos López Moctezuma). On his deathbed, Maria promises the mortally wounded Florès, that she and the other Maria will continue his fight.

The following weapons were used in the movie Viva Maria!:

Handguns

Colt Bisley

Bisley model Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel - 45 Colt.

Peon pulls the Colt Bisley revolver from a "safe hiding place".

Colt New Service

The Mexican soldiers and also some rebels carry Colt New Service revolvers.

Colt New Service M1917 - .45 ACP (in moon clips).

Rifles

Winchester Model 1894

The Winchester Model 1894 is heavily used by both sides of the Mexican revolution.

Winchester 1894 - .30-30.

Irish Marie demonstrates her skill with a rifle to on of Ródrigueze's gunmen.

Robert fires his Model 1894 at an enemy

French Marie holds a rifle for thefirst time.

Also the variety show performers carry Model 1894 as they join the revolution.

Irish and French Marie open fire.

Winchester Model 1892

Winchester 1892 -.32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20.

The muscular Werther (Poldo Benandi) in the landowner´s armory confiscates a Winchester Model 1892 rifles.

Peon shoots from a newly acquired rifle.

Mauser Rifle Series

Mexican soldiers and a few rebels carry the Mauser Rifle Series.

Yugoslavian M24/47 Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Machine Guns

Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun

Hotchkiss M1914 kulomet se stativem

Soldiers use the the Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun (right) to defend a barricade from the rebels .

Maxim M1910

Both sides use Maxim machine guns.

Maxim MG08 7.92x57mm Mauser on sled mount

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Vickers MK1 Machine Gun

A Vickers MK1 Machine Gun is mocked up as a fictional "Skyton-Babbit Model 1907" machine gun.

Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun

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Landowner Ródriguez .

Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley uses the Vickers gun to kill Ródriguez's guards. reducing the parlor to shreds in the process.

Other

F1 hand grenade

F1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade with Mle1935 fuse.

The rebels use a few F1 hand grenades.

Mills Bomb style grenade

Ródriguez uses an unidentified grenade that closely resembles am anachronistic British Mills bomb, however there are distinct differences in appearance.

Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

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Ródriguez throws a Mills Bomb style grenade at Marie.

Cartoon-style bomb

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Marie uses a cartoon-style grenade to destroy a howitzer.

Skoda 75mm M.15 Mountain Gun

Soldiers use Skoda M.15 Mountain Howitzer to control the valley.

Mary uses the howitzer to silence a machine-gun position

Fantasy Weapons

Bent barrel gun

The circus marksman Rodolfo (Claudio Brook) finds one of his special rifles is badly bent after an explosion - he doesn't throw it out, ...

... but attaches a mirror to the barrel and uses the bent gun to shoot around the corner.

Pigeon bombing of Hand Grenades

In the film appears as a bomber the pigeon, which throw hand grenades at the enemy position.