Vertical Races (Gonki po vertikali)

Vertical Races (Gonki po vertikali) DVD Cover Country USSR Directed by Aleksandr Muratov Release Date 1982 Language Russian Studio Dovzhenko Film Studios Main Cast Character Actor Inspector Stanislav Tikhonov Andrey Myagkov Aleksey Dedushkin Valentin Gaft Lyudmila Roznina Irina Brazgovka Zosya Galina Polskikh Inspector Aleksandr Savelyev Vladimir Salnikov (II) Gen. Vladimir Sharapov Nikolay Zasukhin

Vertical Races (original title Gonki po vertikali) is a 1982 Soviet made for TV detective movie based on the novel by Arkady and Georgy Vayner, directed by Aleksandr Muratov and starring Andrey Myagkov as Ugolovny Rozisk (criminal police) Inspector Stanislav Tikhonov and Valentin Gaft as a criminal Aleksey Dedushkin alias "Baton".

The following weapons were used in the film Vertical Races (Gonki po vertikali):

Nagant M1895

Aleksey Dedushkin (Valentin Gaft) acquires a Nagant M1895 during the theft in the apartments of a retired general and uses the revolver in the final scene.

Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N

Dedushkin acquires a Nagant during the theft.

Dedushkin loads the Nagant.

Dedushkin ambushes Tikhonov.

Dedushkin takes Tikhonov as hostage.

Dedushkin throws away the empty revolver.

Makarov PM

Inspector Stanislav Tikhonov (Andrey Myagkov) and other Ugolovny Rozisk detectives carry Makarov PM pistols.

Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov

Militsia Lt. Aleksandr Savelyev (Vladimir Salnikov (II)) holds a PM.

Tikhonov holds his pistol in the final scene.

Militsia personnel with PMs.