NewYorkjoe Wrote:I watched part of "Dr. No" this weekend (on Spike TV), right through the scene where the metallugist meets his downfall. First thing I noticed is that while Bond is screwing on the silencer, there is a close up of his hands. The FN (Fabrique Nationale) emblem is plain on the right-side grip panel. Therefore, the pistol he uses must be an FN 1910, as answers.com stated.
I barely noticed his right hand in that scene, but I think you're right. I have a Walther PP in .380, and going by memory, the grips didn't look the same. I also have two PPK's, one in .380 and the other in 32 ACP. Neither of which looks as large as what he used in the film.
Quote:It does look a lot like a Walther PP. Bond takes several revolutions to screw the silencer on, but when he takes it off, it looks like maybe a half and then he pulls it free.
Exactly! To me, it looks like he is twisting on the silencer with a taper fit -- which doesn't make sense, but then this is a movie and not remotely real.
Quote:The metallurgist fires six shots into the bed and the dialog is just as you said it was, plus how the empty, locked-open pistol recocked itself once he dropped it on the rug (also as you stated).
Well, it was an auto-loader, and the slide
could have been jarred out of slide lock when it hit the floor, and the hammer
would be in a cocked position if that were the case.
By the way, I don't think that was a rug. It looked to me like it was the bed spread that Bond tossed onto the floor when he made up the pillows to look like the bed was occupied. I dug out my old VHS copy of the film and slow-motioned through those parts.
Also, in the opening scenes, it looked like Strangways was shot -- by the first of the "three blind mice" -- with a Colt 1911, with a funny-looking silencer attached.
When Bond places his Beretta .25 on M's desk, it looks a lot larger than the "vest-pocket" Beretta .25 that I'm familiar with. But that could have something to do with the kind of lens that was used to film the scene. I kind of doubt it though.
Here's a photo of the Beretta .25 from the WW-II era. It's just like the .25 caliber Beretta "Minx" that I own.
http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/gal...0/2130.htm
The overall length of the pistol is 4-5/8 inches and the overall height is 3-3/8 inches . . . really small.
Quote:No Walther PP is listed on answers.com for Dr. No.
That doesn't surprise me, although someone recently -- I think it was on this board -- posted that the Walther which was used by Connery in Dr. No, was sold at auction recently, and that it was actually a Walther PP.
Ken V.