Anyone ever notice (or care) that there are errors in Bond's pistols in Dr. No? First off, before Bond is sent on assignment, M makes him hand over his beloved Beretta M1934, to be replaced by the Walther PPK. So far so good. In the scene where Bond lays in wait in the bedroom to ambush Prof. Dent, Bond sits down and pulls out his pistol, which is obviously not the PPK. It appears to me to be an FN M1910. When Dent enters the bedroom and shoots the dummy of Bond in the bed, six times, Dent is using a silenced Model 1911 type semi-automatic pistol. Bond then makes him drop the gun, while covering him with the FN M1910, now with a silencer. Dent grabs his dropped M1911 and attempts to shoot Bond, only to have it click on empty. Bond then says to Dent "That's a Smith and Wesson and you've had your six." Obviously, this is another error as the M1911 is obviously no S&W 6-shot revolver. Dent should have had a 7th cartridge in the M1911, Bond should be shot, and 007 replaced by 008. Bond then shoots Dent, removes his silencer, once again exposing the FN M1910, and goes on his merry way. What happened to Bond's modern PPK in these scenes and how did the writers make such a rookie mistake as Iding a M1911 semi-auto as a 6-shot revolver? I guess ignorance is bliss in Hollywood. :rolleyes2: -- Al
James Bond, Dr. No, and armament errors that occur in film (1 Viewer)
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Good pickup, but as these mistakes occurred in 1962, the writers knew by the time they were discovered 56 years later, they would be pushing up daisies and could not be held to account. Discovered any sooner they would have played the card..artistic license...I know I do.^&grin, Robin.
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