Dog Day (Canicule)

Canicule Theatrical Release Poster Country France Directed by Yves Boisset Release Date 1984 Language French English Studio TF1 Films Production Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) Distributor U.G.C. Worldwide Distribution Main Cast Character Actor Jimmy Cobb Lee Marvin Jessica Miou-Miou Horace Victor Lanoux Socrate Jean Carmet Chim David Bennent Snake Pierre Clémenti Torontopoulos Jean-Pierre Kalfon Julio Jean-Roger Milo Marceau Henri Guybet Le Barrec Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Dog Day (Canicule) is a 1984 French crime drama directed by Yves Boisset based on the novel of the same name by Jean Vautrin. Starring Lee Marvin and Miou-Miou.

The following weapons were used in the film Dog Day (Canicule):

Revolvers

Smith & Wesson Model 29

Jimmy Cobb (Lee Marvin) uses a Smith & Wesson Model 29. Jessica (Miou-Miou) uses his gun as well.

Smith & Wesson Model 29 - .44 Magnum.

Jimmy Cobb fires the Model 28.

A close-up of Cobb's revolver.

Jessica points Cobb's Model 28.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snub

A police officer fires a snub nose Smith & Wesson Model 10.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose - .38 Special. Early Model

Note the 6-shot cylinder.

Smith & Wesson Model 34

Mafioso Torontopoulos (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) and some cops are armed with the Smith & Wesson Model 34.

Smith & Wesson Model 34 - .22 LR

Torontopoulos (second from left) aims the revolver.

Pistols

Beretta 93R

Gangster Snake (Pierre Clémenti) carries a Beretta 93R.

Beretta 93R - 9x19mm

Snake retrieves his machine pistol from its concealed place in a newspaper.

Snake (middle) points the 93R.

Beretta M1951

Some characters are seen with the Beretta M1951.

Beretta M951 - 9x19mm

Gangster Julio (Jean-Roger Milo) (left) with a Beretta M1951.

One of Snake's accomplices fires a Beretta.

Submachine Guns

MAT-49

Some gendarmes carry MAT-49 SMGs.

MAT-49 - 9x19mm

A policeman at the left carries a MAT-49.

Rifles

MAS-36

Most gendarmes are equipped with MAS-36 rifles.

MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French

MAS-36/51 - 7.5x54mm French

The gendarme in the middle is armed with a MAS-36/51, identifiable by the grenade launcher barrel (the others have standard MAS-36s).

SIG SG 542

Police snipers carry scoped SIG SG 542s.

SIG SG 542 with bipod and scope - 7.62x51mm NATO

Le Barrec (Jean-Claude Dreyfus).

Police snipers disembark from an Aérospatiale Alouette III.

Marceau (Henri Guybet) with the SG 542 by his side.

Shotguns

Sawed-off Double-Barreled Shotgun

Horace (Victor Lanoux) owns a Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun. His weapon is also used by Jimmy Cob Lee Marvin and Chim (David Bennent).

Stevens 311R (sawed-off) - 12 gauge

Horace points the sawed-off at Cobb.

Jimmy Cobb with the captured shotgun.

Chim nervously holds the sawed-off shotgun.

Winchester 1300

Socrate (Jean Carmet) uses a Winchester 1300 as his weapon of choice.

Winchester Model 1300 with extended tube and rubber butt pad - 12 gauge

Launchers

Prop Rocket Launcher

Jimmy Cobb (Lee Marvin) uses a rocket launcher. This appears to be a production-made prop not based on any real design in particular.

Grenades

F1 hand grenade

Jimmy Cobb (Lee Marvin) is equipped with a pair of F1 hand grenades.

F1 high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade with Mle1935 fuse.