Goof

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2007)

In the train station shoot-out scene, one of Capone's men is armed with a blue steel 1911 pistol. This is the thug who takes the book keeper hostage and holds a gun to his head, specifically. This pistol has an external extractor. The extractor is plainly visible at certain points in the scene that show a clear shot of the right side of the slide. External extractors were not installed on these guns in this era, and would not emerge for many decades. Given the year that "The Untouchables" was filmed, this "1911" was probably a Star or a Llama. Both companies made 1911 "clones" with external extractors. 1911s that would have been carried by mobsters in the gangster era in the U.S. would undoubtedly been made by Colt with the original internal extractor.