Colt Police Positive

The Police Positive was introduced in 1905 as an improvement of the Colt New Police using upgraded lockwork and an internal hammer block safety, dubbed the "Positive Lock" by Colt, who then renamed the revolver to match. In 1908, Colt modified the design slightly with a longer cylinder and strengthened frame to use the then-new .38 Special and .32-20, dubbed the Police Positive Special.
A snub nosed version was introduced in 1927, dubbed the Colt Detective Special.
In 1977, Colt released the Fourth Issue of the Police Positive Special, featuring a heavy barrel and ejector rod shroud styled after the Colt Trooper Mk III.
The standard Police Positive was discontinued in 1947. The Police Positive Special was manufactured until 1995, becoming Colt's most produced model at over 750,000 units.
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==Specifications==
(1907 - 1995)
Type: Revolver
Caliber: .38 Colt New Police (.38 S&W), 32 Colt New Police (.32 S&W Long), .32 Long/Short Colt, .22 Long Rifle, .22 WRF, also 32-20 and 38 Special in the Colt Police Positive Special, a variant with a slightly longer cylinder to accommodate the longer cartridges.
Length: 8.5 in (21.6 cm) (4 in barrel)
Barrel Length: 2.5 in (6.4 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm), 6 in (15.2 cm)
Capacity: 6 rounds
Fire Modes: SA/DA
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Tarzan of the Apes 	George B. French 	Binns 	 	1918
Tarzan of the Apes 	Jack Wilson 	Captain of Fuwalda 	 	1918
Tarzan of the Apes 	 	Fuwalda's crew 	 	1918
The Public Enemy 	James Cagney 	Tom Powers 	 	1931
The Public Enemy 	Edward Woods 	Matt Doyle 	 	1931
Scarface 	George Raft 	Guino Rinaldo 	 	1932
King Kong 	Bruce Cabot 	Jack Driscoll 	 	1933
The General Died at Dawn 	Gary Cooper 	O'Hara 	 	1936
Angels With Dirty Faces 	James Cagney 	Rocky Sullivan 	 	1938
Angels With Dirty Faces 	Adrian Morris 	Blackie 	 	1938
The Roaring Twenties 	Paul Kelly 	Nick Brown 	 	1939
Bulldog Drummond in Africa 	E.E. Clive 	"Tenny" Tennison 	 	1938
The Boss of Big Town 	H.B. Warner 	Jeffrey Moore 	 	1942
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 	Basil Rathbone 	Sherlock Holmes 	 	1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 	George Zucco 	Heinrich Hinkel 	 	1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 	Henry Daniell 	William Easter 	 	1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 	Edmund MacDonald 	Lt. Grogan 	 	1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 	Dennis Hoey 	Inspector Lestrade 	 	1943
The Spider Woman 	 	 	Seen on the floor 	1944
The Scarlet Claw 	Nigel Bruce 	Dr. Watson 	 	1944
The Scarlet Claw 	Paul Cavanagh 	Lord Penrose 	 	1944
The Scarlet Claw 	Basil Rathbone 	Sherlock Holmes 	Only on a promotional image 	1944
The Other One (La otra) 	Dolores del Rio 	María Méndez 	 	1946
White Heat 	Wally Cassell 	"Cotton" Valletti 	 	1949
The Naked City 	Don Taylor 	Detective Jimmy Halloran 	 	1948
The Naked City 	Barry Fitzgerald 	Detective Lieutenant Dan Muldoon 	 	1948
The Naked City 	Ted de Corsia 	Willie Garzah 	 	1948
No Orchids for Miss Blandish 	Richard Nielson 	Riley 	 	1948
Gun Crazy 	Russ Tamblyn 	Bart Tare 	 	1950
Gun Crazy 	Peggy Cummins 	Annie Laurie Starr 	 	1950
Shane 	Alan Ladd 	Shane 	Nickel plated with custom grips. 6" barrel	1953
Shane 	Jack Palance 	Jack Wilson 	Custom grips 	1953
Paratrooper 	 	British Paratrooper 	 	1953
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 	Donald Curtis 	Maj. Huglin 	 	1956
Touch of Evil 	Orson Welles 	Hank Quinlan 	 	1958
The Hideous Sun Demon 	Richard Cassarino 	Policeman 	 	1959
Pretty Boy Floyd 	 	Ohio Policeman 	 	1960
A Man Named Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca) 	Michel Constantin 	The boss of racketeers 	 	1961
Cape Fear 	Gregory Peck 	Sam Bowden 	 	1962
Dr. No 	John Kitzmiller 	Quarrel 	 	1962
Goldfinger 	 	Goldfinger's guards 	 	1964
Agent 8 3/4 	Leo McKern 	Simenova's father 	 	1965
Arabesque 	Duncan Lamont 	Webster 	suppressed 	1966
Arabesque 	Harold Kasket 	Mohammed Lufti 	 	1966
Circus of Fear 	Christopher Lee 	Gregor 	 	1966
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 	 	False policemen 	 	1967
Hombre 	Paul Newman 	John Russell 	 	1966
Targets 	 	 	Seen in Bobby's car trunk 	1968
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 	Paul Newman 	Butch 	modified to look like a Colt SAA 	1969
You Are a Widow, Sir! 	Jirí Lír 	Gugenheim 	 	1970
You Are a Widow, Sir! 	 	Orchestra drummer 	 	1970
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling 	Jan Libícek 	Chief Brooks 	 	1971
The Grissom Gan 	Joey Faye 	Woppy 	suppressed 	1971
The Grissom Gan 	Ralph Waite 	Mace 	 	1971
Fear Is the Key 	Barry Newman 	John Talbot 	 	1972
Boxcar Bertha 	Joe Reynolds 	Joe Cox 	 	1972
The Friends of Eddie Coyle 	 	Gangsters 	 	1973
Death Wish 	Charles Bronson 	Paul Kersey 	 	1974
Foxy Brown 	Tony Giorgio 	Eddie 	 	1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 	George Kennedy 	Red Leary 	 	1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 	Geoffrey Lewis 	Eddie Goody 	 	1974
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze 	 	Seas' Henchmen 	 	1975
Sherlock Holmes in New York 	David Huddleston 	NYPD Inspector Lafferty 	Police Positive Special 	1976
Bulldogs and Cherries 	Frantisek Nemec 	Gómez 	 	1981
Bulldogs and Cherries 	Jirí Kodet 	Salvatore 	 	1981
Once Upon A Time In America 	James Russo 	Bugsy 	 	1984
American Ninja 	 	A rebel 	Custom grips 	1985
The Sicilian Connection (Pizza Connection)	 	Killers 	 	1985
Crossroads 	Joe Seneca 	Willie Brown 	 	1986
The Untouchables 	Andy Garcia 	George Stone 	 	1987
Cherry 2000 	Tim Thomerson 	Lester 	Target - .22 Long Rifle 	1987
Miller's Crossing 	Gabriel Byrne 	Tom Reagan 	 	1990
The Two Jakes 	David Keith 	Det. Lt. Loach 	4" barrel 	1990
The Two Jakes 	Jack Nicholson 	J.J. "Jake" Gittes 	4" barrel 	1990
Mobsters 	Christian Slater 	Charlie "Lucky" Luciano 	 	1991
Billy Bathgate 	Loren Dean 	Billy Bathgate 	 	1991
Oscar 	 	Several police officers 	 	1991
Hoffa 	 	Truck Driver 	 	1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 	Joe Pesci 	Harry Lyme 	 	1992
Legends of the Fall 	Kenneth Welsh 	Sheriff Tynert 	 	1994
The Shawshank Redemption 	Jeffrey DeMunn 	The District Attorney 	 	1994
Tommy Boy 	 	guards 	 	1995
L.A. Confidential 	 	Dead Nite Owl Cook 	 	1997
Hoodlum 	Laurence Fishburne 	Bumpy Johnson 	 	1997
Anaconda 	Danny Trejo 	Poacher 	 	1997
The Newton Boys 	 	Canadian Bank Messengers 	 	1998
Free Money 	Thomas Haden Church 	Larry 	with 4" Barrel 	1998
Ghost Ship 	 	crew-member 	 	2002
Chicago 	 	unknown woman 	 	2002
The Rundown 	 	 	in the armory 	2003
Big Fish 	Ewan McGregor 	Edward Bloom 	 	2003
Rapid Fire 	Lauro Chartrand 	One of Deputy Lauro's 	 	2006
Postal 	 	Member of cult, the Denomination of Organic Monotheism	 	2007
Public Enemies 	Johnny Depp 	John Dillinger 	 	2009
The Guard 	 	Drug Smugglers 	 	2011
The Guard 	Mark Strong 	Clive Cornell 	 	2011
Sharknado 	Israel Sáez de Miguel	Capt. Carlos Santiago 	 	2013
The Purge: Anarchy 	 	Two children in stock footage 	 	2014
Murder on the Orient Express 	Willem Dafoe 	Gerhard Hardman 	 	2017
Murder on the Orient Express 	Michelle Pfeiffer 	Caroline Hubbard 	 	2017
Revolver Lily 	Jesse 	Tsuyama Kiyochika 	 	2023
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note/Episode 	Date
The Westerner 	Madlyn Rhue 	Carla 	"The Painting" (S1E13) 	1960
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 	Michael Johnson 	Lt. Charles Beaumont	"The Horse of the Invisible" (S01E05)	1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 	Donald Pleasence 	Thomas Carnacki 	"The Horse of the Invisible" (S01E05)	1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 	Geoffrey Whitehead 	Harry Parsket 	"The Horse of the Invisible" (S01E05)	1971
Seinfeld 	Jerry Seinfeld 	Jerry 	"The Baby Shower" S02E10 	1989-1998
Agatha Christie's Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe	Joanna Phillips-Lane 	Gerda 	 	1992
Agatha Christie's Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe	Christopher Eccleston	Frank Carter 	 	1992
Agatha Christie's Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe	Peter Blythe 	Alaistair Blunt 	 	1992
Continuum - Season 1 	Erik Knudsen 	Alec Sadler 	S01E09 	2012
Boardwalk Empire 	William Forsythe 	Manny Horvitz 	 	2010-2014
Mob City 	 	One of Dragna's men 	"The Banana Majesty" (S1E04) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 3 	Michael Rooker 	Merle Dixon 	"Home" (S3E10) 	2013
Fargo - Season 2 	Kieran Culkin 	Rye Gerhardt 	 	2015
Endeavour 	Shaun Evans 	DS Endeavour Morse 	"Zenana" (S07E03) 	2020
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note	Date
Desert Punk	Kanta Mizuno	 	2004
=See Also=
* Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt. 
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