That begs way too many comments/questions. How the hell many rounds does a tommy gun hold, anyway? And, um, what movie was that?

My favorite version (she said piously) is Harry Connick’s from Memphis Belle. It ain’t on YouTube, though.

I think those drums were 50 rounds, but they make a 100 round drum. (The WWII versions had 20-round clips).

It’s from Miller’s Crossing. Great movie. Funny how Tarantino got this reputation for blurring the lines between slapstick and horrid violence, when the Cohen brothers were doing exactly that ten years before.

Usually, when someone in a movie gets shot, they get thrown across the room.

This guy just stands there, finger convulsively pulling the trigger, shooting up the room including his feet, while crime boss Leo (Albert Finney) pumps dozens of rounds into him. Brilliant subversion of a bad physics cliche.

Also, I don’t remember .45 ACP having quite that much muzzle flash.

I love the look of that movie; the clothes, the cars, the rooms.…Verna leaning in her doorway when Tom comes back chasing after his hat.…

Speaking of chasing after a hat, my favorite music from that movie is the brilliant instrumental at the opening.

That’s one huge clip!

“Usually, when someone in a movie gets shot, they get thrown across the room.”

Um, no they don’t. Not unless the shooter goes thrown the same distance during the gunfire.

It’s a Newtonian thing.

But the guy would have fallen down for sure.

Dr. John, that’s why I said, “…when someone in a movie gets shot…” and “…subversion of a bad physics cliche”.