Movie Henry's

Major 2 · January 20, 2006, 09:05:56 PM

This might be interesting...

I was thinking of the times Henrys have shown up in films.

"Silverado" for one ( actually there's two ... Mel's and his fathers )

"Dances With Wolves"

I recall in Winchester 73, I believe it's Charles Drake that say's "he has a Henry" But it isn't .

I also recall in the original "Bonanza" the Cartwrights had "92's" with the fore-stock removed to mimic Henry's.
In the TV remake for cable , The Ben Cartwright ( Little Joe is just a kid )carries a Uberti Henry.

Any more ?

Major 2 · January 20, 2006, 10:06:09 PM

that's right ! and his Walker

B. Butch Cavendish · January 21, 2006, 01:25:39 AM

silverodo and the good the bad and the ugly both made attempts with fake henrys. The Desporodo movies had a good one to. The war wagon guards had em too.

Troublesome River · January 21, 2006, 02:27:37 PM

Howdy guys,
There also was TV series called Paradise that the main character use a scoped Henry.-Peaceful Gunn

Tommy tornado · January 21, 2006, 07:19:41 PM

In John Wayne's Commancheros, the Duke is peddling a couple of crates of Movie Henrys. In fact the character actor with the crazy eye (can't recall his name now) tries to shoot him with one.

Tommy tornado · January 21, 2006, 07:21:04 PM

At one point in time Nate Kiowa Jones was making Movie Henrys out of '92 Rossi rifles. Also there is a company that will convert Uberti Henrys to "Transitional" Henrys.

Steel Horse Bailey · January 21, 2006, 08:02:12 PM

Heck, anybody with the right screwdrivers and a punch can do that!

Fox Creek Kid · January 21, 2006, 11:38:01 PM

Actually, if you look closely in "For a Few Dollars More", you'll see it's a real Volcanic rifle, predecessor to the Henry. You guys are overlooking the real Henry used by the bad brother who goes upstairs to bushwack Shane in the film's climactic showdown. The movie "Union Pacific" used a real Henry as did an episode of Bonanza with Tom Skerritt(?) as a bounty hunter. Also, there is a real Henry used by actor Jeff Corey, aka Tom Chaney" in "True Grit".

Ottawa Creek Bill · January 22, 2006, 09:18:45 AM

In True Grit, the guy that the young girl (Mattie Ross) was trying to track down that killed her father carried an original henry but never fired it, he used a mock up 1892 for the scenes where he actually fired the rifle. I can't remember his movie name but his real name was Jeff Corey. He taught acting classes when he was not working on a film.

Bill

Ottawa Creek Bill · January 22, 2006, 09:21:09 AM

Well S*&t, I should have read Fox's post a little more thoroughly...................

Bill

Fox Creek Kid · January 22, 2006, 10:46:20 AM

Bill, Jeff Corey had an incredible scene in "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" as the lawman they "tied up" at his request. The lecture he gave them about their lives simply has to be one of the best acting jobs ever in a Western IMHO.

Black River Smith · January 22, 2006, 01:24:26 PM

How the West Was Won '60's (true Henry style) and the made for TV, 4 movie series, Desperado '80's (lead character used one).

Winchester '73 with Jimmy Stewart in '52 used a converted 92 to represent a Henry. Last Stand at Saber River with Tom Selick.

The rifle Danny Glover used in Silverado (late 80's movie and Henry repros were common) was an 1866 that he (the character) removed the forearm so that he would have a gun similiar to the one he had learned on (ie his fathers true Henry). The character could no longer buy or find a Henry so he acquired the next best thing the 1866 and changed its balance and weight to be similiar to what he was taught to shoot years earlier as a child or teen. That is the way I think of it. If the movie producers had one Henry and had wanted him to have one they would have given him one.

Major 2 · January 22, 2006, 07:45:14 PM

Quote from: Ottawa Creek Bill on January 22, 2006, 09:18:45 AM
In True Grit, the guy that the young girl (Mattie Ross) was trying to track down that killed her father carried an original henry but never fired it, he used a mock up 1892 for the scenes where he actually fired the rifle. I can't remember his movie name but his real name was Jeff Corey. He taught acting classes when he was not working on a film.

Bill

Jeff Corey was .... Tom Chaney

Corey died , 16 August 2002 after 7 decades in films.

Major 2 · January 22, 2006, 08:08:12 PM

Quote from: Tommy tornado on January 21, 2006, 07:19:41 PM
In John Wayne's Commancheros, the Duke is peddling a couple of crates of Movie Henrys. In fact the character actor with the crazy eye (can't recall his name now) tries to shoot him with one.

Jack Elam .... was the Comanchero named Horseface. Jack passed away in 2003.

Tommy tornado · January 22, 2006, 08:32:19 PM

Quote from: Ottawa Creek Bill on January 22, 2006, 09:18:45 AM
In True Grit, the guy that the young girl (Mattie Ross) was trying to track down that killed her father carried an original henry but never fired it, he used a mock up 1892 for the scenes where he actually fired the rifle. I can't remember his movie name but his real name was Jeff Corey. He taught acting classes when he was not working on a film.

Bill

I still love the Horse pistol old Mattie has. I know I wouldn't be scared of no booger man with one of them. You can shoot him or club him.

Dakota Widowmaker · January 22, 2006, 09:12:08 PM

Here are some movies yet to be listed...

"The Quick and the Dead" (the one with Sam Elliot, not she-who-spreads-her-legs)

"Last Stand at Saber River" (Tom Selleck)

"Conagher" (the boy that Sam Elliot treated as his own)

"Legent of Zorro" (not period correct for 1855, but, still looked good on the big screen)

Thats what I could think of off the top of my head.

O.T. Buchannan · January 23, 2006, 06:24:54 PM

In Conagher, the young kid had an 'Improved Henry' (66). Of late, Henrys have been used in a LOT of movies, and it's now kind of hard to recall them all. In 'The Avenging Angel' Tom Berenger used one. In 'Ride with the Devil', Tobey McGuire used one. There was another movie called 'Rio Diablo' with Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, and Naomi Judd, and I believe Travis Tritt carried one in that movie. In one of the later episodes of 'Young Riders', Henrys appeared, a time or two. Let's see...Silverado, Lonesome Dove, Desperado, and Last Stand at Saber River have already been mentioned.

Oh, there were two or three movies called 'Black Fox' that starred Christopher Reeve, and they were dealing with 'Britton Johnson' a noted black Texas Frontiersman....they used some Henrys in there. There are a few others...if something comes to mind, I will add the info....

Major 2 · January 23, 2006, 06:58:53 PM

Dang .. "In 'The Avenging Angel' Tom Berenger used one."
I should have remembered that, the prop master is a good friend of mine.

Major 2 · January 25, 2006, 12:31:34 AM

There were some on the prop trailer on "In to the West " but I don't know if there a was call for them.
They may have shown up in Extras (Background Artists as they like to be called) hands on camera.

The Yankee Bandit · January 26, 2006, 02:00:06 AM

I believe the Indian lady in Shanghi Noon (I think that's the title - staring Jackie Chan and Luke Wilson) uses one. Just as the two stars are about to be hung, there is a close up of the girl twistin the barrel and letting the follower just snap down on the shells. I remember at the time thinking "OOPS - No No", but I guess with the original rimfire rounds, it wouldn't have mattered.

I changed the title - Thanks to the below post. Thanks.