The origin of two pistol shooting (1 Viewer)

[Craig Perrin]

Actually, I think it was Lethal Weapon that popularized holding the gun sideways. Gibson did it because when he held the gun properly, periodically shell casings would hit his arm and burn him, he so held the gun sideways to eject the casings straight down to the ground.

 

[earl_roberts]

I always used to think Woo 'began' it but I it's a Leone thing carried over from earlier westerns. You can definately see some two gunned action in Once Upon A Time In America which was 2 years before A Better Tomorrow

 

[EricW]

there may have been 2 gun shooting in movies before Woo, but Woo definitely made it popular to have both guns shooting in the same direction, rather than one at a time in different directions.

 

[Tony Stark]

Terry St. good find! That should solve the movie portion of the bet. Personally I was thinking of Butch Cassidy but you went all the way back to 1903.

 

[oscar_merkx]

I absolutely agree with you Tony about the 1903 Movie.

Superb research

 

[Rino C]

Like I've said, "When in Rome..." I do believe that Westerners who immigrate to Far East do follow local conventions. In fact, I believe that in Japan and Korea, to become a citizen one has to have to give up their name and get a "native" name.

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

In case you wanted the corresponding smilie.....