Gun Struggle Catfights

[biancabarclay]

There's quite an intense, leggy, rolling, gun struggle catfight in the 1973 movie "The Bamboo House of Dolls". The build-up starts at around 1:38:40 at the link:

https://fsharetv.co/w/the-bamboo-house-of-dolls-episode-1-tt0071189

[biancabarclay]

There are several different versions of the catfight from the Hart to Hart episode "Max's Waltz" available online, but this one has the clearest picture quality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlLpoKMAA48

[biancabarclay]

I've previously posted the catfight in the old black and white movie "It's a Wonderful World" - not to be confused with "It's a Wonderful Life". The link is now dead, so I'm reposting it here. The catfight starts at 1:23:25.

https://ok.ru/video/265695857315

If you watch it in slow motion, you can better appreciate the villainess's panic when her gun jams, and when the feisty heroine is closing the distance between them. The good girl disarms, overpowers and KO's the villainess, and then sits astride bad girl, who's flat on her back, out cold.

There's a great scene where the villainess is dragged to her feet, dazed and confused, and has a look of absolute despair on her face. I can only imagine her rage and frustration: she had the gun, but got disarmed, overpowered, KO'd, and pinned by the heroine. She's mixed up in at least one murder, so in a few moments she's gone from a position where she was looking at a life of luxury, to where her defeat had condemned her to a life sentence in prison.

[biancabarclay]

Here's an obscure gun struggle from an old TV series called "Not For Hire". The episode is called "The Fall Guy". Watch from around 21 minutes, as a woman is kidnapped, and a little later tangles with the villainess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_xh_anV-Zg&ab_channel=VintageFilmChannel

I'd never heard of this series until today, when I saw a post on Deviantart, which makes me wonder if there are some other catfights in the series.

[biancabarclay]

Here's an obscure gun struggle from an old TV series called "Not For Hire". The episode is called "The Fall Guy". Watch from around 21 minutes, as a woman is kidnapped, and a little later tangles with the villainess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_xh_anV-Zg&ab_channel=VintageFilmChannel

I'd never heard of this series until today, when I saw a post on Deviantart, which makes me wonder if there are some other catfights in the series.

<> Sexy trope, when the guys start pairing off and fighting, and the 2 women know it's only a matter of time till they know they will inevitably square up and need to duke it out.  Whether they want to or not.

<> Sexy vintage clothes on the women in the clip.

Yes, and gun struggle catfights are high stakes (unlike a tussle over a man): the feisty heroine is likely fighting for her life, given that in most such situations the villainess knows it's a life of luxury if she gets away, but life in prison if she doesn't.

Which other gun struggle fights in this thread do you like, and do you know of any others?

[biancabarclay]

Sexiest Award is a two-way tie:

<> The 1940 "Docks of San Francisco" fight is sexy AF once you factor in the IRL backstory that the two actresses, Irene Hervey and Esther Ralston, had a pre-filming handshake agreement with each other to fight for real so that the scene would be as realistic as possible.

<> The sand which gets on the NCIS fighters is highly effective.  More gritty, literally and figuratively, than a mud fight.

I like the Max's Waltz one from Hart to Hart, and the one in It's a Wonderful Life - the heroine KO'ing the villainess and then sitting astride her while the bad girl is out cold is a nice touch.

[biancabarclay]

Not exactly a gun struggle catfight, but a villainess is tackled, disarmed and brutally KOed by the good girl in an episode of "A Man Called Sloane" titled "The Venus Microbe". The good girl is exiting a building with the good guys but stops to fix her shoe, then notices the villainess aiming a gun at the heroes. The feisty heroine tackles her and knocks her out. The camera cuts away, then returns and we see the villainess face down, out cold.

The scene starts at around 46:50 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laYYiG_IaVM&ab_channel=squaresyourtrue

It's also featured here:

https://femalevillains.fandom.com/wiki/Hostess_(A_Man_Called_Sloane)

[Tronjaris]

The secret-agent adventure television series "I Spy" (1965-1968) features a gun struggle catfight. The fight starts at mark 1:23.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w3yt1Q1AiI

[biancabarclay]

The secret-agent adventure television series "I Spy" (1965-1968) features a gun struggle catfight. The fight starts at mark 1:23.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w3yt1Q1AiI

Oh, thank you - I don't think i'd seen that before!

[Tronjaris]

I have added 3 takedowns to this thread:

A  villainess tries to fall back to a gun she had hidden in her purse. The heroine pevents this by twisting the blonde's arm. A struggle ensues and the villainess makes a run for it. Another heroine brings her down with a tackle.




The struggle starts at 0:13.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuHeYgdKk1o&list=PL0dgnurg4N5jijR32_1igw104lTFCKxYz&index=15


A hheroine tackles a fleeing car thief, they fall to the ground into a patch of engine oil. The heroine is victorious, sitting on top of a whining, oil covered  villainess.



The catfight starts at 6:04.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9q_REdKBGA


A redhead villainess tries to escape, but she is tackled into an igloo prop.



The takedown starts at 21:57.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_EfVegBc8

[biancabarclay]

I have added 3 takedowns to this thread:

A  villainess tries to fall back to a gun she had hidden in her purse. The heroine pevents this by twisting the blonde's arm. A struggle ensues and the villainess makes a run for it. Another heroine brings her down with a tackle.




The struggle starts at 0:13.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuHeYgdKk1o&list=PL0dgnurg4N5jijR32_1igw104lTFCKxYz&index=15


A hheroine tackles a fleeing car thief, they fall to the ground into a patch of engine oil. The heroine is victorious, sitting on top of a whining, oil covered  villainess.



The catfight starts at 6:04.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9q_REdKBGA


A redhead villainess tries to escape, but she is tackled into an igloo prop.



The takedown starts at 21:57.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_EfVegBc8

Very nice additions: Charlie's Angels, Knightrider and Sledge Hammer.

[Tronjaris]

The TV series "The Adventures of Brisco County" features a gun struggle catfight. The heroine loses the struggle and gets lucky that a guy intervenes. He eventually disarms the villainess.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkM3Yjta0ps

[biancabarclay]

The TV series "The Adventures of Brisco County" features a gun struggle catfight. The heroine loses the struggle and gets lucky that a guy intervenes. He eventually disarms the villainess.




Oh yes, I remember this one - very nice; thanks!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkM3Yjta0ps

[biancabarclay]

Not exactly a gun struggle catfight, but in the Hart to Hart episode "Rich and Hartless" an armed villainess is pushed to the floor and loses her gun. Dazed, she finally scoops it up, but the feisty Jennifer Hart moves towards her and slams a cake in her face before she can use the weapon, and thus disarms her, picking up the gun and holding the stunned and humiliated villainess in check. Watch from around the 43 minute mark here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NvL_nTHY80

[Tronjaris]

It's not exactly a gun struggle catfight, but a villainess is tackled, disarmed. She loses her gun and tries to pick it up again. The heroine gets to her feet, still tied to the chair, and uses her elbow to knock the villainess out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Z9qp7bxNQ&list=FLqFvmGDc8rGd-z1q33Ix2UQ&index=46