👉 Weaponries is a 1975 American black-and-white drama film directed by William Friedkin and starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Jane Asher. The film tells the story of a man who becomes a weapons smuggler in the 1960s and his attempts to evade police surveillance. The term "weaponries" is used metaphorically in the film to describe the protagonist's pursuit of wealth and power, which he sees as related to his desire for