# Top 5 Movie Props **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805 "2005-03-03T21:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/21 "2005-03-03T23:37:22Z")
Is it great props or props from great movies? If it’s great props then we need to add the shark from Jaws. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/22 "2005-03-03T23:49:25Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Vader’s Helmet not part of the story??? :eek: > (actually I can accept that, in a way. But something tells me it is part of the story after Revenge of the Sith comes out) > > Could an item made famous in one movie, and then redefined as a prop in a different movie count as a prop for this list? On second thought, it would be considered a prop for the scene in _Jedi_ where he takes it off. > [@KayT](#): > > Is it great props or props from great movies? If it’s great props then we need to add the shark from Jaws. _Jaws_ is one of those movies whose name was soiled by its inferior sequels. If you’re implying here that it’s not a good movie, I suggest you go back and take another look. The music alone stands with _Psycho_ as being some of the most spine-chilling and suspense-building theme music you’ll ever hear. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/23 "2005-03-03T23:54:48Z")
The dozen or so heads from “[8 Heads in a Duffel Bag](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118541/)” are certainly unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/24 "2005-03-04T01:10:26Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > My top 5 horror movie props: > 5. Freddie’s gloves > 3. The Hellraiser cube Though all your others were good, these two are excellent choices. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/25 "2005-03-04T01:13:54Z")
The 18" Stonehenge in **This Is Spinal Tap**. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/26 "2005-03-04T02:45:43Z")
If not in the “top five,” I’d still nominate any number for things from Dr. Frankenstein’s lab. (Jacob’s Ladder, a big “knife switch,” etc.) > [@Sampiro](#): > > \*The title prop from _The Ten Commandments_ (Heston version) > \*The Ark of the Covenant from _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ (as a container for the above) \*The plain wooden crate and the dolly/handtruck used to cart around the above in the end of _Raiders of the Lost Ark._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/27 "2005-03-04T03:18:57Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t remember what got me to thinking about this the other day, but I did. Was it perhaps [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303372) from a week and a half ago? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/28 "2005-03-04T03:22:10Z")
Oh, man, there’s gotta be millions of things. I’ll leave out the Bond flix, since most of the most famous props from the whole history of the series were shown in _Tomorrow Never Dies_. Lemme see if I can think of all the rest… The Last of the V-8 Interceptors from _The Road Warrior_ H. G. Wells’ Time Machine from, well, _The Time Machine_ (1964) The rifle/grenade launcher wielded by Sigourney Weaver in _Aliens_ The Hansen Bros.’ black-rimmed glasses from _Slap Shot_ The backpack Positron Colliders worn by the _Ghost Busters_ (remember, don’t cross the streams; that would be bad) Robby the Robot from _Forbidden Planet_ Dang, that’s all I can think of at the moment. > [@](#): > > I’d include Bond’s Astin Martin, The Delorian (Back to the Future), Aston Martin and DeLorean. I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/29 "2005-03-04T03:26:19Z")
Dang. Sorry, missed that other thread completely. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/30 "2005-03-04T04:02:59Z")
How about what I believe is Hitchcock’s first “McGuffin” - the wine bottles supposedly full of uranium in _[Notorious](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787/)_. The briefcase in _Pulp Fiction_ is another famous McGuffin. I may not be quite correct about whether it was Hitchcock’s first - go looking for a George Kaplan, aka **Roger Thornhill** , I have a feeling he might be able to tell you more. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/31 "2005-03-04T05:33:10Z")
I’d say a **Phaser** , or maybe a Tricorder. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/32 "2005-03-04T09:01:52Z")
I was thinking a Phaser, Tricorder or one of the old pop-open communicators, but would they be remembered from the series or the films? 😕 And how many of these props were destroyed? I was thinking that when someone mentioned the V8 Interceptor. IIRC it was a different car used in the first and second Mad Max films. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/33 "2005-03-04T09:15:38Z")
“It’s the Clark bar! From _Looking for Mr. Clark Bar_!” “This is the actual sword from _The Sound of Music_!” (obscure NewsRadio reference) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/34 "2005-03-04T13:18:22Z")
The electrical equipment from the lab in _Frankenstein._ ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/35 "2005-03-04T13:44:42Z")
The golden idol recovered at the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark. "Perhaps you could tell them - if only you spoke Hovitos. " It was reused as a prop in, if memory serves, the movie-within-a-movie featured in the Majestic. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/36 "2005-03-04T16:04:59Z")
> [@Atticus Finch](#): > > How about what I believe is Hitchcock’s first “McGuffin” - the wine bottles supposedly full of uranium in _[Notorious](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787/)_. The briefcase in _Pulp Fiction_ is another famous McGuffin. Oh, the McGuffin goes farther back than that. Heck, _The 39 Steps_ has its title as a McGuffin. 🙂 Oh, and quite a number of these Star Wars props are likely to appear [here](http://starwars.mos.org/) later this year, if you’re in the Boston area. Or, even [here](http://www.starwarscelebration.com/swchome.aspx?file=swc), come to think of it, if you’re near Indianapolis. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/37 "2005-03-04T16:34:52Z")
John Cusack’s pen in **Grosse Pointe Blank**. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/38 "2005-03-04T16:48:25Z")
Stallone’s various boxing trunks from the Rocky movies. Sam’s Piano from Casablanca. Jason’s hockey mask. Terminator’s GE 7.62 mm Minigun The Enterprise from Star Trek: The Motion Picture… _The most beautiful starship ever made._😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/39 "2005-03-04T16:48:33Z")
A true classic thus far overlooked: the Leg Lamp from **A Christmas Story**. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/40 "2005-03-04T17:16:04Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > The 18" Stonehenge in **This Is Spinal Tap**. YES. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805.md?page=3)