# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/41 "2005-03-04T17:18:26Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > John Cusack’s pen in **Grosse Pointe Blank**. I’ve seen that movie at least twice and, embarassingly, I don’t remember anything about a pen. I’ll tell you what this made me think of though, is Joe Pesci’s pen from _Casino_ :D. What about Jesse Ventura’s minigun from _Predator_? That thing is truly legendary. I’ve seen websites dedicated to it. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/42 "2005-03-04T17:34:59Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I’ve seen that movie at least twice and, embarassingly, I don’t remember anything about a pen. In the fight in the high school, Martin Blank used the pen Jeremy Piven’s character gave him and stabbed Benny “The Jet” Urquidez’s character in the neck with it. On another Cusack/pen-related note, how about the pen Diane Court (Ione Skye) gave Lloyd Dobler (Cusack) in Say Anything? “I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/43 "2005-03-04T17:45:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Was it perhaps [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303372) from a week and a half ago? Wow. I completely missed that thread as well. Must have scanned it subconsiously. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/44 "2005-03-04T20:10:27Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > My top 5 horror movie props: > > 1. Freddie’s gloves > 2. The Phantasm orb > 3. The Hellraiser cube > 4. The Chucky doll > 5. The Alien face-hugger About 20 years ago, my sister had a room-mate whose father worked as a SFX man on the original “Exorcist” movie. He kept the life-size mannequin replica of Regan for the scenes in which her head spun around as a souvenir. My sister’s room-mate borrowed it for a Halloween party they threw. It looked fake in real life, but it was a lot of fun slapping “Pazzuzu” and watching her head spin around! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/45 "2005-03-04T22:41:28Z")
The drilldo in the Sex Shop (“Is this some kind of a bust?”) in _Naked Gun 2 1/2_ never fails to crack me up. I nominate that prop. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/46 "2005-03-04T23:05:33Z")
The shower curtain from _Psycho_ as the dying Janet Leigh pulls it off the rod. For that matter, Mrs. Bates, although I don’t know if she qualifies as a prop. Otto the Autopilot in _Airplane_ Full-body condom in _Naked Gun_ The clocks in _High Noon_ ---
**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 5, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/47 "2005-03-05T04:26:02Z")
How about **The Batmobile**? > [@](#): > > The drilldo in the Sex Shop (“Is this some kind of a bust?”) in Naked Gun 2 1/2 never fails to crack me up. I nominate that prop. Or how about “The Anal Intruder” from _Top Secret_? “We found him impaled on THIS. He apparently didn’t realize that we use 240V in Europe. Our doctors did everything they could, but it took them hours just to get the smile off his face.” ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/48 "2005-03-05T05:06:59Z")
I’d like the painting Ted Striker paints in\* Airplane!\* - the one with the soldier standing on one leg with the other tucked behind his head, while he holds up a baby in one hand with a jeep and explosions in the background. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/49 "2005-03-05T08:18:12Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I can’t remember what got me to thinking about this the other day, but I did. And it somewhat amused me for a good hour until I realized I know absolutely nothing about movies. But I was trying to think of the Top Ten movie props of all time, but I ran out of ideas - so what follows is > > Munch’s Very Abbreviated Top Ten List of Movie Props: > > 1. Darth Vader’s helmet > 2. 007’s PPK 9mm > 3. the Maltese Falcon > 4. Dorothy’s ruby slippers > 5. Rosebud the sled > > I have a feeling there are many more movie items out there that would be more impressive than those 5 that I’m completely blanking on, and would love to see what others think. > > My criteria is a little muddled - deal with it. I didn’t care about how many versions of the prop are in existence or were used in the filming of the movie(s) (I believe there were several Maltese Falcons made, and I’m sure there have been multiple 9mm’s used in the Bond films). It’s entirely subjective and vague. If you have any suggestions on how to better nail down the definition, those are welcome as well. knife from psycho ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/50 "2005-03-10T06:34:15Z")
> [@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/)_…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. Praise be for vanity searches. George Kaplan himself was a McGuffin (as was the microfilm in NBNW). In _The 39 Steps_, which is really the same film, the McG is the secret - committed to the memory of Mr Memory this time around, rather than celluloid - which the spies are trying to get out of Britain. ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/51 "2005-03-10T06:50:12Z")
The row of Jesuses in Alex’s room during the scherzo of the Ninth in _A Clockwork Orange_. ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/52 "2005-03-10T14:24:13Z")
In no particular order… The flux capacitor… I’d love to have that buzzing away on my wall. Before I leave, I can look at it and comment to the GF > [@](#): > > Flux capacitor… fluxing. The bible with the hole for a rock hammer from _The Shawshank Redemption_ Chief’s broom from _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ The CRM-114 message decoder (slightly damaged) from _Dr. Strangelove_ The switchblade from _12 Angry Men_ The sign Col. Nicholson places on the bridge in _The Bridge on the River Kwai_. This is my favorite movie, and I’ve always wanted that sign. I keep thinking I’ll recreate it, but it’s not the same. The holy grail from _Indy and the Last Crusade_ The cricket bat from _Shaun of the Dead_ [Hijack]An old coworker of mine was a prop collector. He had one of the cubes from a Hellraiser movie. Each prop cube opened in a different way. He used to bring in these price lists he would get. I remember one item - a 5 foot bug limb from _Starship Troopers_ (slightly singed) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/53 "2005-03-10T14:32:06Z")
dasgupta, what’s your spoiler from? It helps if you tell us what movie you’re spoiling so we don’t have to click on it to find out - because then it’s spoiled. Great suggestions - very diverse. I’d want Chief’s kitchen sink though! ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805/54 "2005-03-10T14:34:13Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > dasgupta, what’s your spoiler from? It helps if you tell us what movie you’re spoiling so we don’t have to click on it to find out - because then it’s spoiled. > > Great suggestions - very diverse. I’d want Chief’s kitchen sink though! :smack: Spoiler is from _The Shawshank Redemption_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-movie-props/292805.md?page=2)