Movie Switchblades

[heviarti]

I woke up at 4:30 and remembered there was one in an episode of Winter Steele (short that used to run on Liquid TV) don't recall which episode, but there aren't more than 12, and each is less than five min.. If I remember right, a live action hand opens a switch (black scaled italian style 11' I think) and then it switches back to the puppets, where a prop is used. The prop was either a keychain or a homemade with tinfoil and cardboard. I haven't seen it since 1993, so my memory is not 100% clear.

[BTB0923]

emmanuelle and the last cannibals
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075984/
stiletto

[BTB0923]

There's a tactical side-opener auto in Enemy of the State...

[BTB0923]

the inglorious bastards 1978
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076584/
super automatic style OTF

[Jeff]

BTB: excellent job with this thread. I know theres many posts many places like this one, but I bet no others have anything near the reference as this.

[fw190pilot]

I'm a somewhat silent member, but enjoy this Form, and all of the non trolls alot.. I hope to show some of my stuff as soon as I figure out how to post pics. Back to movie Switches. I don't think anyone has mentioned one of my favorite shots from "Bad at Black Rock" when one armed Spencer Tracy beats the crap our of Ernie Borgnine , and then pulls from Borgnine's front pocket a 11" or 13" beauty,we would all love to have, and throws onto a pinball machine in front of Robert Ryan. 1955, Great fight, great knife.

[BTB0923]

BTB: excellent job with this thread. I know theres many posts many places like this one, but I bet no others have anything near the reference as this.

Thanks Jeff! I do believe this is probably the most comprehensive "switchblades in the movies" thread out there, thanks to all those making suggestions. Here is an updated list, minus a couple recently suggested ones that I haven't gotten stills for yet. We are up to 226 movies/shows, in chronological order...

Pandora's Box 1929 Unknown leverlock
Fritz Lang's "M" 1931 Henckels leverlock
Freaks 1932 American? swinguard
The Cat and the Canary 1939 prop? side-opener
Never A Dull Moment 1950 American schrade? swinguard
From Here To Eternity 1953 American autos
Stalag 17 1953 Italian-style stiletto
Godzilla (Gojira) 1954 Indian? leverlock
Blackboard Jungle 1955 Italian-style stiletto
Oklahoma 1955 prop kaleidescope side-opener
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Italian-style stilettos
The Ladykillers 1955 kriss-blade stiletto
The Night of the Hunter 1955 Italian-style stiletto
Boy With a Knife 1956 schrade? swinguard
12 Angry Men 1957 Italian-style stiletto
Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 a bunch of Italian-style stilettos
The Delicate Delinquent 1957 Italian-style stilettos
Houseboat 1958 American auto
Peter Gunn (The Frog) 1958 Italian-style stiletto
Black Orpheus 1959 italian-style stiletto
North By Northwest 1959 Italian-style stiletto
Peter Gunn (The Young Assassins) 1959 Italian-style stilettos
The Magnificent Seven 1960 Italian-style stiletto
The Young Savages 1961 Italian-style stilettos
West Side Story 1961 leverlock
Family Jewels 1965 Italian-style stilettos unknown side-openers
Hell's Angels on Wheels 1967 unknown stiletto
Coogan's Bluff 1968 Italian-style stiletto
The Boston Strangler 1968 Italian-style stiletto
Satan's Sadists 1969 flat grind Rizzuto
Take the Money and Run 1969 Italian-style stilettos unknown side-openers
The Cross and the Switchblade 1970 trapdoor dual action otf Italian style stilettos
Big Jake 1971 leverlock
Billy Jack 1971 italian-style stiletto
Dirty Harry 1971 Italian-style stiletto
Four Flies on Grey Velvet 1971 Italian-style stiletto
Lizard in a Woman's Skin 1971 Italian trapdoor otf Colorado Sprint? otf
Straw Dogs 1971 italian-style stiletto unknown otf
The French Connection 1971 Italian-style stilettos
Fritz the Cat 1972 cartoon switchblade
The Man From Deep River 1972 Rizzuto
The Valachi Papers 1972 Italian-style otfs
Live and Let Die 1973 prop otf
Serpico 1973 Italian-style stiletto
Walking Tall 1973 Italian-style stiletto
Chinatown 1974 Rizzuto clone
Dark Star 1974 Rizzuto
Death Wish 1974 leverlock Italian-style stilettos unknown otfs
Kidnapped (A Man and a Boy)(Rabid Dogs) 1974 italian-style stiletto
The Godfather Part 2 1974 unknown side-openers
Profundo Russo (Deep Red) 1975 2 Italian-style stilettos
Strip Nude For Your Killer 1975 Italian-style stiletto
The Eiger Sanction 1975 Italian-style stiletto/Rizzuto clone Nato otf
The Night Train Murders (New House on the Left) 1975 unknown dual action otf
The Switchblade Sisters 1975 Rizzutos
The Pink Panther Strikes Again 1976 unknown side-opener
Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals 1977 italian-style stiletto
Animal House 1978 unknown otf
Force 10 From Navarone 1978 Italian-style stiletto
Magic 1978 unknown dual action otf
The Inglorious Bastards 1978 Super Automatic style otf
Moon Raker 1979 Italian-style stiletto
The Jerk 1979 switchblade comb
The Wanderers 1979 unknown swinguard
The Warriors 1979 nato otf Italian-style stilettos
Beverly Hills Cop 2 1980 Rizzuto clone
Cannibal Holocaust 1980 Rizzuto
Doomed to Die (Eaten Alive: Mangiati Vivi) 1980 large italian-style stiletto
Terror Train 1980 Italian-style stiletto
The Sea Wolves 1980 Concord-style otf Italian-style stiletto
Cannibal Ferox 1981 Super Automatic otf
Eye of the Needle 1981 prop? otf spike
Zoot Suit 1981 Rizzuto Italian-style stiletto
48 Hrs. 1982 unknown side-opener
Class of 1984 1982 Italian-style stilettos
They Call Me Bruce 1982 Rizzuto clone
Things Are Tough All Over 1982 fulcrum release side-opener
Beat It (Michael Jackson) 1983 Rizzuto nato-style otf
Christine 1983 step-bolster Rizzuto
Krull 1983 "Glaive" otf ninja star
Lone Wolf McQuade 1983 nato-style otf
Losin It 1983 Rizzuto
Scarface 1983 nato-style otf
The Outsiders 1983 Rizzuto Rizzuto clone shellpuller leverlock pacific cutlery balisong
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 nato otf
Cloak & Dagger 1984 Rizzuto/cheap Italian-style stiletto
Johnny Dangerously 1984 Rizzuto clone
Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Italian-style stilettos
Romancing the Stone 1984 step-bolster Rizzuto ONYX? otf
Savage Streets 1984 nato-style otf large prop? otf
Shadows of the Night (Pat Benetar) 1984 ONYX? dual action otf
Streets of Fire 1984 balisong Italian-style stiletto
Terminator 1984 cheap french? stilettos
The Toxic Avenger 1984 Rizzuto Italian-style stiletto
American Ninja 1985 philippines balisong
Better Off Dead 1985 switchblade comb
Death Wish 3 1985 unknown clip-point blade stiletto
Fletch 1985 Rizzuto clone
Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood 1985 Italian-style stiletto
Miami Vice (Bought and Paid For) 1985 Italian-style stiletto step-bolster Rizzuto
The Breakfast Club 1985 Rizzuto or Rizzuto clone
The Goonies 1985 Nato otf balisong
Volunteers 1985 step-bolster Rizzuto
Witness 1985 step-bolster Rizzuto
April Fools Day 1986 Rizzuto clone
Armed and Dangerous 1986 prop otf
Blue Velvet 1986 nato-style otf
Crocodile Dundee 1986 Italian-style stiletto
Stand By Me 1986 Rizzuto clone
The Hitcher 1986 Nato otf
The Hitchhiker (Man of Her Dreams) 1986 Italian-style stiletto
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 1987 nato otfs
Adventures in Babysitting 1987 Nato-style otf
Ernest Goes To Camp 1987 leverlock
Girls Girls Girls (Motley Crue) 1987 Rizzuto clone
Hellraiser 1987 Spanish swinguard
Magnum P.I. (Laura) 1987 Rizzuto clone
Robocop 1987 prop otf knuckle-duster
Striker 1987 Italian-style stiletto prop otf knuckleduster
The Untouchables 1987 Italian-style stiletto
Three O'clock High 1987 Rizzuto clone
Coming To America 1988 italian-style stiletto
Frantic 1988 Italian-style stiletto
Hellraiser 2 1988 Spanish swinguard
Short Circuit 2 1988 Italian-style stiletto
The Naked Gun 1988 otf shoe
Troma's War 1988 auto spike otf
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 cartoon Italian-style and swinguard stilettos
Harlem Nights 1989 unknown side-opener
Heathers 1989 Rizzuto
Miami Vice (The Cell Within) 1989 nato-style otf
Sleepaway Camp 3 1989 super automatic otf
The Abyss 1989 Italian-style stiletto
The Hitcher in the Dark (Paura nel buio or Fear in the Dark) 1989 Spanish swinguard
Class of 1999 1990 Rizzuto clones Rizzuto clone/Nato otf
Crybaby 1990 Italian-style stilettos
It 1990 Italian-style stiletto
La Femme Nikita 1990 Italian-style stiletto
Lord of the Flies 1990 unknown side-opener
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (Hellcats) 1990 Rizzuto? side-opener unknown side-opener
The Krays 1990 Italian-style stilettos
Wild at Heart 1990 Italian-style stiletto
Hudson Hawk 1991 prop wrist-blades
Out For Justice 1991 nato otf
Terminator 2 1991 leverlock
The Last Boyscout 1991 leverlock
The Rocketeer 1991 prop side-opener
Madonna "Erotica" 1992 italian-style stiletto
Raising Cain 1992 pull-ball switch
Tales from the Crypt (Maniac at Large) 1992 Italian-style stiletto
Cliffhanger 1993 nato-style otf
Dennis the Menace 1993 Rizzuto clone
Killing Zoe 1993 nato-style otf balisong
Last Action Hero 1993 Italian-style stiletto
Class of 1999 II 1994 Rizzuto clone
Night of the Demons 2 1994 Rizzuto clone
The Mask 1994 Italian-style stiletto
The Professional (Leon) 1994 Italian-style stiletto
The Specialist 1994 nato-style otf
The Stand 1994 prop wristblade
12 Monkeys 1995 cheap unknown stiletto
Casino 1995 Italian-style stiletto
Die Hard With a Vengeance 1995 ONYX? otf
Se7en 1995 stag handled Italian-style stiletto
Showgirls 1995 Italian-style stiletto
Sidste Time (Final Hour) 1995 Italian-style stiletto
The Simpsons "Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 1" 1995 cartoon stiletto
Eraser 1996 Microtech Halo
From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Rizzuto clone
The Phantom 1996 Rizzuto clone
An American Werewolf in Paris 1997 leverlock
Austin Powers International Man of Mystery 1997 nato-style otf
Batman & Robin 1997 prop otf
Con Air 1997 Rizzuto clone
L.A. Confidential 1997 picklock stiletto
Men In Black 1997 microtech halo with prop cover
One Eight Seven 1997 Rizzuto
The Man Who Knew Too Little 1997 Italian-style stiletto prop wristblades
Blade 1998 tactical side-opener
Enemy of the State 1998 tactical side-opener
Gia 1998 Italian-style stiletto
Torrente 1998 Italian-style stiletto balisong
Dude Where's My Car 2000 Italian-style stiletto
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 kriss blade Italian-style stiletto
Reindeer Games 2000 Microtech Halo
Family Guy "The Thin White Line" 2001 cartoon otf
Tomb Raider 2001 made-for-movie dual action otf
Analyze That 2002 Italian-style stiletto
Aqua Teen Hunger Force "Dumber Dolls" 2002 cartoon otf
Deuces Wild 2002 prop? side-opener
Die Another Day 2002 unknown side-opener prop otf
Irreversible 2002 French Bargeon G. David Arbalete? dual action otf
Red Dragon 2002 Italian-style stiletto/swinguard
Spiderman 2002 unknown side-opener
The Transporter 2002 Benchmade? utility side-opener
Belly of the Beast 2003 Italian-style stiletto balisong
In Hell 2003 Italian-style stiletto
Secondhand Lions 2003 3 italian-style stilettos
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Rizzuto clone
Saw 2004 prop wristblade
South Park "Pre-School" 2004 cartoon stiletto
Spartan 2004 Severtch "Spartan"
The Punisher 2004 Benchmade? balisong prop balisong Nato-style otf Rizzuto clone
The Simpsons "The Way We Weren't" 2004 cartoon stiletto
The Whole Ten Yards 2004 Protech Godfather
Sin City 2005 Rizzuto clone
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Hundred Dollar Baby) 2006 unknown side-opener
Running Scared 2006 Italian-style stiletto
The Black Dahlia 2006 italian-style stiletto
The Departed 2006 Italian-style stiletto
The Simpsons "The Mook The Chef The Wife and Her Homer" 2006 cartoon stiletto
August Rush 2007 custon Jeff Harkins triton
Hairspray 2007 Rizzuto clone
Hannibal Rising 2007 Italian-style stiletto philippines balison
I Am Legend 2007 Benchmade? tactical side-opener
Shoot Em Up 2007 French Bargeon? stiletto
The Hitcher (re-make) 2007 custom Jeff Harkins Triton
Eden Lake 2008 nato-style otf
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 Italian-style stiletto
Quantum of Solace 2008 Jeff Harkins Triton otf
Semi-Pro 2008 Nato-style otf
The Dark Knight 2008 Microtech Troodon Cupid clone otf
Family Guy "Three Kings" 2009 cartoon stiletto
Lock and Load (Shotguns) 2009 Microtech Scarab
The Hangover 2009 utility side-opener
The Runaways 2010 italian-style stiletto


I just noticed, all those movies and nothing from the 40's? There's got to be at least one movie from the 40's that has a switchblade in it, right?

Edit:

I tallied up a little more info. Of the ones we've done so far the most prevalent kind of knife is by far the regular Italian-style of stiletto. Here are the top three...

82 movies/shows have a basic Italian-style stiletto (non-swinguard) in them
42 movies/shows have Rizzutos or Rizzuto clones (17 of which are actual Rizzutos)
24 movies/shows have NATO/Super Automatic Dual Action otfs

The rest are all different kinds or unidentified switches.

[BTB0923]

Thanks Jarvis for suggesting this one. I can't tell, but he says it's a Mikov and I trust his judgement. I'm not too familiar with them myself. It's the first Mikov we've seen in a movie I think. Casino Royale...

[larrycentaur]

Wow When you put then all together like that it really does make quite an impressive list

BTB, I'm sure I'm not alone when I thank you for your efforts - truly great job! My hat's off to you.


Have we spoken about TV shows or series made for TV? Is it worth running a parralel thread for the TV equivelent, or should we just incorporate them into this thread? I'm sure there are MANY that we could start naming...



Cheers,

Larry

[whippersnapper]

I watched one today called Lost Angels....1989 movie. It did have a couple of quick shots of what appeared to be stag(?) leverlocks. Just quick glimpses of open knives, so probably not worth searching for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Angels

[wild zebra]

Sure looks like a Mikov

[BTB0923]

I'm a somewhat silent member, but enjoy this Form, and all of the non trolls alot.. I hope to show some of my stuff as soon as I figure out how to post pics. Back to movie Switches. I don't think anyone has mentioned one of my favorite shots from "Bad at Black Rock" when one armed Spencer Tracy beats the crap our of Ernie Borgnine , and then pulls from Borgnine's front pocket a 11" or 13" beauty,we would all love to have, and throws onto a pinball machine in front of Robert Ryan. 1955, Great fight, great knife.

It does look like a nice stiletto...

[exumer2687]

I'm a somewhat silent member, but enjoy this Form, and all of the non trolls alot.. I hope to show some of my stuff as soon as I figure out how to post pics. Back to movie Switches. I don't think anyone has mentioned one of my favorite shots from "Bad at Black Rock" when one armed Spencer Tracy beats the crap our of Ernie Borgnine , and then pulls from Borgnine's front pocket a 11" or 13" beauty,we would all love to have, and throws onto a pinball machine in front of Robert Ryan. 1955, Great fight, great knife.

It does look like a nice stiletto...

Nice lookin knife, looks like a transitional with a swedge and a swivel bolster

[sicboy13]

Ok, not a movie...well, may be from a movie... a guy on another forum years ago had an avatar that was a picture of a 1970's looking pimp in a pimp suit, a black gentleman, holding a what looked like a huge Rizzy open up to a stuffed bunny or bear? I know it's a long shot, but if anyone can dig it up, its you, B!

[natcherly]

Thanks Jarvis for suggesting this one. I can't tell, but he says it's a Mikov and I trust his judgement. I'm not too familiar with them myself. It's the first Mikov we've seen in a movie I think. Casino Royale...

That is indeed a Mikov. I think Dave (our Mikov connection here) identified it as a Jaguar. Here is a picture from his site:



However, the top bolster on the Jag is different than the one in the movie. I suspect it is a regular Mikov with a Damascus blade.