In the 1976 movie Marathon Man the British actor sir Laurence Olivier plays Nazi dentist Christian Szell, and his weapon of choice is a wrist mounted automatic blade:
The actual prop blades used in the film:
Knives in movies
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Cool, thanks for showing.
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in the 1981 movie "Eye of the Needle" actor Donald Sutherland plays the German spy (code named "Nadel") who regularly uses a rather large spike-like stiletto on his victims.
It seems that such stilletto's really existed and were made by the Italian manufacturer Due Buoi, and that they were carried & used by agents of both Italian and German intelligence services during World War 2.
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In the classic 1972 movie Jeremiah Johnson the main character was played by American actor Robert Redford.
Besides his .50 caliber Hawken rifle he also carried & used a Western Bowie knife.
Below is an actual prop knife used in the movie "Jeremiah Johnson" by Robert Redford.
The knife features a 14 3/4" overall length plus leather sheath & is made from painted rubber which was aged by the studio for the production.
A while ago i made my own version of the Jeremiah Johnson sheath to go with my 1964 Western Bowie:
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