Thread: The Straight Razor in Film

Saw this on Sons of Anarchy last night. Pretty good biker show on FX:

I seem to remember seeing Brando having a straight shave in 'On The Waterfront' (I think!) - watched a film the other night, 'Chinatown' with Jack Nicholson. There's a scene where he and another guy (who he later has a row with) are in a barbershop having a straight shave. Looked quite accurate - the lather was a bit too 'meringue' but the strops were hung from the chair backs (I've seen that many times) and the blade angles looked pretty correct too.

In the Croatian TV series "Velo misto" every episode has min. 5-10 minute scene in the old style barbershop, where mens getting in to shave, chat, or just collaborate against Nazi's :-)
It's very funny, but sadly it can't be translated - you must know that language to understand it.

"Velo misto" (1980)
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Saw Breaker Morant last night. Good movie. Also has a scene where one of the men is having a straight shave.

The Living Daylights starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond surprised me tonight when I watched it and saw that at 1:29:29 one of Bonds allies is being given a straight razor shave. Funny. I hadnt noticed it before and its right there in your face!

Originally Posted by LilithParker

There have been a few times when I've been channel-surfing and caught someone using a straight. It's usually been westerns, though, which I'm not terribly fond of, so as soon as the shaving was finished, I moved on. My love for the TV series M*A*S*H grew a few weeks ago when I saw an episode in which Col. Potter shaved himself with a straight. (I think it's "Mail Call Again" in season 4.)

It's so frustrating to see someone lathered up, razor in hand, and then... they get interrupted and don't actually shave. *sigh*

I seem to remember a 1st season episode of MASH where everything in the 4077 grinds to a halt over a ceasefire, and Col. Henry Blake prepares to go home by shaving with a straight.

white squall shows the shadow of a razor in the middle of it.

In Heaven Knows Mr. Alllison, Robert Mitchum shaves with a straight razor while he and Debroah Kerr are hiding out from the Japanese on a remote pacific island in WWII.

A straight razor is used as a weapon by Leatherface's brother in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The movie October Sky has a very short barber clip in the beginning.
October Sky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amon Goethe (deathcamp commendant) and Oskar Schindler shaves in the movie Schindlers List.
Schindler's List - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If I remember correctly the blade angles was kind of off...