Thread: Straight Razors in Movies

micheal madsen in reservoir dogs cutting the cops ear off and what looks to be a Max Sprechter razor in the expendables

I have been watching a lot of old westerns, the Rifleman, Wanted Dead or Alive, Rawhide, Wagon Train, etc. Lots of scenes with straights. Always catches my attention when they come on.

In the uncut version of "Das Boot", at 1.10:00, the 1st Watch Officer is seen to be taking care and paying close attention to his DE whilst shaving... whilst his crewmates are wanting to use the very same (and sole useable) bathroom on the submarine.

The book The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham.

I've read that book and seen the movie. No actual razors, just a metaphor.

Originally Posted by Chugach68

I have been watching a lot of old westerns, the Rifleman, Wanted Dead or Alive, Rawhide, Wagon Train, etc. Lots of scenes with straights. Always catches my attention when they come on.

The 1960's "Wild Wild West" is filled with terrible straight razor scenes. Robert Conrad must have liked the whole process...but technique was brutal.

I'll post some pics later tonight...

SWMBO and I have been watching our way through the series "Fringe". In season 3, ep. 7, it starts out with a character dubbed "The Candyman" who is shaving with a straight (though I can't remember if it was just his head or head and face).

Star Trek: Insurrection. Counselor Troi is giving Riker a straight razor shave in a bubble bath.

Lawless. Well, the two scenes where the straight razor is shown, no one is actually shaving with it.

Casualties of War. Sean Penn is straight razor shaving in his tent.

Originally Posted by crouton976

SWMBO and I have been watching our way through the series "Fringe". In season 3, ep. 7, it starts out with a character dubbed "The Candyman" who is shaving with a straight (though I can't remember if it was just his head or head and face).

We have run out of fringe, it has been good so far, usually we pick series that only run for one or two series.

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

Spellbound (1945). Terrific Hitchcock movie. An hour and 8 minutes in, Gregory Peck nearly commits murder with it, but the psychiatrist spikes his milk with bromide and it puts him to sleep.

Referencing my post #168, after seeing the movie on YouTube I bought the DVD and it came in today. Look at the main menu picture and the icon that denotes the selection: