Pipe Sighting at the Movies

[Hillcrest]

The 1989 Episode of Murder She Wrote - Smooth Operators - stars Barney Martin as Lt. Timothy Hanratty a NYPD Homicide Detective with an Irish Brogue and frequently a P-Lip stem sticking out of his lapel pocket ... while at the apartment of the neighbor of the murder victim, having tea, Lt Hanratty pulls out what appears to be a Peterson bent billiard with P-lip stem and silver band - rusticated finish like a Donegal rocky - and lights it with a Peterson lighter in a circular motion. Can't find a still with the pipe. But in the scene you can see imprints on the band as the overhead light reflects on the band.

 

[VDL_Piper]

I have been watching the Godfather trilogy over the course of a week or so and there is only one pipe smoking scene in the whole group and its in the the first movie, can't even recall who the smoking character was either..........thats the alzheimers kicking in.

 

[PaulRVA]

I have been watching the Godfather trilogy over the course of a week or so and there is only one pipe smoking scene in the whole group and its in the the first movie, can't even recall who the smoking character was either..........thats the alzheimers kicking in.

Its airing here in the States as well.
Ill have to keep an eye out for it.
I hope it wasn’t Luca Brasi

 

[VDL_Piper]

Its airing here in the States as well.
Ill have to keep an eye out for it.
I hope it wasn’t Luca Brasi

I wasn't the big fella smoking it that's for sure because "he swims with the fishes" now

 

[VDL_Piper]

Watched an old western this afternoon from 1968 called Once upon a Time in the West and there is pipe smoking scene towards the end and I'm pretty sure the guy is smoking a Peterson 4AB.

 

[grand wazoo]

Everything else fits as well, including the logo.

Pipe smoking and deductive reasoning seem to work hand in hand ! Good job!

 

[Searock Fan]

In the movie EXECUTIVE ACTION I recently noticed that the character of the professor was smoking a pipe. That's not unusual, but what was is the fact that the stem of the pipe shows the typical build up of deposits of a well smoked pipe that is in need of a cleaning... and that is unusual for a movie prop. Out of curiosity I researched some and found this earlier picture of the actor with a pipe. So, in this case the pipe was not just a prop but his actual pipe. p.s. If you haven't seen this flic, you might want to give it a look.

 

[RPK]

Watching She Wore A Yellow Ribbon starting John Wayne. In it he smokes a corn cob pipe, the Major is smoking a briar. A peace pipe is smoked with the Indians ! And at the end the bartender is smoking a clay pipe.

 

[ophiuchus]

Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot:



Not one of his "classics," this film's a lot of fun to watch. Bruce Dern plays a cab driver/actor/amatuer sleuth, the character is, among other things, a sloppy pipe smoker. He has to tap the pipe out during a church service, taps a tombstone for dramatic effect during an inquiry ... but he also seems to pack with a codger scoop without even looking, as if he otherwise knew what he was doing (Dern himself claimed to be a non-smoker).



It was refreshing to watch a character trying to look intelligent and sophisticated with a pipe, and not being entirely successful.

 

[Hidiho]

Liam Neeson in the 2024 movie "In the land of Saints and Sinners"

The pipe makes a few appearances in a few scenes in the movie.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Einstein and the Bomb (Netflix)

Some archival footage of the late Einstein smoking, too.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Currently watching the old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce from the 1940's. Plenty of pipe spotting in these movies.

 

[Lyon0oq]

The Eugene Sledge character in THE PACIFIC was a regular pipe smoker.

 

[Lyon0oq]

DI Fred Thursday was seen often in ENDEAVOR episodes with his pipe.

 

[BriarLinedMeer]

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Liam Neeson in the 2024 movie "In the land of Saints and Sinners"

The pipe makes a few appearances in a few scenes in the movie.

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@DeerparkDays, this you driving to work mate?

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

Why isn't 11 called "onety-one"?

I dunno. Once my mom asked me "If they call wine drinkers winos, why don't they call beer drinkers beeroes?"

 

[carmell269]

Watched “The Dig” this past weekend and I was pleasantly surprised with how well done it was. Definitely one of Ray Fiennes more likable characters. Lots of well shot pipe scenes too.

 

[Uguccione]

there is pipe smoking scene towards the end and I'm pretty sure the guy is smoking a Peterson 4AB.

Hell, I know that movie by heart, frame for frame, but now I can't think of who smoked a pipe

 

[Uguccione]

Kurt Russel smoking a Mastro de Paja which he commissioned

Mastro de Paja – Collezione Elite – Il Boia

L'iconica Pipa dal set di "The Hateful Eight" utilizzata dal personaggio di Kurt Russel "Il Boia". The iconic pipe from the set of 'The Hateful Eight' used by Kurt Russel's character 'The Hangman'.

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Pipe which had a surge in sales after that movie.

 

[grand wazoo]

Just rewatched The Expendables, the first one . Mickey Rourke smoking a churchwarden Dublin during an introspective moment