I just checked TCM for 8:00 PM tomorrow evening EDT. Steve Martin (I believe) drives a 1941 Cadillac 60S in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid."
For a brief moment a 1941 Convertible Couple is in a couple scenes in Oppenheimer.
It happens to look very much like my car.
I happen to see the movie car at Disney's Dapper day expo and they let me sit it in.
Coincidentally the cars for sale.
Oppy really did have a couple of convertible Cadillacs.
I recommend the new book on him.
The man had class and brains.
1970 Cadillac Deville......Many Saints of Newark.....a young Anthony "Tony" Soprano and his father Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano
Abe,
What is Disney's Dapper day expo.
Would you give us the scoop.
Sounds interesting - especially anything Disney.
Have fun,
Steve B.
1941 Series 62 convertible sedan driven by the main character in Bugsy (1991). I heard the car was repainted this color for the film because of better visibility in night time scenes.
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My black 1955 Series 62 sedan had the privilege of appearing in "Oppenheimer" twice, as Robert Downey Jr.'s "character car".
In early 2022 a call went out via the SoCal CLC branch for a 1953 sedan. I was told they couldn't find one (go figure), and the search was expanded to include 1954-55 models.
My black '55 was chosen, and appears twice in the movie. Once at 1:03:18, in black and white, with Downey Jr (as "Strauss") in the back seat; and again at 2:23:51, in color, when Strauss tells Oppenheimer "Take my car, I insist", and Oppenheimer gets in the left rear door. The next scene continues the story, with Oppenheimer riding in the back seat.
My car isn't seen very clearly or for very long, possibly because it's too new a model to be in those scenes. But when Oppenheimer is riding in the back seat, you can look to the left side of the center of the frame, above his shoulder, and see the red glow of the taillamp up above the rear fender – not possible with pre-1954 models. There's not enough visual evidence to prove it's mine, but I do have the canceled checks.
My '55 also appeared in season 2, episode 9 of "The Afterparty" on AppleTV, where it's quite visible.
Both were experiences were a lot of fun, especially when "Oppenheimer" was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture!
Michael Chanslor
CLC member #29849
What other car brand even comes close in movies?
Maybe Porsche?
Quote from: 59-in-pieces on May 04, 2024, 11:50:43 AMAbe,
What is Disney's Dapper day expo.
Would you give us the scoop.
Sounds interesting - especially anything Disney.
Have fun,
Steve B.
Dapper Day is a specific date Fall and Spring at the Disney Parks. Where people dress dapper as in dressing like the old times. Or go Disneybounding. Sort of cosplaying their favorite Disney characters. The Expos was Spring and Fall. But now it's just Spring. At the Expo you can purchase Dapper Clothing and bits. Usually there is live music and dancing and usually they have a fancy car. Most likely a Cadillac.
It's good time. Check dapperday.com for more info
Abe,
How cool was that.
Thanks & have fun,
Steve B.
Lots of Cadillacs in the Dirty Harry series of films and several episodes of Columbo have Cadillacs.
"Undercover Brother." The lead actor, Eddie Griffin, drives a 1970 DeVille Convertible.
There's a cheesy scene in the beginning with some special effects where he does a 360 in the car and doesn't spill a drop of his Big Gulp.
I am sure that many members already know about this, but I think they have done an incredible job of cataloging Cars in Movies at this site:
IMCDB - Cadillacs (https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Cadillac.html)
This makes it incredibly easy to find movies with a specific year or model car - even some pretty obscure titles (or in my case, a pretty obscure vehicle - 1942 Series 67)
Quote from: TMoore - NTCLC on May 13, 2024, 01:20:51 PMI am sure that many members already know about this, but I think they have done an incredible job of cataloging Cars in Movies at this site:
IMCDB - Cadillacs (https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Cadillac.html)
This makes it incredibly easy to find movies with a specific year or model car - even some pretty obscure titles (or in my case, a pretty obscure vehicle - 1942 Series 67)
Cool site, thanks for the link.
Rick
My Cousin Vinny just started on AMC
Watching the movie Matinee with John Goodman.
Seeing the 59 convertible he drives into town in. They actually do a crash scene with this car. I dont know if they crashed the real car. But since this was 93 they may have sacrificed it.
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But he replaces it with a 61 Eldorado.
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I have been watching some early 80's TV shows like the A-Team. Seems like just about every episode that takes place in the USA at least the bad guys have some sort of Cadillac limo that gets destroyed somehow by the end of the episode. Most of them look to be in the 75-80 range which makes sense since those would be old and common enough that they could buy them cheap enough to just wreck em.
I suppose in some ways its the same thing now, lots of the bad guys drive Escalades so Cadillac is still a player? If it wasn't for the Escalade would most people even have heard of the brand?
The opening of the Paul Newman movie, "Sweet Bird of Youth" features a 1961 Cadillac convertible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62U08G2XYG8
Supposedly a line producer has eyes on the girls for a horror film? 50 and the 59 are in line for film time come Q3 2025.
In the old CLC Mid-Century Cadillac chapter Forum, we had an ongoing thread on Cadillacs in the movies. Myself and Phil Whyte were significant contributors. Even moderator and adminstrator Lou Commisso would occasionally get involved. Good old days. Wish it were possible to move that information here. But we still have that Cadillac movie data base on the net. Clay/Lexi
Quote from: Lexi on February 22, 2025, 11:39:25 AMIn the old CLC Mid-Century Cadillac chapter Forum, we had an ongoing thread on Cadillacs in the movies. Myself and Phil Whyte were significant contributors. Even moderator and adminstrator Lou Commisso would occasionally get involved. Good old days. Wish it were possible to move that information here. But we still have that Cadillac movie data base on the net. Clay/Lexi
Yes a great forum and sorely missed Clay. I need to start noting the films again. I've actually had time to watch some lately. Time to get my notepad out. Phil
Quote from: PHIL WHYTE CLC 14192 on February 23, 2025, 03:47:07 AMYes a great forum and sorely missed Clay. I need to start noting the films again. I've actually had time to watch some lately. Time to get my notepad out. Phil
Yeah, I guess we could kick start it here. Thank goodness Barry started a car-movie thread so at least we got somewhere to go and chat on this topic. But for us it is a little daunting, as it is like starting all over again. Clay/Lexi
Quote from: Lexi on February 23, 2025, 03:53:48 PMYeah, I guess we could kick start it here. Thank goodness Barry started a car-movie thread so at least we got somewhere to go and chat on this topic. But for us it is a little daunting, as it is like starting all over again. Clay/Lexi
Yes, my memory isn't what it was! I saw a great film noir about a gold robbery and to get the gold out of the city they melt it down and mould bumpers etc for a couple of 53 Cadillacs and chrome the gold. For the life of me I can't remember the name of it! Phil
Quote from: Lexi on February 23, 2025, 03:53:48 PMYeah, I guess we could kick start it here. Thank goodness Barry started a car-movie thread so at least we got somewhere to go and chat on this topic. But for us it is a little daunting, as it is like starting all over again. Clay/Lexi
Here is that film, Plunder Road, enjoy, it's a good one and features the most valuable Cadillac brightwork.....https://youtu.be/rlMUsDIqzD8?si=EWx4U_0e6z3cCiDH
Hello every one , I just thought I would share my experience in movie with my car.The year 1990 a production company BBC call me to ask if I would lend my 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special to them for a upcoming movie that they were filming in souther Alberta, Canada. I agreed. The movie is call , The Reflecting Skin ,. I purchased the car in 1980 with 48K miles on it and today it has about 71K. I still have it. Here are some pictures.
Never heard of that movie. Must check it out, especially as some called it a psychological horror film. This European DVD case appears to picture your beautiful car in the background. Clay/Lexi
Quote from: Lexi on February 25, 2025, 10:31:17 PMNever heard of that movie. Must check it out, especially as some called it a psychological horror film. This European DVD case appears to picture your beautiful car in the background. Clay/Lexi
Clay did you see my reply to you above about Plunder Road. This film features Cadillacs as a central part of the film.
My 1957 Series 75 used extensively in the Paul Newman movie BLAZE. Tom CLC#6866
Quote from: PHIL WHYTE CLC 14192 on February 26, 2025, 02:15:33 AMClay did you see my reply to you above about Plunder Road. This film features Cadillacs as a central part of the film.
Hey Phil, yes I did. When I clicked on your link all I got was a white screen. Perhaps problems with that link at that time? Will try it again. Sounds iteresting and that film I am not aware of. Clay/Lexi
I still like the Harold and Maude 59 hearse scene.
Quote from: Lexi on February 26, 2025, 09:49:04 AMHey Phil, yes I did. When I clicked on your link all I got was a white screen. Perhaps problems with that link at that time? Will try it again. Sounds iteresting and that film I am not aware of. Clay/Lexi
Hopefully this will work...
https://youtu.be/iTJi72_AG3s?si=4voPDsssbfyngblz
That link worked. Thanks. Elisha Cook in one of the opening scenes. Bonus. Great character actor. Thank you Phil. Clay/Lexi
Return of the Living Dead
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That was a good zombie film, ("Brains" remember the chant?), though I felt sorry for the car. I think there was even a scene where the Caddy was out in the pouring rain with the top down. Clay/Lexi
In the sequel. Return of the Living Dead Part II, another 1959 Cadillac was used. This time it looks like a 1959 Fleetwood Sixty Special. Clay/Lexi
Hats off to the posts about the Living Dead movies. Always loved them because of the 59/60 cads.
There is a movie that I can never remember the name to.
A family moves into an old mansion/ funeral home that was owned by a magician/ actor of the past. The house had been filled with squatter punks.
The magicians ghost and (girlfriend?) Possess people and sometimes help sometimes hurt the family. The brother and sister get a 1961 hearse going and have a chase sequence with the punks.
I remember the movie just for the car. I cannot remember the actual movie name.
But there is another 1961 hearse in the movie Monster Squad.
Despite being a huge horror movie fan, I am not sure what film that would be. Yes, Monster Squad did have a skeg in it, but I am drawing a blank for this other one. The first Phantasm film featured a good Hearse chase, but as I recall that was not a skeg and involved a funeral home, and not a mansion with squatters. Perhaps one of the other Phantasm films would fit the bill? Can't recall. Any idea when you first saw this movie? Might help if we had a time frame and a cut off date in which to scour our "brainssss" for an answer to your question. Could it have been a TV show episode and not a movie? Clay/Lexi
And I assume that it was a horror movie that featured this '61 Hearse? If not horror, my mind's macabre movie data bank will exponentially fail to find a match. Clay/Lexi
Found it. It is the movie Twice Dead.
Not a great movie. But I like bad movies.
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There is also a 61 series 75 that is rearended by the ghost of Christmas past in the movie Scrooged.
Never seen that one. There are so many horror flicks out there, tons of them under my radar, especially low budget films. Everytime I go to the specialty video store I am shocked as to how many are there that I am unfamiliar with. Best Cadillac Hearse chase scene in a movie that I can think of is Arnie when he is driving the Hearse while trying to evade the Terminatrix, in Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines. Best part was when he busted through the mausoleum's stained glass window while carrying a bronze coffin on his shoulder with a mini-gun. Then he loaded up the Cadillac Hearse to make his escape from the authorities and later the Terminatrix. Clay/Lexi
Then there is the crazy Randy Quaid in the movie Black Cadillac.
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That was actually quite good. The titular villain was a 1957 Cadillac Series 75. Clay/Lexi
My 1956 Series 75 Limousine, along with my buddies 1957 Series 75 Limo, as well as an unidentified early '50s Hearse made it into Hollywoodland, which starred Adrien Brody and Ben Affleck. This scene was shot at the Necropolis, an ancient cemetery in Toronto. The cemetery scene was a little reminescent of that from the Godfather. Lots of Cadillac, as well as other vintage classic-car eye-candy, in this period piece. Clay/Lexi
1988 movie Purple People Eater.
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I recently watched the movie "Thief" starring James Caan. He drives what I think is a 1980 El Dorado throughout the movie, but there were dozens and dozens of land yachts throughout the move including many Cadillacs.
I enjoy reruns of Adam 12 and Emergency!; lots of roadway eye-candy.
"Junior Bonner" with Steve McQueen, Ida Lupino, Robert Preston, Ben Johnson. One of Sam Peckenpaws' best although hard to place as "The Wild Bunch" "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia," "THe Getaway", are all so good it's hard to place "Junior Bonner". IMO second after "The Wild Bunch."
tony
1987 Ghost Chase. Also called Hollywood Monster.
I dont watch classics only the obscure.
The cover art shows a convertible. But they actually drive around in a 59 Hearse.
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Footsteps In The Night 1957 movie. Mainly Ford products but features an early 50s (pre 54) Cadillac custom woody wagon.
https://youtu.be/I8K_hbIXNA8?si=biITysv15fHMbeYl
The movie Spy Game with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. In one scene they are supposed to be running through a firefight in Beirut I think. And they hide behind a burnt out 1960 Cadillac Sedan.
I've meant to mention this for some time, but a very, very, VERY rare 1942 Series 62 fast back coupe was in the first few minutes of the Joan Crawford movie, "Mildred Pierce." It was Dark Grey over Light Grey. Not something you'd see going down the street every day even in 1942.
And I managed to catch the '41 60S in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" the other evening on TCM.
And speaking of that, being a former "700 Fussy Tailor," live men shouldn't either, unless it's quite muted.
My all-time favorite movie scene, which also show cases a Cadillac Hearse. From Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, with Ahhhh...nold. Great Hearse scenes with plenty of destructive action. The so-called "Cemetery scene". Clay/Lexi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT6ffvEBOA4
Speaking of 1941 60 Specials, there is a great appearance of one in the first scene of "The Killers" when the two hit men show up in town to take out Burt Lancaster. An all-time great picture.
Quote from: Alan Harris CLC#1513 on June 05, 2025, 11:37:12 PMSpeaking of 1941 60 Specials, there is a great appearance of one in the first scene of "The Killers" when the two hit men show up in town to take out Burt Lancaster. An all-time great picture.
Burt's first film I believe? Yes a great picture!
The Whole Truth 1958 release, features a 56 Eldorado from around halfway through the film.
https://youtu.be/DZ-TmAlUuhs?si=EdrFAqwhllJbbsq8
Another film that was new to me. Nice Eldo scene. Thanks for posting Phil. Clay/Lexi
Quote from: Lexi on June 26, 2025, 10:30:26 AMAnother film that was new to me. Nice Eldo scene. Thanks for posting Phil. Clay/Lexi
It's featured a few times from that point on, beautiful 56 Eldorado Biarritz, but it sounds like a bag of spanners (wrenches) being rattled around🤣