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"Watching this mammoth slapstick World War II farce is like being stuck in a pinball machine for two hours." "World War II, Animal House Style," (12/14/79) "Michael Srigow, L.A. Herald Examiner, reviews the movie, "1941" |
"Next girl that takes me on is going to light up
like a pinball machine and pay off in silver dollars........!" Jack Nicholson, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." |
MOVIE |
PINBALL MACHINE |
SCENE |
Friday The 13th, part 2 |
KISS, Bally, 1978 Pokerino, Williams, 1978 |
About 50 minutes into movie, bar scene, behind drunk teen camp counselors, There is also a Galaxian vid across from the pins in the background. |
The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973) |
Aquarius, Gottlieb, 1970 2001, Gottlieb, 1971 Target Pool, Gottlieb, 1969 Grand Slam, Gottlieb, 1972 Skipper, Gottlieb, 1969 Hi-Score Pool, Chicago Coin, 1971 Expressway, Bally, 1970 Action Baseball, Williams, 1971 |
43 minutes, 37 seconds into movie. bowling alley/pool hall scene. |
Fright Night (1985) |
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2 minutes, 48 seconds into movie, panchiko on floor in bedroom. |
Fright Night, Part 2 (1988) |
Space Shuttle, Williams, 1984 ? |
bowling alley scenes, starting at 25 minutes, 3 seconds into movie. There is one, possibly two Williams solid state pins. Part of Space Shuttle's cabinet art is covered. |
Fright Night (2011) |
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29 minutes, 49 seconds into movie, panchiko on floor in bedroom. |
Kingman (originally Monday Night Football, Data East, 1989) |
Apt. scenes starting 2 minutes into the movie. This is a Monday Night Football pin with the artwork altered. See screen shots HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. | |
Gaucho, Gottlieb, 1963 |
cocktail party scene in game room, 7 minutes, 33 seconds into movie. The machine has been rethemed into "Turnpike Pinball." The playfield layout is the same, but painted. The back box is completely different, non-wedge head. | |
Gator (1976) |
Pot 'O' Gold, Williams, 1965 Playtime, Chicago Coin, 1968 Target Gallery, Midway, 1962 |
first two pins in bar scene, 25 minutes, 30 seconds into movie. Third pin in another bar scene. |
Brite Spot, Stoner, 1940 |
Allen Jenkins gives a rare demonstration of the body English that can be employed in playing the games. He ends up by setting a record for high score. (source, Billboard Magazine, Feb. 7, 1942, page 80) | |
The General |
Whitewater, Williams, 1993 The Addams Family, Bally, 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation, Williams, 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula, Williams, 1993 Twilight Zone, Bally, 1993 |
robs an arcade about 20 mins. into the movie. There are 5-6 pins on both left and right sides of the screen. Also some video and reel games. |
George and Mildred |
Big Brave, Gottlieb, 1974 |
George and Mildred celebrate their wedding anniversary by visiting an old restaurant they visited years before. When they get there it has become a transport caf�taken over by Hell's Angels bikers. In this scene two bikers play the pin in the background. . |
Get Him To The Greek |
? |
35 seconds into the preview for this movie, part of the front and right side of the cabinet of a pin is visible, painted white with a red triangle shape. A manual ball plunger is visible, and the coin return is on the bottom left of the coin door. Possibly a Williams "Heat Wave" pin or something repainted. (thanks Barney from "rec.games.pinball") . |
Ghostbusters |
Star Gazer, Stern, 1980 |
29 minutes into movie, firehouse scene. |
Ghostbusters II (1989) |
? |
40 minutes, 43 seconds into movie, firehouse scene, side of cabinet visible. |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) |
Fireball (home version) , Bally, 1976 |
13 minutes, 24 seconds, "Spinners" diner. |
Ghost Rider |
Evil Knievel, Bally, 1977 |
Johnny Blaze's apartment, fight scene (filmed in Melbourne, Australia) (thanks Scott Fitz) |
Centaur, Bally, 1981 Diner, Williams, 1990 |
Pub scene, about 1.5 hours into the movie. (thanks Brighton Ive and Michel Rorive) | |
Time Zone, Bally, 1973 Hot Line, Williams, 1966 |
Pins are seen against the wall when the Rock ("Roadblock") takes 3 surviving Joes to his hometown gym. | |
The Girl From Outer Space 2 |
Bad Cats, Williams, 1989 Funhouse, Williams, 1990 |
Jungle house scene |
The Girl In Lover's Lane |
? |
Pin played by Brett Halsey, with right side of the cabinet seen clearly for a long time. |
Godspell |
Dragonette, Gottlieb, 1954 |
Junk yard scenes, DVD scene 4, 14 min. into movie and scene 13, 1 hr. 20 min. into movie. |
The Golden Apples Of Hesperides |
Eight Ball, Bally, 1977 |
In a bar very early in the film. |
Goodfellas |
Capt. Fantastic, Bally, 1975 Astro, Gottlieb, 1971 Nitro Ground Shaker, Bally, 1978 |
bar and warehouse scenes. |
Gorp (1980) |
Gaucho, Gottlieb, 1963 |
13 minutes, 46 seconds, "Canteen" camp building. |
Xenon, Bally, 1980 |
town diner scenes. electromechanical sounds heard. | |
Grease 2 |
?? |
Bowling alley scene, a couple pinball machines the T-Birds are playing. |
Jamboree, Exhibit, 1948 |
16 minutes, 32 seconds into movie. | |
Baby Pac-Man, Bally, 1982 Eight Ball Deluxe, Bally, (not sure which version of this game in this movie?) Laser Ball, Williams, 1979 |
the bar scene where the two brothers are playing pool, behind them as the older brother gooses the girl w/ his pool cue. | |
Double Header Bally, 1956 ? |
diner scene. other bingo is partially hidden. | |
High Speed, Williams, 1986 |
approximately 10 minutes, 30 seconds into movie. | |
Black Knight, Williams, 1980 Hyperball, Williams, 1981 |
the restaurant scene half way through the movie. | |
Party Zone, Williams, 1980 Diner, Williams, 1981 |
three pins in the bar scene, about 1 hr. 21 minutes into the movie. third pin is mostly blocked by a Budweiser lamp and a jacket. | |
Hajyt (The Baddies) |
Corvette, Bally, 1994 |
cult movie made in Finland. Local pub "Puukkohovi" (the Jackknife House) scene. |
Halloween (2018) |
Back To The Future, Data East, 1990 |
convenience store, approx. 30 minutes into movie. |
Happy, Texas |
High Speed, Williams, 1986 |
DVD, scene 17, 47 minutes into movie, bar scene, burglar and sheriff walk into bar. Pin can be seen in the corner behind them. |
Hard Times |
Majors - 1941, Chicago Coin, 1941 |
37 min. into movie, bar scene. Bronson shoots jukebox, but not the pin. |
The Hard Way |
Pool Sharks, Bally, 1990 Hollywood Heat, Gottlieb, 1986 Party Animal, Bally, 1987 Radical, Bally, 1990 Dungeons & Dragons, Bally, 1987 |
beginning of movie, Fox beach front home. |
The Harder They Come (1972) |
Palm Springs, Bally, 1953 |
11 minutes into movie. screen shot HERE. |
Harold And Maude |
? |
Near the end of the movie there is a fairground arcade scene with several woodrail pins. |
Harper (1966) |
Cross Country, Bally, 1963 Go-Cart, Keeney, 1963 |
bar scene, 1 hour, 3 minutes into movie. screen shot HERE. |
Ding Dong, Williams, 1968 |
1 hour, 15 minutes, 55 seconds into movie. garage scene. | |
Haunted (1977) |
Time Zone, Bally, 1973 |
41 minutes, 39 seconds into movie. |
Havana |
Coquette, Gottlieb, 1962 Old Chicago, Bally, 1976 |
film is set in 1958, but Coquette was made in 1962 and Old Chicago in 1976. |
Hearts In Atlantis (2001) |
Sing Along, Gottlieb, 1967 |
bar scene, barely visible in background, 59 minutes, 59 seconds into movie. |
Heavy Traffic |
Foto-Finish, Gottlieb, 1961 |
arcade scene near the end of the movie, "Foto-Finish" gets destroyed. (thanks Tiedyemo and Pintrepid) |
Future Spa, Bally, 1979 |
bar scene, 1 hr., 47 seconds into movie. | |
High Ballin' (1978) |
?? |
19 minutes, 45 seconds into movie, bar scene. Two electromechanical pins beside bar and a jukebox seen just before that. (thanks Cary Wilson) |
Higher And Higher |
Shangri-La, Williams, 1967 |
bar scene. Lobby card pic HERE. (thanks Dennis Dodel) |
Hitch-Hike (1977) |
Astro, Gottlieb, 1971 |
"Way Station Cafe," about 1 hour, 30 minutes into movie (Joe G.) |
The Hitman's Bodyguard |
? |
bar fight scene, just before end credits, possibly Williams' 70's single player electromechanical pin with fake side art, next to Seeburg USC2 Bandshell Firestar jukebox. |
Home Alone |
Full House, Williams, 1966 |
basement scenes, pin to the left of the furnace. 20 minutes, 39 seconds, first sighting. 54 minutes, 16 seconds, second sighting. (cabinet shot only, so this could either be "Full House" or "Top Hand.") Screen shot HERE. |
Time 2000, Atari, 1977 Space Riders, Atari, 1978 |
Outdoor bar scene, behind Burt Renyolds off in a corner, near end of movie before Hooper tests flying stunt car. | |
Horns(2013) |
Galaxy ,Stern, 1980 Grand Slam , Bally, 1983 Big Game ,Stern, 1980 Silverball Mania ,Bally, 1980 |
"Galaxy" in wood shed, three other pins in bar scenes. Screen shots and sighting times HERE. (thanks Adam T. and Evan Bingham.) |
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Gottlieb, 1978 |
kid is playing pinball machine in "pawn shop" fencing operation that the undercover cops are running. (thanks Kurt Herman) | |
House Of Games (1987) |
Panthera, Gottlieb, 1980 Meteor, Stern, 1979 Hot Hand, Stern, 1979 |
scenes in two different bars, first pin in first bar scene is 11 minutes, 12 seconds into the movie, other two pins in second bar scene at 40 minutes, 49 seconds. |
The Hunter (1980) |
Toledo, Williams, 1975 Royal Flush, Gottlieb, 1976 Strange World, Gottlieb, 1978 |
bar scene, starting at 3 minutes, 4 seconds. First two pins seen, then third one in back room being repaired at 3 minutes, 42 seconds. |
The Hustler |
Short Stop Deluxe, Williams, 1958 |
All you could really see clearly is the right
side of the machine and it had bowling pins painted on the side in a
single row all leaning towards the back of the machine at about a 45
degree angle. (thanks Steve G. for jotting my memory on that one).
Williams Short Stop Deluxe visible in train station scene, diner area (thanks Derek Moore and Bruce "Musicwow") |
Ice Age: Continental Drift |
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2 minutes, 18 seconds into movie, em pin sounds as squirrel bounces around inside the earth's core. Screen shots HERE. |
Iceman |
Mata Hari, Bally, 1978 The Amazing Spider-Man, Gottlieb, 1980
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two bar scenes. 3-4 pins are seen. One scene is 1 hr., 10 minutes into movie. When Amazing Spider Man is being played, you can hear the game's specific sounds clearly in the background. (thanks Cody Chunn) |
Idiocracy (2006) |
?
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approx. 40 minutes into movie, White House scene, part of possible Williams' solid state pin with possible fake backglass and repainted cabinet. Screen shot HERE. (thanks Tony Dormanesh and Klaus Schneyder) |
In Cold Blood (1967) |
Hot Line, Williams, 1966 Alpine Club, Williams, 1965
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Opening of the film, four, possibly five pins barely visible in either bus station or airport. Screen shots HERE (thanks Albert Cuellar). |
Insidious: Chapter 2 |
Little Chief, Williams, 1975
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38 minutes, 22 seconds into movie, corner of backglass briefly visible. Screen shot HERE.(thanks Zac Mussatt) Also, Insidious: Chapter 3, approx. 4 minutes into movie, psychic's house, a jukebox can be seen in the background. |
Insidious 4 : The Last Key (2018) |
Funhouse, Williams, 1990
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playfield briefly visible near end of movie trailer. Screen shot HERE.(thanks Mannofnope). |
I Ragazzi Del Massacro (Naked Violence) |
Moulin Rouge?, 1965, Williams and ? |
bar scene about 47 minutes into movie and about 73 minutes into movie, possibly Moulin Rouge in another bar scene (thanks Sampo S.) |
Irma la Douce (1963) |
Queen Of Diamonds, Williams, 1959 |
bar fight scene, 36 minutes into movie. jukebox also visible at 11 minutes into movie. Screen shots HERE. |
Jack Frost |
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1 hour, 9 minutes, 53 seconds into movie, stick moves, puck hits snowman, EM chimes are heard, snowman is covered in holes. |
Jay And Silent Bob Reboot (2019) |
The Amazing Spider-Man, Gottlieb, 1980 |
9 minutes, 53 seconds into movie, comic book shop. |
J.D.'s Revenge (1976) |
Quick Draw, Gottlieb, 1975 |
24 mins into movie, bar scene. |
Jengi (The Gang) |
Fashion Show, Gottlieb, 1962 |
40 mins into the movie in a bar scene. Also a jukebox, most likely a Seeburg KD-200. (thanks Sampo S.) |
Jennifer's Body |
Fire!, Williams, 1987 The Getaway: High Speed II, Williams, 1992 |
bar scene, approx. 10 minutes into movie. (thanks Matt C.) |
Jurassic Park 3 | Pinbot,
Williams, 1986
?Fireball Classic, Bally, 1985 |
13 min. into movie, scientist is in the country-style restaurant together with the man who hires him for expedition. |
Just My Luck (2006) | Dipsy Doodle, Williams, 1970 |
apartment scene, 1 hour, 14 minutes, 49 seconds into movie. |
Karate Cop (1991) | Space Shuttle, Williams, 1984 |
bar scene, 41 minutes, 30 seconds into movie. Screen shots HERE. |
Karate Kid (1984) | Flight 2000, Stern, 1980 Firepower II, Williams, 1983 Rolling Stones, Bally, 1980 |
mini golf arcade scenes, 1 hour, 3 minutes, 23 seconds into movie, "Flight 2000." At 1 hour, 4 minutes, 8 seconds, "Firepower II," and at 1 hour, 42 minutes, 21 seconds "Rolling Stones" is visible. |
Kick-Ass 2 | Theatre Of Magic, Bally, 1995 Monster Bash, Williams, 1998 Circus Voltaire, Bally, 1997 Black Rose, Bally, 1992 |
bad guy's hideout scenes, starting at 1 hour, 13 minutes, 14 seconds into movie. |
Kid | Captain Fantastic, Bally, 1976 |
pin gets destroyed in a barroom fight. Screen shot HERE.(thanks Dennis Dodel who actually supplied the two pins for this film, one working and one dummy parts game) |
Killer Joe | The Getaway: High Speed II, Williams, 1992 |
pin seen in trailer, not sure what scene or if it can be seen in the movie itself. |
King Of Kong |
Monopoly, Stern, 2001 Whitewater, Williams, 1993 Space Shuttle, Williams, 1984 |
Several pins and vids throughout Funspot Arcade, located in Laconia, New Hampshire. |
Kingpin |
Wizard, Bally, 1975 Ro Go, Bally, 1974 Nip-It, Bally, 1973 ? ? ? Eight Ball Deluxe Limited Edition, Bally, 1982 F-14 Tomcat, Williams, 1987 |
bowling alley scenes, 2 minutes, 36 seconds, first 3 pins, parts of backglasses. 9 minutes, 17 seconds, possible late 40's woodrail and baseball themed pitch and bat. 38 minutes, 18 seconds, possible dot matrix era pin in the background. 46 minutes, 34 seconds, 7th pin, home bowling alley. 54 minutes, 24 seconds, bowling alley, last pin. |
King Ralph (1991) |
Kings Of Steel, Bally, 1984 |
This and other pins in this movie. |
The Kissing Booth (2018) |
Gilligan's Island, Bally, 1991 Creature From The Black Lagoon, Bally, 1992 Rocky And Bullwinkle, Data East, 1993 Street Fighter II, Gottlieb, 1993 Corvette, Bally, 1994 |
Playland Arcade scenes, starting at 1 minute into movie. At 1 minute, 42 seconds, "Corvette" shows up in place of "Rocky And Bullwinkle." |
The Klansman |
? |
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Knocked Up |
Capt. Fantastic, Bally, 1976 |
Apt. scene, 40 minutes into movie. See the screen shot HERE. |
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last ten minutes of movie there's a fight scene that shows people like a ball in pop bumpers with the sounds to boot. | |
La Balance |
? |
arcade scene w/ at least 10 pins |
L'Alpagueur (Hunter Will Get You) (1976) |
Fast Draw, Gottlieb, 1975 Star Pool, Williams, 1974 Little Chief, Williams, 1975 Super Soccer, Gottlieb, 1975 Pat Hand, Williams, 1975 "300", Gottlieb, 1975 Quick Draw, Gottlieb, 1975 Astro, Gottlieb, 1971 |
arcade scene, 10 minutes, 48 seconds into movie. |
Last American Virgin |
Stars, Stern, 1978 |
Approx. 1 hr., 5 minutes into movie. |
The Last Dragon |
Tri-Zone, Williams, 1979 |
DVD, scene 17, 48 min. into movie, Shogun and friends bust up Daddy Green's Pizza. (thanks Ron D.) |
Late Night Shopping (British) |
KISS, Bally, 1979 Jack*Bot, Williams, 1995 |
They are in the background many times in the night cafe the characters spend their time in with the best shot about 20 mins into the movie. Also vid game Invaders and a couple of Barcrest reel games and a pool table. |
La Vida Alegre (The Happy Life) |
Odin, Peyper, 1985 |
Pin appears in an "ambient" pub/discoteque at night, and even one of the main characters, Guillermo Montesinos, told to Antonio Resines (another actor in the movie): "�echamos unas partiditas?" ("Fancy a game?") |
Le Placard (The Closet) |
Attack From Mars, Bally, 1995 |
bar scene, about 10 minutes into movie. |
Les Flics |
Striker, Gottlieb, 1982 Ready...Aim...Fire, Gottlieb, 1983 |
Police visit a distributor's premises where some Gottlieb System 80 pins are visible. |
Les Clan des Siciliens (Sicilian Clan) |
Gaucho, Gottlieb, 1964 World Fair, Gottlieb, 1964 Happy Clown, Gottlieb, 1964 |
Throughout the movie, many scenes inside an operator's warehouse. All pins appear Gottliebs with their very distinctive early type GTB coin door. Also a few puck games and other stuff. A GTB Gaucho is in the very center of the final scene. Also a World Fair and Happy Clown in the background of some shots. Probably Flying Chariots and Swing Along, too, with many others not positively identified.(thanks Sampo) |
? Counterforce, Gottlieb, 1980 Rolling Stones, Bally, 1980 |
near the end, Clavier is calling Reno on the phone, he's in a bowling place, and three pins are visible. The first is a Gottlieb pin, exact title unknown. (thanks Michel Rorive) | |
Let's Rock (1958) |
?? |
two woodrails, jukebox, and pool table in apartment scene, starting at 7 minutes, 25 seconds into movie. Watch for the Bally game that is the back-cover ad in Cash Box during this scene. Two other scenes with the pins at 44 minutes, and 1 hour, 5 minutes, 38 seconds. |
A Life Less Ordinary (1997) |
Double Action, Gottlieb, 1958 |
23 minutes, 17 seconds into movie, mover's storage building, head is stacked on top of cabinet. |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
Zissou (rethemed Gottlieb wedgehead pin) |
Pin in a few scenes on the ship, most visible at 39 minutes, 20 seconds into movie. |
Lonely Are The Brave |
The Thing, Chicago Coin, 1951 |
bar scene. see promo picture showing pin in background HERE. |
Taxi, Williams, 1988 and ???? |
Arcade scene in a Moscow amusement park, has a few pins. | |
Little Monsters |
Star Trek, Bally, 1979 Vector, Bally, 1982 Harlem Globetrotters On Tour, Bally, 1979 Count-Down, Gottlieb, 1979 Mars God Of War, Gottlieb, 1981 |
Underground arcade scene, also with a jukebox circa 1970's. |
Live And Let Die (1973) |
Dixieland, Bally, 1967 Super Star, Williams, 1972 |
22 minutes, 40 seconds into movie, bar scene, pinball machines in a corner. |
Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man (1976) |
Sky Dive, Gottlieb, 1974 |
49 minutes, 40 seconds into movie, diner scene. |
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (1962) |
Tic-Tac-Toe, Williams, 1959 |
27 minutes approximately, gameroom scene with payoff game getting robbed. (thanks Jim Divoky) |
The Longest Ride (2015) |
Firepower, Williams, 1980 Pin-bot, Williams, 1986 Fireball, Bally, 1972 |
date night bar scene. |
Lords Of Dogtown (2005) |
Jack In The Box, Gottlieb, 1973 |
surf shop scenes, starting at 8 minutes, 54 seconds into movie. |
The Lost Boys |
Phoenix, Williams, 1978 Paragon, Bally, 1979 |
Comic book shop, about 52 min. into movie. Briefly visible is the top part of Paragon's backglass. |
Corvette, Bally, 1994 |
bar scene, pin next to a jukebox. | |
The Mack |
DVD, bar scene, chapter 13, 53 minutes into movie. | |
Action, Chicago Coin, 1969 |
About 45 minutes into the movie, a woman gets killed while the
pinball machine is chiming away. (thanks Mike Miller and Chad H.)
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Ma femme est une actrice ("My Wife Is an Actress") |
Attack From Mars, Bally, 1995 |
They are in a cafe and you can see the backglass for Attack from Mars behind them. |
Major League II |
Judge Dredd, Williams, 1993 Hook, Data East, 1992 |
Charlie Sheen's condo. |
Mall Cop (2005) |
No Good Gofers, Williams, 1997 |
Arcade scene. Tron video on left gets broken into, but the pin is spared. Screen shot HERE. |
Malone |
Showboat, Gottlieb, 1961 |
Corner drugstore. |
A Man Apart |
Pinbot, Williams, 1986 and ?Future Spa, Bally, 1979(distant shot, just a guess on Future Spa) |
DVD, scene 20, bar raid, 1 hr, 18 min. into movie |
Man Bites Dog |
Taxi, Williams, 1988 Whirlwind, Williams, 1990 |
there is an interview in a tavern....behind the person, there is the side of a Taxi and someone is playing a Whirlwind (with topper). |
The Man from Tokyo" (Ti nagaremono) |
? |
It's about 15 mins into the movie, a man and a woman at a shooting game, 4-5 pins in the background seen through the shooting games glass cabinet. |
Pin-bot,Williams, 1986 |
5 minutes into movie. | |
?? |
arcade scene about 1/3 into the movie. | |
No Fear,Williams, 1995 |
Buffalo Billiards pool hall, 1 hour, 2 minutes, 47 seconds into movie. | |
?? |
bar scene, unknown 30's pin. | |
Marathon Man |
Polo, Gottlieb, 1970 and Bow and Arrow, Bally, 1974(There was a clear shot of Polo's backglass and cabinet, showing the spy playing Polo, but the playfield shot was of Bow and Arrow's upper playfield) |
23 min. into movie, bar scene. Oriental spy playing pinball while spying on Roy Scheider, another spy. |
Twin Six, Keeney, 1941 |
early in the film, drugstore scene. There may be additional pinball content, as the Twin Six was next to another game. (thanks Dave Marston) | |
? |
a cigarette vender and a pinball machine are used as props in a restaurant scene. A customer is playing the pinball game and just before the scene fades, hits top score, causing lights to flash and bells to ring. (source, Billboard Magazine, Feb. 7, 1942, page 80 | |
Mars Attacks |
Harlem Globetrotters On Tour, Bally, 1979 |
15 min. into move, Pam Greer grabs her kids from arcade. Pin seen in the back of the arcade. |
Marshland (La Isla Minima) (2014) |
Big Brave, Maresa, 197? |
bar scenes, starting at 40 minutes, 37 seconds, and behind the scenes featurette. Elo Rey, a collector in Spain, lent his game to the studio for this movie. screen shots HERE. |
Mauvaises Frentations |
Attack From Mars, Bally, 1995 |
bar scene about 10mins into the movie, Olive (Lou Doillon, daughter of Jane Birkin) is playing the pin. Only some beeping sounds like an early SS pin are heard. (thanks Sampo) |
Maximum Overdrive |
Night Rider, Bally, 1976 (solid state) Pokerino, Williams, 1978 |
DVD, scene 4, about 8 min. into movie, Night Rider plays itself in multiball, which is odd, because this is not a multiball pin. It plays itself then playfield glass shatters. Star Castle and some other vids are featured too. |
Mchale's Navy |
Action, Chicago Coin, 1969 Meteor, Stern, 1979 |
"Action" is about 17 minutes into the movie. "Meteor" is about half an hour from the end of film. Very quick glimpse of game as characters walk through a door into a hall where a stage show is about to begin. |
Mean Streets (1973) |
Magic City, Williams, 1967 ? |
Pool hall scene. "Magic City," and a Bally bingo. |
Meatballs 3 |
Strikes and Spares, Bally, 1978 Playboy, Gottlieb, 1978 Coney Island!, Game Plan, 1979 Sharpshooter, Game Plan, 1979 Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Gottlieb, 1978 Count-Down, Gottlieb, 1979 Pinball Pool, Gottlieb, 1979 Jungle Lord, Williams, 1981 |
several pins seen at the end of the movie. |
The Mechanic (1972) |
Tropic Isle, Gottlieb, 1962 |
Charles Bronson's house, indoor pool area scenes, starting at 40 minutes, 35 seconds into movie. |
A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere |
Hi-Lo, Gottlieb, 1969 |
coffee bar half way through the film. (thanks Marco Rossignoli, author of several pinball related books ) |
??? |
bowling alley scene. On the right, by the entrance door. Appears to be two pitch and bats with a Gottlieb wedgehead in the center, possibly "Aquarius." (added 5/26/12) | |
Mina ja Morrison (Me And Morrison) |
Dirty Harry, Williams, 1995 |
about 10 minutes into the movie, scene where Milla wakes up in Aki's bed and gets up to look for the kitchen, the pin is in the room between the bedroom and the kitchen with Aki's boxing gloves hanging in the Magnum 44 handle, also seen briefly sideways once or twice later in the movie. |
Meteor (1979) |
Sky Lab, Williams, 1974 Space Odyssey,Williams,1976 |
Sean Connery and Natalie Wood in military base's breakroom |
Mikey and Nicky (1976) |
Egg Head, Gottlieb, 1961 |
bar scenes, starting at 22 minutes, 7 seconds into movie. |
Midnight Madness |
Fireball, Bally, 1971, Mata Hari, Bally, 1977, Power Play, Bally, 1977, Eight Ball, Bally, 1977 wizard,flash,joker poker,supersonic and middle earth. Some of the vids are space invaders,indy 500,f-1,x and o's,tank battle?,jet rocket,speed king and exidy's infamous death race which is shown alot. |
Fight scene in Pinball City arcade. |
The Midnight Man (1974) |
Loop The Loop, Bally, 1966 Ship-Mates, Gottlieb, 1964 |
bar scene, side of "Ship-Mates" cabinet is visible, and also a jukebox and cigarette machine. |
Minions: The Rise Of Gru (2022) |
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arcade scene, 9 minutes, 39 seconds, Gru is playing an electromechanical pin with IndyCar art and a Willliams coin door. One of the Minions is running a magnet up the playfield and Gru says "I am a pinball wizard." |
Miss Congeniality |
Starship Troopers, Sega, 1997 Independence Day, Sega, 1996 |
about 15 minutes into movie, bar scene, also a Golden Tee '99 videogame. |
Mister Scarface |
Bank Shot?, 1976, Gottieb |
DVD, 36 min. 10 seconds into film, gangsters enter pool hall and walk by this pin. 59 min. 9 seconds into film, gangster enters pool hall, a few pins and misc games are seen. This film by the way is definately a candidate for the le bad cinema category, one of Jack Palance's worst films, circa 1976, produced in Italy, overdubbed to English. |
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) |
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scene when Brad Pit's character breaks into his own home and retrieves a hidden gun from behind a pinball backglass. The image is of a Naval ship and a sonar looking pattern on top of it and in top right corner of the backglass flashes "Game Over." |
Modesty Blaise (1966) |
Space Ship, Williams, 1961 Corral, Gottlieb, 1961 |
Sheik's hotel suite. "Space Ship" seen at 11 minutes, 50 seconds, featuring alternate cabinet art. "Corral" seen at 13 minutes, 25 seconds into movie. Screen shots HERE. |
Money Train |
The Games, Gottlieb/Mylstar, 1984 Meteor, Stern, 1979 and ? |
bar scenes |
Gun Smoke, Chicago Coin, 1968 3 Coins, Williams, 1962 King Tut, Bally, 1969 Cross Town, Gottlieb, 1966 |
"Gun Smoke" in first bar scene at 25 minutes, 36 seconds. A row of more pins in second scene at 29 minutes, 43 seconds. screen shots HERE. | |
More (1969) | Ship-Mates, Gottlieb, 1964 |
7 minutes into the movie, newspaper is being purchased as the machine is being played. |
Murder In The Clouds (1934) | Contact, Stoner, 1934 |
14 minutes, 33 seconds into the movie, bar scene, pin first seen, but there are bits of the playfield shown throughout the scene. Thugs walk into the bar, and one wages a dollar on a game. Thug refers to the playfield as "the board." Unfortunately the game gets beaten up and ends upside down by the end of the scene. |
Muriel | Coquette, Williams, 1962 |
very start of the film the pin can be seen in a coffee bar. |
My Bloody Valentine (1981) | Miss America, Bally, 1957 Buckaroo, Gottlieb, 1965 |
bar/party room scene. |
My Bodyguard |
Night Rider (EM), Bally, 1976 |
deli scene, 44 minutes, 48 seconds into movie. Screen shots HERE. |
Mysterious Skin |
? |
briefly seen pin in white cabinet, possibly an EM from the 60's or 70's. (thanks Jon O.) |
Mystery, Alaska |
Cyclone, Williams, 1988 |
DVD, scene 5, 19 min. into movie, diner scene, pin way in back. (thanks Svensson) |
Naked Gun 33 1/3 (1994) |
High Speed, Williams, 1986 |
5 minutes, 2 seconds into movie, police car on playfield, EM chimes in background. |
Natural Born Killers |
Whirlwind, Williams, 1990 |
opening diner scene, 6 min. 29 seconds into movie. |
Navy Seals (1990) |
Arena, Gottlieb, 1987 Devils Dare, Gottlieb, 1982 Fireball Classic, Bally, 1985 |
bar scene. "Devil's Dare" visible at 1 hour, 13 minutes, 27 seconds. "Arena" visible at 1 hour, 13 minutes, 45 seconds. "Fireball Classic" visible a second later. |
Nazi Agent (1942) |
Salute, Baker, 1941 |
About a quarter-hour before the end, a scene in a bar opens with a closeup of the back glass, then the pin itself. |
Needle |
Scared Stiff, Bally, 1996 |
1 hr. 3 minutes, 22 seconds into movie, Jed is playing the pin in a shop when Kandi arrives to pick him up. (added 3/31/12) |
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy |
Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street, Gottlieb, 1994 Smart Set, Williams, 1969 |
screen shots and times HERE. |
Next (2007) |
Bally Rocket, Bally, 1947 |
garage scene, about 15 minutes into movie. |
Next of Kin |
KISS, Bally, 1979 Gorgar, Williams, 1979 Black Hole, Gottlieb, 1981 |
10 or more pins. In the gang's HQ's a bunch of other (pretty new, at the time) Bally/Wms SS's. I think that Pat Swayzee blows away a couple of the pins, to intimidate the gang. He played a cop, & the gang killed his brother (eventually 2 bros). |
Nightmare On Elm Street 3 |
Eight Ball Deluxe, Bally, 1981 |
Bar where Nancy meets dad |
Nightmare Weekend (1986) |
Galaxy, Stern, 1980 |
arcade scene, "What about you huh? Don't you want to take on the pinball wizard?" |
Night Shift (1982) |
Sinbad, Gottlieb, 1978 |
1 hr 37 minutes into the movie, Henry Winkler in night club, walks past Atari Sprint 2 and Space Invaders vids, and the Sinbad pin. |
No Holds Barred (1989) |
Flash, Willliams, 1979 Wizard!, Bally, 1975 |
"Wizard!" in first bar scene, approx. 26 minutes into movie. "Flash" in same bar, another scene at approx. 34 minutes, 30 seconds. |
None But The Lonely Heart |
Odd Ball, Daval, 1938 Ten Spot, Genco, 1941 |
? |
Norm Of The North: Family Vacation (2020) |
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42 minutes, 59 seconds into movie, lemmings launched at ride by pinball plunger with EM bumper sounds as they hits sides of lane. |
North Dallas Forty |
El Toro, Bally, 1972 |
mansion party scene, 8 minutes, 43 seconds into movie. |
Nothing But A Man (1964) |
Jungle, Williams, 1960 |
scene? (thanks Glen Peters for the pin sighting) |
Now You See Me (2013) |
Space Ship, Williams, 1961 |
opening scene, pin in background. Screen shot HERE. (thanks mannofnope) |
The Odd Couple (1968) |
Dragonette, Gottlieb, 1954 |
bar scene, 42 minutes, 7 seconds into movie, playfield view. screen shot HERE |
Odds and Evens |
Sound Stage, Chicago Coin, 1976 |
Terence Hill is playing this pin about 12 minutes into the movie. |
The Official Story (aka The Official Version) (1985) |
Flash, Williams, 1979 |
Pin is played (with correct sound, not bells/chimes as often happens) in a cafe, while the central character tells how she was tortured by the military regime. |
Olsenbanden & Dynamitt-Harry |
Seven Up, Williams, 1969 |
bar scenes, starting at 21 minutes, 39 seconds into movie. |
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991) |
Gamatron, Pinstar, 1985 |
bar scene, 1 hour, 2 minutes, 1 second into movie. |
On The Right Track |
Big Game, Stern, 1980 |
starring Gary Coleman as Lester, a shoe-shining kid who can predict the outcome of horse races. The first pin sighting is 9 minutes into the movie. There is a scene, on a pier possibly, 80 minutes into the movie, where Coleman is arguing with a lady who is taking care of him and a man who wants to have race results. This argument lasts about 5 minutes and a Stern ??Big Game?? is right behind Coleman, very clear. While the camera is moving into the arcade hall, there are quite a few pins visible. |
Opportunity Knocks |
High Speed, Williams, 1986 |
pin seen in the living room in the the house that Dana Carvey and his pal break into and live in during the movie. (thanks Tom O'Brien) |
The Opposite Sex (1956) |
Knock Out, Gottlieb, 1950 ? |
two pins in drugstore scene near beginning of the movie. |
The Outfit |
Fun-Fest, Williams, 1972 |
(thanks Blubboman) |
Out For Justice |
Eight Ball Deluxe, Bally, 1980, and ? |
bar scenes. |
Out Of The Fog |
Snooks, Stoner, 1939, and ? |
29 minutes, 27 seconds into movie, drug store scene, Kid hollers to clerk: "I hit it! I hit it! For once in my life I beat the machine! 28,000! Pay me nine nickels!" The clerk replies: "Keep your shirt on! You'll get paid off!" |
Over The Top |
High Hand, Gottlieb, 1973 Night Rider, Bally, 1976 |
? |
The Package |
High Speed, Williams, 1986 |
bar scene |
Pact With The Devil (aka "Dorian") |
The Getaway: High Speed II, Williams, 1992 |
Dorian has this pin in his apartment. There is a very brief playfield shot with the ball rolling on it, and it appears in the background several times. |
Panic In The Streets (1950) |
Gold Cup, Bally, 1948 ? ? |
"Gold Cup," and an unknown woodrail pin in diner scene. Also an unknown woodrail in a laundromat. |
The Paper (1994) |
The Games, Gottlieb/Mylstar, 1984 |
bar scene. |
The Paper Brigade |
Bugs Bunny Birthday Ball, Bally, 91 |
bowling alley scene. Main character is having his face shoved into the playfield glass of this pin. |
Op-Pop-Pop, Bally, 1969 |
1 hour, 38 minutes, 54 seconds into movie, office scene before end credits. Front of cabinet appears to be repainted, not original pattern. | |
Meteor, Stern, 1979 |
House scenes, starting at 6 minutes, 33 seconds into movie. Pin appears to have fake or altered backglass and cabinet. (thanks Tim Holland) | |
Viper Night Drivin', Sega, 1998 Hyperball, Williams, 1981 |
Mall arcade scenes. Pins visible at 38 minutes, 3 seconds into movie. Screen shots HERE. |
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Payback |
Full House, Williams, 1966 |
25 minutes into the movie where Mel Gibson is in a small warehouse, and two cops are gambling. There is a pin behind them in a blurry shot. |
Pecker |
Fish Tales, Williams, 1992 |
2nd bar scene, 1 hr 2 minutes into movie. |
The Pelican Brief (1993) |
Cue Ball Wizard, Gottlieb, 1992 |
52 minutes, 46 seconds into movie. |
Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief |
The French Connection (custom game) Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Stern, 2003 |
Casino scene, circa 1971. (there are three other pins in this scene) (thanks Elo_Rey) |
Permanent Vacation (1980) |
Supersonic, Bally, 1979 |
6 minutes, 36 seconds into movie, bar scene, also with a jukebox. (thanks Albert Cuellar) |
Persons Unknown |
Hit And Run, Williams, 1970 | about 15 mins into the movie, the scene with the wash-out cop turned locksmith Jim Holland breaking in to search the heist gang's hideout. Also seen a second time about 20 mins into the movie with Naomi Watts in a wheelchair beside the game. (thanks Sampo) |
Pickup Summer (aka Pinball Summer) |
Arthur (talking, custom SS, clown on bg, Gottlieb pf), Blue Chip, Buccaneer, Card Whiz, Cinema, Countdown, Disco, Dragon, Eight Ball, Grand Prix, Nugent, Jacks Open, KISS, Mata Hari, Paragon, Pinball Summer (Bally SS pin with movie art), Playboy, Power Play, Space Odyssey, Surf Champ, and 2 EM shooter games |
pins seen in Pete's Arcade scenes, back store room/repair shop. Talking Arthur pin at OJ's Drive In. |
Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game (2022) |
El Dorado, Gottlieb, 1975 Cow Poke, Gottlieb, 1965 Hurdy Gurdy, Gottlieb, 1966 |
first pin in court, 1 minute, 8 seconds. Next two pins at college bar, 2 minutes into movie. Other pins throughout the movie. |
Pixels (2015) |
Flash, Williams, 1979 Xenon, Bally, 1980 |
arcade scene in opening credits, appears to be three pins total. Also, "thanks to Williams Pinball" mentioned in closing credits. |
Planet 51 |
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bowling alley scene, 32 minutes, 59 seconds into movie. Three fictitious pins are visible. Screen shot HERE. |
Play It Again, Sam (1972) |
?? |
bar scene, 2 pins are visible. |
Point Blank (1967) |
Jolly Joker, Williams, 1955 |
house gameroom scene, 1 hour, 12 minutes, 57 seconds into movie. Screen shot HERE. |
Point Doom |
F-14 Tomcat, Williams, 1987 |
bar scene, 3 minutes, 11 seconds into movie, opening credits. Screen shot HERE. |
Police Academy |
Rawhide, Stern, 1977 Triple Strike, Williams, 1975 ? |
three pins total. two pins on truck, one unidentifiable, another pin on wheels rolls into traffic, across the street, and falls over. |
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) |
Disco Fever, Williams, 1978 |
diner scene, 29 minutes, 36 seconds. |
Poor Albert And Little Annie |
Expressway, Bally, 1971
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lobby card HERE. (thanks Dennis Dodel) |
Porky's |
Buccaneer, Gottlieb, 1976 and ? Nip-It, Bally, 1973 |
DVD, 35 min. 18 sec., Porky comes down steps to deal with
the high school kids about getting some women for the night. Buccaneer and
a 2 player pin seen way in back.
1 hr. 27 min. 27 sec., As Porky's bar is pulled down, Nip-It falls into the water. (note: look closely and you will see, it was a gutted pin, no backglass.) |
Porky's Revenge | Flip Flop, Bally, 1974 | wedding scene about 10 mins before the end of the movie on Porky's boat, the game is in the background behind the bridesmaids, there is one shot where you can distinctively see the horseshoe decals on the side of the backbox. |
Possession (1981) | Harlem Globetrotters On Tour, Bally, 1979 Supersonic, Bally, 1979 | bar scene, first pin on right in corner at 1 hour, 31 minutes, 18 seconds. Second pin a few seconds later with both games in attract mode and solid state sounds heard the entire time. |
Prime |
Grand Prix, Williams, 1976 Strikes and Spares, Bally, 1977 |
apt. party scene (thanks Jody Cleveland. this scene was actually filmed in his apt. showing his pins. The movie will be released Halloween, 2005). |
Primitive London (1965) |
? ? |
14 minutes, 42 seconds into movie, parts of one or two EM pins shown being played. |
Problem Child |
F-14 Tomcat, Williams, 1987 |
bar scene, 1 hour, 7 minutes, 35 seconds into movie. Screen shot HERE. |
Problem Child 2 |
Af-Tor, Wico, 1984 |
house scene, 21 minutes, 26 seconds into movie. Pin has fake title on backglass. Screen shots HERE. |
The Program |
Taxi, Williams, 1988 |
scene unknown. |
Project Alf |
Old Chicago, Bally, 1975 |
23 minutes, 11 seconds and again about 5 min later. |
Project: Metalbeast (1995) |
Rack 'em Up!, Gottlieb, 1983 |
Lab's rec room. Backglass visible in background at 1 hour into movie. |
Project X |
Firepower, Williams, 1980 |
Mathew Broderick is in the NCO club playing cards. There are 3 machines in the background. Firepower is in the middle. The two others also appear to be solid state pins. (thanks Mike Kent) |
Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) |
Jungle Life, Gottlieb, 1972 |
Coffee bar scene. |
Psycho III | Kings Of Steel, Bally, 1984 KISS, Bally, 1978 | Approx. 22 min. into movie, diner scene, first pin and "Berzerk" videogame, and approx. 27 min. into movie, "KISS" pin is visible in a bar scene. |
The Punisher (1989) |
Stellar Wars, Williams, 1979 Seawitch, Stern, 1980 Future Spa, Bally, 1979 |
fight scene, 42 minutes, 42 seconds into movie. Pins seen overhead powered off, then during fight scene, in attract mode. |
The Purge |
The Getaway: High Speed II, Williams, 1992 |
"Getaway" is on the left, and possibly another pin beside it. |
Purple Rain |
Jungle Lord, Williams, 1981 |
first 56 seconds of movie, club scene, "Let's Go Crazy" |
Quadrophenia |
Buckaroo, Gottlieb, 1965 (or possibly a Cowpoke, Gottlieb, 1965) |
soda fountain scene |
Quicksand |
? Ballerina, Bally, 1948 Kontest Poker, Gillispie Games Co., 1946 Big Hit, Exhibit, 1946 |
diner scenes, starting at 3 minutes, 9 seconds, World War II themed pin with plane on backglass. The other three pins are in the arcade scenes, starting at 11 minutes, 54 seconds. |