Pulp Fiction (references)

by neuFleisch | created - 04 Dec 2020 | updated - 05 Dec 2020 | Public

A list of films and TV shows referenced in Pulp Fiction.

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1. Clutch Cargo (1959–1960)

4 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The adventures of a pilot who takes on dangerous assignments.

Stars: Richard Cotting, Hal Smith, Margaret Kerry

Votes: 282

The episode "The Arctic Bird Giant" plays on the TV during the "Gold Watch" scene.

2. Nam Angels (1989 Video)

R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, War

Lt. Vance Calhoun takes on a dangerous rescue mission of American POWs in the treacherous Darloc Valley in Vietnam. His only chance to escape is with the help of five young, fearless soldiers on motorcycles.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Brad Johnson, Vernon Wells, Kevin Duffis, Rick Dean

Votes: 351

The film plays on the TV when Butch wakes up in his motel hide out.

3. Captain Kangaroo (1955–1992)

TV-G | 60 min | Family

Daily children's program hosted by Captain Kangaroo.

Stars: Robert Keeshan, Hugh Brannum, James E. Wall, Deborah Weems

Votes: 1,574

"Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo"

4. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 22,089

The last scene of this movie is probably the inspiration for the mysterious glowing briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

5. Motorcycle Gang (1957)

Approved | 78 min | Drama

A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new leader about this goody-goody setup, and about the charms of gang moll Terry.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Anne Neyland, Steven Terrell, John Ashley, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Votes: 158

The film's poster seen in Jack Rabbit Slim's

6. Rock All Night (1957)

62 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the local teens hostage. The bartender realizes it's up to him to save the kids.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Dick Miller, Russell Johnson, Abby Dalton, Jeanne Cooper

Votes: 430

The film's poster seen in Jack Rabbit Slim's

7. Sorority Girl (1957)

61 min | Drama

A poor-little-rich-girl feels alienated by her mother and enacts a string of torment on her fellow pupils at a girls' boarding school, increasingly aggravating them until she goes too far.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, June Kenney

Votes: 428

The film's poster seen in Jack Rabbit Slim's

8. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

Passed | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon

Votes: 6,265 | Gross: $0.48M

The film's poster seen in Jack Rabbit Slim's

9. Daddy-O (1958)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Music, Mystery

A singing truck driver meets a feisty blonde who challenges him to a drag race. When he is offered a new job that also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself.

Director: Lou Place | Stars: Dick Contino, Sandra Giles, Bruno VeSota, Gloria Victor

Votes: 1,065

The film's poster seen in Jack Rabbit Slim's

10. High School Confidential! (1958)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew Barrymore, Mamie Van Doren

Votes: 1,172

The film's poster seen in Jack Rabbit Slim's

11. Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)

Unrated | 80 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The criminal exploits of Public Enemy number 1, George 'Machine-Gun' Kelly, during the 1930s.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Devon

Votes: 1,982

The film's poster seen in Jack Rabbit Slim's

12. Black Sabbath (1963)

Approved | 97 min | Horror

82 Metascore

Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon

Votes: 13,913

The film that inspired Pulp Fiction's unique act structure.

13. The Three Stooges Show (1960–1972)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family

Television airings of the classic shorts featuring the crazy trio.

Stars: Larry Vincent, Curley Myers, Hal Fryar

Votes: 1,314

Lance is watching the "Brideless Groom" short when Vincent arrives with overdosed Mia.



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