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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'''s infamous shower scene. Creator/AnthonyPerkins wasn't on the set while it was filmed; he had an engagement elsewhere.
* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' does this with several botched attempts at killing Clouseau.
* ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is full of these. Everyone seems to wear black gloves at one point or another.
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' does a fair amount of this.
* Used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'''s infamous shower scene. Creator/AnthonyPerkins wasn't on the set while it was filmed; he had an engagement elsewhere.
* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' does this with several botched attempts at killing Clouseau.
* ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is full of these. Everyone seems to wear black gloves at one point or another.
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' does a fair amount of this.
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* Used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'''s infamous shower scene. Creator/AnthonyPerkins wasn't on the set while it was filmed; he had an engagement elsewhere.
* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' does this with several botched attempts at killing Clouseau.
* ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is full of these. Everyone seems to wear black gloves at one point or another.
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' does a fair amount of this.
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* Subverted masterfully in ''Film/TheSting''. The audience knows that an assassin named "Salino" has been assigned to kill Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford). From that point on, there are numerous shots of a pair of hands in purple gloves doing various things. In the final shot they are loading a revolver. It turns out that they ''aren't'' Salino's hands at all. [[spoiler:They are the hands of the bodyguard that Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) hired to keep an eye on Hooker. He shoots Salino.]]
* Gloved in proper classic black in ''Film/TheRadiolandMurders'' before some (but not all) of the titular hits. Appropriate since this was a homage to the radio era.
* Modernized in ''Film/RedDragon'' gloved in latex. Traces of talcum powder imply the murderer removed the gloves at the crime scene. Sure enough, a partial print is found.
* Used in ''Film/StrangeDays'', since we see the murders through a recording of the killer's perspective.
* Used for all the murders in the slasher parody ''Film/StudentBodies''.
* For most of ''Film/CircusOfFear'', the killer is only seen as a gloved hand.
* Gloved in proper classic black in ''Film/TheRadiolandMurders'' before some (but not all) of the titular hits. Appropriate since this was a homage to the radio era.
* Modernized in ''Film/RedDragon'' gloved in latex. Traces of talcum powder imply the murderer removed the gloves at the crime scene. Sure enough, a partial print is found.
* Used in ''Film/StrangeDays'', since we see the murders through a recording of the killer's perspective.
* Used for all the murders in the slasher parody ''Film/StudentBodies''.
* For most of ''Film/CircusOfFear'', the killer is only seen as a gloved hand.
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* Subverted masterfully in ''Film/TheSting''. The audience knows that an assassin named "Salino" has been assigned to kill Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford). From that point on, there are numerous shots of a pair of hands in purple gloves doing various things. In the final shot they are loading a revolver. It turns out that they ''aren't'' Salino's hands at all. [[spoiler:They are the hands of the bodyguard that Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) hired to keep an eye on Hooker. He shoots Salino.]]
* Gloved in proper classic black in ''Film/TheRadiolandMurders'' before some (but not all) of the titular hits. Appropriate since this was a homage to the radio era.
* Modernized in ''Film/RedDragon'' gloved in latex. Traces of talcum powder imply the murderer removed the gloves at the crime scene. Sure enough, a partial print is found.
* Used in ''Film/StrangeDays'', since we see the murders through a recording of the killer's perspective.
* Used for all theDuring Cropsy's murders in ''Film/TheBurning'', often the slasher parody ''Film/StudentBodies''.
* For most of ''Film/CircusOfFear'', the killer isonly seen as a gloved hand.part of him shown is his hands holding the [[ShearMenace gardening shears]].
* Gloved in proper classic black in ''Film/TheRadiolandMurders'' before some (but not all) of the titular hits. Appropriate since this was a homage to the radio era.
* Modernized in ''Film/RedDragon'' gloved in latex. Traces of talcum powder imply the murderer removed the gloves at the crime scene. Sure enough, a partial print is found.
* Used in ''Film/StrangeDays'', since we see the murders through a recording of the killer's perspective.
* Used for all the
* For most of ''Film/CircusOfFear'', the killer is
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* ''Film/PrivateDetective62'': Bandor is chortling about tricking Janet into thinking she shot him (her gun was loaded with blanks), when a hand extends out from the curtain with a gun, and shoots and kills him for real. It's revealed later that the hand belongs to Whitey, the cocaine addict who was acting on Hogan's orders.
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* ''Film/PrivateDetective62'': Bandor For most of ''Film/CircusOfFear'', the killer is chortling about tricking Janet only seen as a gloved hand.
* ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is full of these. Everyone seems to wear black gloves at one point or another.
* ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'': When the killer sneaks intothinking she shot him (her gun was loaded with blanks), when the Lyons' home, the camera focuses on the gloves being drawn on to his hands, and then on the gloved hands closing around Laura's throat and strangling her before planting evidence in her hand. His face is not shown.
* Until the closing scenes of ''Film/TheInitiation'', the killer only appears as a gloved handextends out from the curtain with holding a gun, and shoots and kills him for real. It's revealed later that the hand belongs to Whitey, the cocaine addict who was acting on Hogan's orders.weapon.
* ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is full of these. Everyone seems to wear black gloves at one point or another.
* ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'': When the killer sneaks into
* Until the closing scenes of ''Film/TheInitiation'', the killer only appears as a gloved hand
* Combined with MurdererPOV to conceal the killer's identity in ''Film/KillerWorkout''.
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* Until the closing scenes of ''Film/TheInitiation'', the killer only appears as a gloved hand holding a weapon.
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* During Cropsy's murders in ''Film/TheBurning'', often the only part of him shown is his hands holding the [[ShearMenace gardening shears]].
* Combined with MurdererPOV to conceal the killer's identity in ''Film/KillerWorkout''.
* ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'': When the killer sneaks into the Lyons' home, the camera focuses on the gloves being drawn on to his hands, and then on the gloved hands closing around Laura's throat and strangling her before planting evidence in her hand. His face is not shown.
* Combined with MurdererPOV to conceal the killer's identity in ''Film/KillerWorkout''.
* ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'': When the killer sneaks into the Lyons' home, the camera focuses on the gloves being drawn on to his hands, and then on the gloved hands closing around Laura's throat and strangling her before planting evidence in her hand. His face is not shown.
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* During Cropsy's ''Film/PrivateDetective62'': Bandor is chortling about tricking Janet into thinking she shot him (her gun was loaded with blanks), when a hand extends out from the curtain with a gun, and shoots and kills him for real. It's revealed later that the hand belongs to Whitey, the cocaine addict who was acting on Hogan's orders.
* Used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'''s infamous shower scene. Creator/AnthonyPerkins wasn't on the set while it was filmed; he had an engagement elsewhere.
* Gloved in proper classic black in ''Film/TheRadiolandMurders'' before some (but not all) of the titular hits. Appropriate since this was a homage to the radio era.
* Modernized in ''Film/RedDragon'' gloved in latex. Traces of talcum powder imply the murderer removed the gloves at the crime scene. Sure enough, a partial print is found.
* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' does this with several botched attempts at killing Clouseau.
* Subverted masterfully in ''Film/TheSting''. The audience knows that an assassin named "Salino" has been assigned to kill Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford). From that point on, there are numerous shots of a pair of hands in purple gloves doing various things. In the final shot they are loading a revolver. It turns out that they ''aren't'' Salino's hands at all. [[spoiler:They are the hands of the bodyguard that Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) hired to keep an eye on Hooker. He shoots Salino.]]
* Used in ''Film/StrangeDays'', since we see the murdersin ''Film/TheBurning'', often the only part through a recording of him shown is his hands holding the [[ShearMenace gardening shears]].
* Combined with MurdererPOV to concealthe killer's identity in ''Film/KillerWorkout''.
perspective.
*''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'': When Used for all the killer sneaks into murders in the Lyons' home, the camera focuses on the gloves being drawn on to his hands, and then on the gloved hands closing around Laura's throat and strangling her before planting evidence in her hand. His face is not shown.slasher parody ''Film/StudentBodies''.
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' does a fair amount of this.
* Used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'''s infamous shower scene. Creator/AnthonyPerkins wasn't on the set while it was filmed; he had an engagement elsewhere.
* Gloved in proper classic black in ''Film/TheRadiolandMurders'' before some (but not all) of the titular hits. Appropriate since this was a homage to the radio era.
* Modernized in ''Film/RedDragon'' gloved in latex. Traces of talcum powder imply the murderer removed the gloves at the crime scene. Sure enough, a partial print is found.
* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' does this with several botched attempts at killing Clouseau.
* Subverted masterfully in ''Film/TheSting''. The audience knows that an assassin named "Salino" has been assigned to kill Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford). From that point on, there are numerous shots of a pair of hands in purple gloves doing various things. In the final shot they are loading a revolver. It turns out that they ''aren't'' Salino's hands at all. [[spoiler:They are the hands of the bodyguard that Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) hired to keep an eye on Hooker. He shoots Salino.]]
* Used in ''Film/StrangeDays'', since we see the murders
* Combined with MurdererPOV to conceal
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* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' does a fair amount of this.
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* ''''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'': "There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife."
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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E04AManAlone A Man Alone]]", the victim is relaxing in the holosuite when a black-gauntleted hand plunges a knife into his back. The investigating officer Constable Odo becomes the prime suspect for the crime, as he had a grudge against the victim. [[spoiler:However, this trope is not to conceal the fact that Odo is the killer, but that the 'victim' had cloned himself and then killed his clone to fake his death and frame Odo for it.]]
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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E04AManAlone A Man Alone]]", the victim is relaxing in the holosuite when a black-gauntleted hand plunges a knife into his back. The investigating officer Constable Odo becomes the prime suspect for the crime, as he had a grudge against the victim. [[spoiler:However, this trope is not to conceal the fact that Odo is the killer, but that the 'victim' had cloned himself and then killed his clone to fake his death and frame Odo for it.]]
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Common in slasher films. Even more common in {{Giallo}}.
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Common in slasher films. Even more common in {{Giallo}}.
{{Giallo}}. Compare TheseGlovesAreMadeForKillin.
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* Frequently used in the first season of ''Series/BronBroen'', with many shots of the killer's gloved hands driving a car or committing acts of violence. The later seasons used it much less.
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* Frequently used in the first season of ''Series/BronBroen'', ''Series/TheBridge2011'', with many shots of the killer's gloved hands driving a car or committing acts of violence. The later seasons used it much less.
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* ''Series/DeepSpaceNine''. In "A Man Alone", the victim is relaxing in the holosuite when a black-gauntleted hand plunges a knife into his back. The investigating officer Constable Odo becomes the prime suspect for the crime, as he had a grudge against the victim. [[spoiler:However this trope is not to conceal the fact that Odo is the killer, but that the 'victim' had cloned himself and then killed his clone to fake his death and frame Odo for it.]]
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* ''Series/DeepSpaceNine''. ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "A "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E04AManAlone A Man Alone", Alone]]", the victim is relaxing in the holosuite when a black-gauntleted hand plunges a knife into his back. The investigating officer Constable Odo becomes the prime suspect for the crime, as he had a grudge against the victim. [[spoiler:However [[spoiler:However, this trope is not to conceal the fact that Odo is the killer, but that the 'victim' had cloned himself and then killed his clone to fake his death and frame Odo for it.]]
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Not to be confused with the TouchOfDeath or FingerPokeOfDoom.
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Not to be confused with the TouchOfDeath or FingerPokeOfDoom.
FingerPokeOfDoom. Or the [[Film/HandOfDeath 70s kung-fu film]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Definitely not a friendly way to approach someone!]]
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** Heavily overused in "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]" for the person responsible for bringing everyone to the Death Zone, until their identity is revealed.
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** Heavily overused used in "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]" for the person responsible for bringing everyone to the Death Zone, until their identity is revealed.