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The film is based on the real-life experiences of Henry Hill and the people he met through the Vario brothers, who owned a shoeshine stand and other businesses. In real life, William "Billy Batts" Devino taunted Thomas "Two Gun Tommy" DeSimone, calling him "spit-shine Tommy." DeSimone retorted by yelling, "Shine these fuckin' shoes," and then executing Batts.
* A hotel shoe shiner played a major role in ''Nick of Time'' with [[Johnny Depp]].
* In the movie ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'', the snippets of the song "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy" are played at various times. The song is also on the movie soundtrack. In the film it is sung in Japanese, except for the words "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy" in English. You can hear the entire song in Japanese [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_jf6FUh-U here]{{broken link}}.
* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. When Frederick's train pulls in, he asks a shoeshine boy, "Pardon me boy, is this the Transylvania Station?" The boy replies "Ja, ja. Track 29. Oh, can I give you a shine?" This is a [[Shout-Out]] to the 1941 song "[[wikipedia:Chattanooga Choo Choo|Chattanooga Choo Choo]]".
* ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'': While [[James Bond]] is trailing Kananga's car in Harlem, he's spotted by a black shoeshine man, who calls Mr. Big on a radio inside his shoeshine kit.
* In ''[[The Band Wagon]]'', Fred Astaire sings and dances [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4UUkui545I#t=1m20s "Shine on your Shoes"]{{broken link}} with the shoe shiner. He was a real dancing shoe shiner rather than an actor/dancer, and the inspiration for the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEClMiOp6OY "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy"]. A [[Non Sequitur Scene]].
* [[Prince of Space]] is a shoeshine boy.
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