Movies with real Cobras in them

[Historybuff]

found this list and added to in the movie The Killers a John Cassavates-Angie Dickinson film about a robbery at a racetrack.What makes it a kick is that the villain was played by a B-actor who everybody thought would never even get into the A-list films..but I reckon he found something else to do..Ronald Reagan. I think the Cobra is on screen for about 2 minutes. When they show it being wrecked I think they are substitute another car.

Spinout, 1966
How can you argue with Elvis racing a 1965 AC Shelby Cobra 427? The movie also features a trio of women fawning over the King, Chicago mobsters, rock ‘n’ roll, and spring break in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
Nicolas Cage must steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother, a remake of the 1974 original. It all comes down to Cage finding Eleanor, a 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. I think this was a replica and led to a lot of lawsuits when the widow of the original producer of the original movie asserted her right to produce cars based on the movie car.

The Gumball Rally, 1966
Erwin (Cannonball) Baker managed to race across the US in 54 hours, and Hollywood was soon to follow. A 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra steals the show. They had two of them for the movie and pranged one (you can see the dent in one brief scene)

Rollerball, 2002
There’s very little redeeming value to this movie, unless you count the Shelby Cobra Daytona. Supposedly, Shelby loaned one of his own cars to the movie’s producers. This might have been the one he lost when he used it for a loan and couldn't repay the loan or a later one he had built by McCluskey.

Grand Prix, 1966
James Garner navigates the geo-political world of European racing. Briefly seen driving a 1966 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350H.