Knuckle

The knuckles are the joints of the fingers which are brought into prominence when the hand is clenched and a fist is made. The word is cognate to similar words in other Germanic languages, such as the Dutch "Knokkel" (knuckle) or German "Knöchel" (ankle), i.e., Knöchlein, the diminutive of the German word for bone (Knochen). Anatomically, it is said that the knuckles consist of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and interphalangeal (IP) joints of the finger. The knuckles at the base of the fingers may be referred to as the 1st or major knuckles while the knuckles at the midfinger are known as the 2nd and 3rd, or minor, knuckles. However, the ordinal terms are used inconsistently, and can be found referring to any of the knuckles.

The physical mechanism behind the popping or cracking sound heard when cracking joints such as knuckles is still uncertain, although it is widely believed to be caused by synovial fluid filling the vacuum left by the joint's displacement.

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Clenched fist with knuckles (encircled in red)

Brass knuckles

Brass knuckles, also sometimes called knuckles, knucks, brass knucks, knucklebusters, or knuckledusters, are weapons used in hand-to-hand combat. Brass knuckles are pieces of metal shaped to fit around the knuckles. Despite their name, they are often made from other metals, plastics or carbon fibers. Designed to preserve and concentrate a punch's force by directing it toward a harder and smaller contact area, they result in increased tissue disruption, including an increased likelihood of fracturing the victim's bones on impact. The extended and rounded palm grip also spreads across the attacker's palm the counter-force that would otherwise be absorbed primarily by the attacker's fingers, reducing the likelihood of damage to the attacker's fingers.

History and variations

Metal ring and knuckle style weapons date back to ancient times and have been used all over the world for many hundreds of years. The Nihang Sikhs used an early variant called Sher Panja in the 18th century. Cast iron, brass, lead, and wood knuckles were made in the United States during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Soldiers would often buy cast iron or brass knuckles. If they could not buy them, they would carve their own from wood, or cast them at camp by melting lead bullets and using a mold in the dirt.

'Knuckles' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

The Undercard (2012)

Actors: Charles Arthur Berg (actor), Barry Primus (actor), Charles Arthur Berg (producer), Ian Roberts (actor), Gabriel Voss (producer), Sean F. Barth (miscellaneous crew), Charles Maquignon (actor), Charles Maquignon (producer), Sarah B. Downey (producer), Sarah B. Downey (writer), Sarah B. Downey (director), Ryan Kibby (actor), Karl Kwiatkowski (actor), Luisa Mauaccad (miscellaneous crew), Melinda Stephan (actress),

Plot: Dylan a young mother is forced back into a life of crime in order to find out information about the kidnapping of her son. She partners up with her old crew which leads her to an underworld of bare knuckle fights, mobsters, and ruckus. Dylan finds out that her husband hasn't been truthful, and a young detective informs her that she has the grandson of one of the most powerful west coast mobsters. A story of a woman chalking everything to the game.

Genres: Action, Short,

Blue Light Bandits (2009)

Actors: Daniel Kash (actor), Ian Beckman (director), Ian Beckman (writer), Ian Beckman (producer), Jorge Borrelli (actor), Michael DeCamp (actor), Andrew Delman (actor), Jonathan Caplan (actor), Jeff Beckman (producer), Sean Dodder (actor), Grant Olin (composer), Sam Thornton (actor), Blake Smith (editor), Shawn Beckman (producer),

Plot: Nick, a failure at life, is finally confronted by Knuckles, a dirty loan shark who demands the return of his money or else he will cut off Nick's precious finger. Only given a day to pay him back, Nick seeks the help of his obtuse brother Craig whose brilliant new scheme is impersonating police officers, commonly known as "Blue Light Bandits." When a lone detective discovers their greedy ploy they are forced to flee as fugitives and reconcile their differences as brothers.

Keywords: chapman, police, slapstick
Genres: Short,

Shotgun! [An Opening Sequence] (2007)

Actors: Steve Bisley (actor), Rachel Ward (actress), Samuel Johnson (actor), Simon Lyndon (actor), Matilda Brown (actress), Osamah Sami (actor), Liam McIntyre (producer), Liam McIntyre (actor), Simon Maiden (actor), Serge De Nardo (actor), Alistair Marks (writer), Alistair Marks (producer), Alistair Marks (editor), Alistair Marks (writer), Alistair Marks (director),

Plot: Your whole life can change in just one day. From just one moment. When Tommy Davenport has a debt to pay to famed king pin Lucio Carvaggio, Tommy's henchmen, Billy, Chubbs and Steve are called in to make the drop off. Sam, Tony and May are enjoying a fancy-free night out on the town. The three average Jo's didn't expect to botch up the drop off, leaving Tommy with little choice but to go after them....or be killed by Lucio in this tale of betrayal, blood lust & a briefcase.

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Short,

La famigila nostra (2006)

Actors: Ricardo Cordero (producer), Ricardo Cordero (director), Ricardo Cordero (actor), Ricardo Cordero (writer), Luan Bexheti (actor), Luan Bexheti (producer), Neil Stephens (producer), Mike Reagan (actor), Dawn Vicknair (actress), Olinda Turturro (actress), Elias Stimac (miscellaneous crew), Enzo Carlino (actor), Frank F. Calo (miscellaneous crew), Carol Goldstein (producer),

Genres: Drama,

The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997)

Actors: Terry L. Noss (producer), Brian Nissen (writer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Richard Rich (producer), James Koford (editor), Richard Rich (director), Lex de Azevedo (composer), Richard Rich (writer), Doug Stone (actor), Brian Nissen (writer), Thomas J. Tobin (producer), Steve Vinovich (actor), Seldon Young (producer), Joey Camen (actor),

Plot: It has been a year since the events of The Swan Princess, Derek and Odette's anniversary is interrupted by the dangerous vandalism of Knuckles, a minion of the wizard Clavius. The Swan Princess is concern about the kidnapping of Prince Derek's mother, a crime that lures the prince into danger himself. Princess Odette can save him--but only if she becomes a swan herself.

Keywords: animal-in-title, animal-name-in-title, independent-film, sequel, surrealism
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance,

Quotes:

Bridget: Rock rock! Rock rock!::Jean-Bob: She's calling a rock! We're doomed!

[Jean-Bob is trying to convince the others he was turned into a prince]::Jean-Bob: Are you going to tell me you did not see me as a prince?::Puffin: [taps forehead] I think he's still got some damage in the attic.::Jean-Bob: I don't believe this. I was a prince!::Speed: Don't push your luck, Jean-Bob.::Jean-Bob: But-no- Hey, you out there! Quit smooching and tell me something. Did you or did you not see me as a prince in the mountain! [everyone laughs] This is not happening. It's a conspiracy. I was a prince, I tell you! A prince!

Clavius: Too bad you couldn't live to see this day, o partner of mine. [he throws a dagger at Rothbart's portrait] We could have shared it all, but no, you had to betray me! We conquered the Forbidden Arts together, but then you drove me underground. [he spits a pin at Rothbart's portrait] Thought you were real smart didn't you? Until you met... Prince Derek! [he throws an axe at Rothbart's portrait] But today, today Derek his match... me! Hahaha! And now that he's out of the way, I'm gonna go back to our old castle and get the Forbidden Arts, proving that I... was always... the greater man! [he exclaims, throwing a dart at Rothbart's portrait]

Uberta: Whatever it is you have planned, you'll never get away with it, because you are a bad person, and bad people stand no chance against good people, like my son Prince Derek. [Clavius sighs] Did you parents ignore you as a child? Oh tell Queen Unberta, what dark secret lurks within that dark twisted mind of yours? Come on, out with it!::Clavius: [exasperated] Don't you ever shut up?

Clavius: [walking into Uberta's cell, which Knuckles is redecorating] What is this?::Uberta: If I'm going to spend my birthday here, everything must be perfect!::Clavius: Oh you're driving me nuts with this birthday thing! [he pulls Knuckles away]::Uberta: Let go of my servant! [she grabs Knuckles and they fight over him]::Clavius: Your servant? I taught him everything he knows! And furthermore, this ain't your castle Lady! Let go!::Uberta: Lady? Your Highness is the proper way for one of your class to address one of mine!::Knuckles: Ow! Not so hard! [he and Clavius fall out of the cell and Clavius shuts the door]::Uberta: Don't hurt him! He hasn't finished my cake!::Clavius: Oh... you are a hostage!

Parole Violators (1994)

Actors: Sean P. Donahue (actor), Patrick G. Donahue (actor), Patrick G. Donahue (writer), Patrick G. Donahue (director), Susan Solomon (actress), Kerry Casey (actor), Johnpaul Williams (actor), Rick Slater (actor), Lawrence Arden Buck (composer), Paul Knaack (actor), Mike Donahue (actor), Michael Quijano (actor), Brandon Downing (actor), Michael Kiel (actor), Rooney Meschon (actor),

Genres: Action,
Taglines: When the System Breaks Down... He Puts Them Back Where They Belong.

Quotes:

Tracy Dodd: Yeah, the food was cold, but everything else was hot.

Jigsaw (1949)

Actors: Marc Lawrence (actor), Edward J. Danziger (producer), John Garfield (actor), Franchot Tone (actor), Harry Lee Danziger (producer), Burgess Meredith (actor), Marlene Dietrich (actress), Marsha Hunt (actress), Henry Fonda (actor), Alexander Campbell (actor), Alexander Lockwood (actor), Everett Sloane (actor), Robert Gist (actor), Jean Wallace (actress), Fletcher Markle (actor),

Plot: When the owner of a printing shop is found dead, the District Attorney assumes that it was a suicide. But the Assistant D.A., Howard Malloy, suspects that there is a connection with an extremist political group called the 'Crusaders'. When a journalist whose articles had attacked the Crusaders is also killed, Malloy is convinced. With help from the widow of a prominent judge, he conducts an investigation. As he does so, he meets a peculiar political boss and also an attractive night club singer, each of whom could become either a source of help or a source of danger.

Keywords: art-gallery, artist, black-cat, cat, chanteuse, city-councilman, cocktail-party, crypto-fascism, falling-from-height, interior-monologue
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir,
Taglines: Trapped in the maze of a murderous racket! (dvd) CAUGHT in the JIGSAW PUZZLE OF A MURDEROUS RACKET.... TORN between two kinds of LOVE!

Quotes:

Barbara Whitfield: [Changing behind a dressing screen] Is this visit business or pleasure?::Howard Malloy: Right now it's your business and my pleasure.

Howard Malloy: Barbara was alive when I passed out. You must have come in here...::Sigmund Kosterich aka Siggy: No! Why would I have waited for you to awaken if I did?::Howard Malloy: Your fingerprints are on this gun.::Sigmund Kosterich aka Siggy: And so are yours.::Howard Malloy: Yeah, but I know I didn't kill her.

Charles Riggs: You know, I was born in this city, Howard. In our block, we had guys from practically every race and religion you ever hear of... and a couple you didn't. But we got along pretty well.::Howard Malloy: Well, that's the way it ought to be.::Charles Riggs: In our block, nobody cared what country your parents came from or where they went to church. Nobody called you a nasty name... until you were taught there were nasty names and some people were supposed to be called by them -Micks, Polacks, Wops, Limies, Spics, Hunties.::Howard Malloy: That's part of our history. America always has to melt away the differences between people.::Charles Riggs: Sure and most always you don't understand *why* they're supposed to be different. They're just somebody else's say so, somebody else's influence. Now we got people around who want to make people hate each other, be afraid of each other, just so they can make money out of it. I don't like that.

Barbara Whitfield: You must have smiled at someone the way you smile at me. People should be careful of that smile. People should be careful of a lot of things about you.::Howard Malloy: You know, even angels can get their wings clipped.::Barbara Whitfield: You got scissors for my wings?

Angelo Agostini: Maybe you better get out of town. Maybe you better really go away for a while. Mmmm! Take a little trip.::Barbara Whitfield: Would you miss me?::Angelo Agostini: Like my last breath!

Pet shop owner: [carrying a striped cat] Perhaps you'd like this little lady. Miss Whitfield.::Barbara Whitfield: [holding a black cat] No. thank you. This is the one. Does he have a name?::Pet shop owner: Yes, it's Bennie - Benvenuto, really.::Barbara Whitfield: Hmmm. I used to have a cat they called Hadrian the Seventh. We ended up calling him Harry.

Barbara Whitfield: Why did you come over to me at that party, Howard?::Howard Malloy: Because you were the only person who didn't look like you belonged there.::Barbara Whitfield: Really? I belong anywhere I'm wanted!::Howard Malloy: Do you?::Barbara Whitfield: Don't I?

Angelo Agostini: You're a tough guy, Mr. Malloy. I can see that, and I like tough guys who are tough about the right thing.

Dist. Atty. Frank Walker: [coming into a room and viewing several dead bodies] This place looks like the last act of "Hamlet!"::Howard Malloy: It's the last act for all kinds of things.

Man from Headquarters (1942)

Actors: Jack Ogilvie (editor), Paul Bryar (actor), Jack Byron (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Charlie Hall (actor), Max Hoffman Jr. (actor), Maynard Holmes (actor), Warren Jackson (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), Robert Kellard (actor), John Maxwell (actor), Rollo Lloyd (writer), Jean Yarbrough (director),

Plot: Reporter Larry Doyle is rewarded for his role in the capture of the Pardoni gang, but then loses his job on a frame-up to keep him from testifying. He goes to a neighboring city, meets Ann and, before he gets another reporting job, has to pawn his engraved revolver with a fence in league with the gangsters also part of Pardoni's mob. The gang gets the revolver from the fence and plant it at their next job, but Larry is on their trail and captures them at the pawn shop.

Keywords: 1940s, cafe, cigarette-smoking, cigarettes, damsel-in-distress, district-attorney, frame-up, gang-leader, gang-member, gangster
Genres: Comedy, Crime,
Taglines: "THEY DON'T DARE KILL A REPORTER!" It's easy for an editor to say that, but he knows if he puts the finger on an underworld czar, he is a dead man!

Ride, Kelly, Ride (1941)

Actors: Ernie Adams (actor), Hamilton MacFadden (actor), Charles D. Brown (actor), James Brown (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Edward Earle (actor), John Elliott (actor), Leyland Hodgson (actor), Edward Keane (actor), Cy Kendall (actor), Richard Lane (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Tom McGuire (actor),

Genres: Crime, Drama, Sport,

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This hot skull I feed
Just won't bleed
Into the next world
No boys and girls
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Blue Light Bandits (2009)

Shotgun! [An Opening Sequence] (2007)

La famigila nostra (2006)

The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997)

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