I've just watched the John Frankenheimer movie Ronin on DVD, and was delighted to see Jean Reno and Robert De Niro careering around the south of France in what appears to be a 450SEL 6.9. (The car that prompted Spencer King, then chief engineer of British Leyland, to say, "If there is a way to make something more complicated, the engineers at Daimler-Benz will find it.")

The 'reverse burn-out' shown in the movie when Reno steps on the gas to back out of a parking space is particularly memorable!

I also seem to remember a Merc in the Cannonball movies - which brings me to ask, does anyone know of any other screen gems featuring our favourite marque?