Does anyone know what was supposedly in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction?
The mysterious briefcase The only indisputable observations about the stolen attaché case recovered by Jules and Vincent are that its latch lock combination is “666”, the “Number of the Beast”, and that the contents of the case either glow orange or are highly reflective. (“Fox Force Five” may also be a play on the 666 phenomenon as “F” is the 6th letter of the English alphabet.) The only acknowledgments of its contents are the captivated stares of Vincent and Pumpkin and their exclamations “Is that what I think it is?” and “It’s beautiful.” Whenever asked, director Tarantino has replied that there is no explanation for the case’s contents: it is simply a MacGuffin. Originally, the case was to contain the diamonds stolen in Reservoir Dogs, but this was seen as too mundane. For filming purposes, the briefcase contained an orange light bulb, silver foil, and a battery. Despite Tarantino’s explanation, many theories have been proposed for the contents of the briefcase, for instance that i
