Hand and Upper Extremity Specialist
In this scene from Heat, with Robert DeNiro, Kilmer and DeNiro’s characters have a conversation in a beach house.
None of the conversation revolves around Val Kilmer’s huge, swollen, purple elbow. This looks like olecranon bursitis to me – a very common condition.
If you know of another hand or arm condition in the movies or on TV, let me know in the Comments!
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Phil says
You see this same issue with Val Kilmer in the film Joe The King.
It is not purple though; but the elbow looks swollen just like in your pic.