isn't there a reference to this in Goonies?
IIRC, The Japanese kid Data in Goonies used a lever in his belt buckle to hoist himself out of a hole much like Lupin did to keep himself from falling in the movie. I know Spielberg's seen this, so do you think that he was paying homage to it?
"But I didn't hate my mother, it was an accident!"-Gomez,'The Addams Family'