# 100 Greatest Movie Deaths -- add your favorite! (SPOILERS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520 "2003-07-06T05:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![klockwerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/klockwerk/32/6475_2.png) [@klockwerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klockwerk)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/61 "2003-07-06T23:27:45Z")
Shinzon in _Star Trek: Nemisis_; pulling himself closer to Picard as he dies. “I’m glad we’re together now” Can’t really go on saying that and not give credit to Data sacrificing himself to save Picard. It was the closest thing he could do to become more human: killing himself to save a real man. And I must give another shout out for Tom Hulce as Mozart in _Amadeus_. Dying writing a Requiem for the dead… that’s the way to go AND it’s a reflection of a true story. (I’m listening to the Lacrimosa right now). ---
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I’d have to put Gus Macrae’s death (Robert Duval) in Lonesome Dove right up there. One of the best westerns (and mini-series) ever made. It was poingant yet he was still an arse-kicker when he went. I know it isn’t a cinematic movie per say but well worth a mention. It also has one of the best ending lines in any movie I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/63 "2003-07-07T00:31:39Z")
Can’t believe we got Boromir twice, but nobody mentioned Gandalf. ---
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Okay, I just read through the whole thread, I have a GREAT one and no one mentioned it, YAY!! **The Last of the Mohicans** WHen Uncas dies and when Alice jumps after him, WOW ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/65 "2003-07-07T01:20:10Z")
Some great additions! The deaths in the Last of the Mohicans and American History X were especially memorable. Here’s the updated list – just enough time to get the last few entries for those who’ve been mulling over them for the last day or so. 100: Anonymous Swordsman in Indiana Jones (gunshot wound) 99: Terminator and T1000 in Terminator II (vat of molten metal) 98: Irene Walker in Prizzi’s Honor (knife) 97: Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (execution) 96: Sonny Corleone in The Godfather 95: Karl Malden in Nevada Smith (gunshot wounds to knees and elbows) 94: Gene Simmons in Wanted Dead or Alive (grenade in mouth) 93: Billy Zane in Dead Calm (disintegrated by flare) 92: Maximus and Commodus in Gladiator (fight to their mutual deaths) 91: Anonymous guard in Silence of the Lambs (hanging) 90: Italian detective in Hannibal (hanged and disembowled) 89: Boromir in The Fellowship of the Ring (injured in fight with orcs) 88: Little Bill in Unforgiven (gunshot wound to the head) 87: Tyler Durden in Fight Club 86: Marvin in Pulp Fiction 85: Christian Slater in Heathers 84: Lawyer dude from Jurassic Park (eaten by T-Rex) 83: Kane in Citizen Kane 82: Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (radiation poisoning) 81: Fredo Corleone in The Godfather II 80: John Coffey in The Green Mile (execution) 79: Danny Vinyard in American History X (gunshot wound) 78: Clayton in Disney’s Tarzan (hanging) 77: RAM in Tron 76: Queen in Akira Kurosawa’s Ran 75: Michael Ironside in in Scanners 74: John Hurt in Alien 73: Nicky Santoro in Cansino (beaten and left to die in a grave) 72: Neil McCauley in Heat 71: John Wayne in The Cowboys 70: John Wayne in The Shootist 69: Donnie in Donnie Darko (crushed by plane engine) 68: Sal Mineo in Rebel Without A Cause 67: Bambi’s Mother in Bambi (gunshot wound) 66: Old Yeller in Old Yeller (gunshot wound) 65: Sean Connery in The Untouchables 64: Mr. Blond in Resevoir Dogs (gunshot wound) 63: Betty/Diane in Mulholland Drive (self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) 62: Bruno in Strangers on a Train (crushed by out-of-control merry-go-round) 61: Sergeant Howie in The Wicker Man 60: Al Pacino in Scarface (multiple gunshot wounds) 59: Optimus Prime in Transformers the Movie 58: Girl in opening scene and Shaw in Jaws (eaten by shark) 57: Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (stab wound) 56: Hans Gruber in Die Hard (fall from great height) 55: Bardolph in Henry V (execution) 54: Kenny in South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 53: Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner 52: The medic, Melosh, and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (belly wound, knife to the heart, gunshot wound respectively) 51: Major Kong, the B-52 pilot in Dr. Strangelove 50: Stansfield in The Professional (blown to itty-bitty bits) 49: Todd in Final Destination (accidental strangulation in the shower) 48: Paul Rubens in Buffy the Vampire Slayer 47: Bambi in Bambi meets Godzilla 46: Kurtz, The Chief, Clean in Apocalypse Now 45: Butch and Sundance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (multiple shotgun wounds) 44: Victor Franco in The Dirty Dozen 43: Tom Hulce in Amadeus 42: John Gielgud in Arthur 41: Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in Psycho (stabbed to death) 40: Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope (killed by Darth Vader) 39: Bette Davis in Dark Victory (brain tumor) 38: Joan Crawford in Humoresque (ocean suicide) 37: Constance Talmadge in Intolerance 36: Anita Page in Our Dancing Daughters (fall down staircase) 35: Entire cast of Broken Blossoms 34: Greta Garbo in The Flesh and the Devil (drowning) 33: The Terminator in Terminator (ultimately done in by hydraulic press) 32: The General in Fist of Legend (throat slit with own sword) 31: Cody Jarret in White Heat (shot by police and blown up by exploding chemicals) 30: Tommy De Vito in Goodfellas (gunshot wound to back of the head) 29: Anonymous gang member in American History X (skull crushed) 28: Seita and Setsuko in Grave of the Fireflies (starvation) 27: The one armed man clearing snow, an anonymous woman tying her shoes, and the little girl in the red coat in Schindlers List (Holocaust) 26: Raymond Lemoore in The Vanishing 25: Mickey Goldmill in Rocky III (heart attack) 24: Steve Buscemi in Fargo (encounters wood chipper) 23: The Kurgan in Highlander 22: James Cagney in The Public Enemy 21: James Cagney in The Roaring Twenties 20: Boris Karloff in Scarface (murdered while bowling) 19: Rico in Little Caesar 18: Harry Jones and Eddie Mars in The Big Sleep 17: White Boy Bob in Out of Sight (accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) 16: Evil Ash in Army of Darkness 15: Messala in Ben-Hur 14: Vincennes in L.A. Confidential 13: Colm Meany in Under Siege (I-beam falls on him lengthwise) 12: Data and Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis 11: Gus Macrae in Lonesome Dove 10: Alice and Uncas in Last of the Mohicans (suicidal leap from cliff and killed in battle, respectively) We’re in the top ten! And once again I had to omit the entries that did not include a character or actor name. ---
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I came back to mention Jack Vincennes in **LA Confidential** (“Have you a validiction, boyo?”) but I see **Zeldar** beat me to it, so I guess I have to mention that other fabulous Spacey shooting death, when Lester Burnham took one to the back of the skull in **American Beauty**. Another shooting death, one that I cannot believe has gone unmentioned thus far, is Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) in her white dress in **Fatal Attraction**. And with another Glenn Close connection, the shooting death of the socialite rapist/murderer Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges) in **Jagged Edge**. He had his face covered, so his identity was hidden until after he was dead, and it was a nailbiter to the very moment that the mask was finally pulled back. Last, the death of Ellen’s father, The Marshall (Gary Sinise) in **The Quick and the Dead**. Shot to death by his own little girl as she tried to save him from hanging at the hands of the evil John Herod (Gene Hackman). Cold and brutal. ---
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Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway in Bonnie and Clyde ---
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Network news anchorman on the “UBS Network News Show,” known to millions as the Mad Prophet of the Airwaves, was shot to death tonight in a fusillade of automatic rifle fire just as he began this evening’s brodcast… The extraordinary incident occurred in full view of his millions of viewers. The assassins were members of a terrorist group called the Ecumenical Liberation Army… **This was the story of Howard Beale. The first know instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.** ---
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What about the death of HAL in 2001? I don’t suppose it could be considered death, but still!. ---
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100: Anonymous Swordsman in Indiana Jones (gunshot wound) 99: Terminator and T1000 in Terminator II (vat of molten metal) 98: Irene Walker in Prizzi’s Honor (knife) 97: Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (execution) 96: Sonny Corleone in The Godfather 95: Karl Malden in Nevada Smith (gunshot wounds to knees and elbows) 94: Gene Simmons in Wanted Dead or Alive (grenade in mouth) 93: Billy Zane in Dead Calm (disintegrated by flare) 92: Maximus and Commodus in Gladiator (fight to their mutual deaths) 91: Anonymous guard in Silence of the Lambs (hanging) 90: Italian detective in Hannibal (hanged and disembowled) 89: Boromir in The Fellowship of the Ring (injured in fight with orcs) 88: Little Bill in Unforgiven (gunshot wound to the head) 87: Tyler Durden in Fight Club 86: Marvin in Pulp Fiction 85: Christian Slater in Heathers 84: Lawyer dude from Jurassic Park (eaten by T-Rex) 83: Kane in Citizen Kane 82: Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (radiation poisoning) 81: Fredo Corleone in The Godfather II 80: John Coffey in The Green Mile (execution) 79: Danny Vinyard in American History X (gunshot wound) 78: Clayton in Disney’s Tarzan (hanging) 77: RAM in Tron 76: Queen in Akira Kurosawa’s Ran 75: Michael Ironside in in Scanners 74: John Hurt in Alien 73: Nicky Santoro in Cansino (beaten and left to die in a grave) 72: Neil McCauley in Heat 71: John Wayne in The Cowboys 70: John Wayne in The Shootist 69: Donnie in Donnie Darko (crushed by plane engine) 68: Sal Mineo in Rebel Without A Cause 67: Bambi’s Mother in Bambi (gunshot wound) 66: Old Yeller in Old Yeller (gunshot wound) 65: Sean Connery in The Untouchables 64: Mr. Blond in Resevoir Dogs (gunshot wound) 63: Betty/Diane in Mulholland Drive (self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) 62: Bruno in Strangers on a Train (crushed by out-of-control merry-go-round) 61: Sergeant Howie in The Wicker Man 60: Al Pacino in Scarface (multiple gunshot wounds) 59: Optimus Prime in Transformers the Movie 58: Girl in opening scene and Shaw in Jaws (eaten by shark) 57: Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (stab wound) 56: Hans Gruber in Die Hard (fall from great height) 55: Bardolph in Henry V (execution) 54: Kenny in South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 53: Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner 52: The medic, Melosh, and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (belly wound, knife to the heart, gunshot wound respectively) 51: Major Kong, the B-52 pilot in Dr. Strangelove 50: Stansfield in The Professional (blown to itty-bitty bits) 49: Todd in Final Destination (accidental strangulation in the shower) 48: Paul Rubens in Buffy the Vampire Slayer 47: Bambi in Bambi meets Godzilla 46: Kurtz, The Chief, Clean in Apocalypse Now 45: Butch and Sundance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (multiple shotgun wounds) 44: Victor Franco in The Dirty Dozen 43: Tom Hulce in Amadeus 42: John Gielgud in Arthur 41: Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in Psycho (stabbed to death) 40: Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope (killed by Darth Vader) 39: Bette Davis in Dark Victory (brain tumor) 38: Joan Crawford in Humoresque (ocean suicide) 37: Constance Talmadge in Intolerance 36: Anita Page in Our Dancing Daughters (fall down staircase) 35: Entire cast of Broken Blossoms 34: Greta Garbo in The Flesh and the Devil (drowning) 33: The Terminator in Terminator (ultimately done in by hydraulic press) 32: The General in Fist of Legend (throat slit with own sword) 31: Cody Jarret in White Heat (shot by police and blown up by exploding chemicals) 30: Tommy De Vito in Goodfellas (gunshot wound to back of the head) 29: Anonymous gang member in American History X (skull crushed) 28: Seita and Setsuko in Grave of the Fireflies (starvation) 27: The one armed man clearing snow, an anonymous woman tying her shoes, and the little girl in the red coat in Schindlers List (Holocaust) 26: Raymond Lemoore in The Vanishing 25: Mickey Goldmill in Rocky III (heart attack) 24: Steve Buscemi in Fargo (encounters wood chipper) 23: The Kurgan in Highlander 22: James Cagney in The Public Enemy 21: James Cagney in The Roaring Twenties 20: Boris Karloff in Scarface (murdered while bowling) 19: Rico in Little Caesar 18: Harry Jones and Eddie Mars in The Big Sleep 17: White Boy Bob in Out of Sight (accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) 16: Evil Ash in Army of Darkness 15: Messala in Ben-Hur 14: Vincennes in L.A. Confidential 13: Colm Meany in Under Siege (I-beam falls on him lengthwise) 12: Data and Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis 11: Gus Macrae in Lonesome Dove 10: Alice and Uncas in Last of the Mohicans (suicidal leap from cliff and killed in battle, respectively) 9: Lester Burnham in American Beauty (gunshot wound to the head) 8: Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (gunshot wound to the gut) 7: Jack Forrester in Jagged Edge (shot to death) 6: The Marshall in The Quick and the Dead (shot by his daughter) 5: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway in Bonnie and Clyde (multiple gunshot wounds) 4: Howard Beale in Network (multiple gunshot wounds) 3: HAL in 2001 (“Daisy, Daisy…”) 2: Thelma and Louise in Thelma and Louise (suicidal drive over a cliff) Only one spot left! What’s the greatest of all deaths in cinematic history? ---
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Darth Vadar dying in Luke’s arms. ---
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> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by c\_carol \* > \*\*Can’t believe we got Boromir twice, but nobody mentioned Gandalf. \*\* Gandalf’s a tricky one… his ‘death scene’ & its emotional impact on the viewer is pretty dependent on if you’re read the trilogy (ie know what happens to him) or not. ---
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100: Anonymous Swordsman in Indiana Jones (gunshot wound) 99: Terminator and T1000 in Terminator II (vat of molten metal) 98: Irene Walker in Prizzi’s Honor (knife) 97: Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (execution) 96: Sonny Corleone in The Godfather 95: Karl Malden in Nevada Smith (gunshot wounds to knees and elbows) 94: Gene Simmons in Wanted Dead or Alive (grenade in mouth) 93: Billy Zane in Dead Calm (disintegrated by flare) 92: Maximus and Commodus in Gladiator (fight to their mutual deaths) 91: Anonymous guard in Silence of the Lambs (hanging) 90: Italian detective in Hannibal (hanged and disembowled) 89: Boromir in The Fellowship of the Ring (injured in fight with orcs) 88: Little Bill in Unforgiven (gunshot wound to the head) 87: Tyler Durden in Fight Club 86: Marvin in Pulp Fiction 85: Christian Slater in Heathers 84: Lawyer dude from Jurassic Park (eaten by T-Rex) 83: Kane in Citizen Kane 82: Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (radiation poisoning) 81: Fredo Corleone in The Godfather II 80: John Coffey in The Green Mile (execution) 79: Danny Vinyard and anonymous gang member in American History X (gunshot wound and skull crushed, respectively) 78: Clayton in Disney’s Tarzan (hanging) 77: RAM in Tron 76: Queen in Akira Kurosawa’s Ran 75: Michael Ironside in in Scanners 74: John Hurt in Alien 73: Nicky Santoro in Cansino (beaten and left to die in a grave) 72: Neil McCauley in Heat 71: John Wayne in The Cowboys 70: John Wayne in The Shootist 69: Donnie in Donnie Darko (crushed by plane engine) 68: Sal Mineo in Rebel Without A Cause 67: Bambi’s Mother in Bambi (gunshot wound) 66: Old Yeller in Old Yeller (gunshot wound) 65: Sean Connery in The Untouchables 64: Mr. Blond in Resevoir Dogs (gunshot wound) 63: Betty/Diane in Mulholland Drive (self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) 62: Bruno in Strangers on a Train (crushed by out-of-control merry-go-round) 61: Sergeant Howie in The Wicker Man 60: Al Pacino in Scarface (multiple gunshot wounds) 59: Optimus Prime in Transformers the Movie 58: Girl in opening scene and Shaw in Jaws (eaten by shark) 57: Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (stab wound) 56: Hans Gruber in Die Hard (fall from great height) 55: Bardolph in Henry V (execution) 54: Kenny in South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 53: Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner 52: The medic, Melosh, and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (belly wound, knife to the heart, gunshot wound respectively) 51: Major Kong, the B-52 pilot in Dr. Strangelove 50: Stansfield in The Professional (blown to itty-bitty bits) 49: Todd in Final Destination (accidental strangulation in the shower) 48: Paul Rubens in Buffy the Vampire Slayer 47: Bambi in Bambi meets Godzilla 46: Kurtz, The Chief, Clean in Apocalypse Now 45: Butch and Sundance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (multiple shotgun wounds) 44: Victor Franco in The Dirty Dozen 43: Tom Hulce in Amadeus 42: John Gielgud in Arthur 41: Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in Psycho (stabbed to death) 40: Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope (killed by Darth Vader) 39: Bette Davis in Dark Victory (brain tumor) 38: Joan Crawford in Humoresque (ocean suicide) 37: Constance Talmadge in Intolerance 36: Anita Page in Our Dancing Daughters (fall down staircase) 35: Entire cast of Broken Blossoms 34: Greta Garbo in The Flesh and the Devil (drowning) 33: The Terminator in Terminator (ultimately done in by hydraulic press) 32: The General in Fist of Legend (throat slit with own sword) 31: Cody Jarret in White Heat (shot by police and blown up by exploding chemicals) 30: Tommy De Vito in Goodfellas (gunshot wound to back of the head) 29: Seita and Setsuko in Grave of the Fireflies (starvation) 28: The one armed man clearing snow, an anonymous woman tying her shoes, and the little girl in the red coat in Schindlers List (Holocaust) 27: Raymond Lemoore in The Vanishing 26: Mickey Goldmill in Rocky III (heart attack) 25: Steve Buscemi in Fargo (encounters wood chipper) 24: The Kurgan in Highlander 23: James Cagney in The Public Enemy 22: James Cagney in The Roaring Twenties 21: Boris Karloff in Scarface (murdered while bowling) 20: Rico in Little Caesar 19: Harry Jones and Eddie Mars in The Big Sleep 18: White Boy Bob in Out of Sight (accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) 17: Evil Ash in Army of Darkness 16: Messala in Ben-Hur 15: Vincennes in L.A. Confidential 14: Colm Meany in Under Siege (I-beam falls on him lengthwise) 13: Data and Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis 12: Gus Macrae in Lonesome Dove 11: Alice and Uncas in Last of the Mohicans (suicidal leap from cliff and killed in battle, respectively) 10: Lester Burnham in American Beauty (gunshot wound to the head) 9: Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (gunshot wound to the gut) 8: Jack Forrester in Jagged Edge (shot to death) 7: The Marshall in The Quick and the Dead (shot by his daughter) 6: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway in Bonnie and Clyde (multiple gunshot wounds) 5: Howard Beale in Network (multiple gunshot wounds) 4: HAL in 2001 (“Daisy, Daisy…”) 3: Thelma and Louise in Thelma and Louise (suicidal drive over a cliff) 2: Darth Vader in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (dies in his son’s arms) Realized I had a duplicate entry for American History X, so went back and revised. So #1 is still available. Gandalf doesn’t count because he never really died (ghosts and such count, so Darth and Obi-Wan’s appearances are all right, but if it only _looks_ like the character dies than it doesn’t count). ---
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Satine in Moulin Rouge ---
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> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nichol\_storm \* > \*\*55: Bardolph in Henry V (execution) > \*\* Next time you update you can specify that it’s a hanging… :eek: 😉 ---
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16: Messala in Ben-Hur Another item, if you want to update it, is that Messala was run over and stomped in the big chariot race. ---
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what about the old dude who gets cubed by the razorwire right at the start of cube? that one stayed with me a while. or is this thread done with now? ---
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Arthur Penn’s “Bonnie & Clyde.” That was some scene. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/79 "2003-07-07T17:00:32Z")
**AN OCCURANCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE** 1962 Director / Screenwriter: Robert Enrico Short Film Based on a story by Ambrose Pierce Starring: Roger Jacquet who plays a captured civil war soldier about to be hanged for espionage. The lead characters life and good fortune are literally murdered on screen the moment the audience realizes the broken noose that led to his escape was all just a life before death fantasy. I think it won some kind of acedemy award and was also aired on TV as either a Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock presents epsiode. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/80 "2003-07-07T17:12:27Z")
I want to second Joe Pesci’s death by baseball bat in **Casino** , especially since it appears to have been overlooked. Simply brutal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520.md?page=5)