# ID these movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 10, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149 "2021-11-10T21:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/1 "2021-11-10T21:03:49Z")
The first was an old movie with Peter Lorre. Lorre, and a couple of other guys’ plane crashes into the ocean. The guys resignedly light cigarettes, and wait for the end, as the plane sinks. The other movie was, I believe, a sword and sorcery type. A king, in order to impress his visitor, commands the two flunkies next to him to hang themselves, which they promptly do. Sorry I couldn’t be more vague 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/2 "2021-11-10T21:09:18Z")
I’m pretty sure the first movie is Crack-up. Editing to add a quote from Wikipedia on the plot: With death imminent, as water fills the cabin, Ace shoots the baron and gives Joe the only life jacket, along with the bomber blueprints, so that he will be rescued by a nearby steamer. The three doomed men left on board smoke a last cigarette as the “Wild Goose” sinks. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/3 "2021-11-10T21:31:27Z")
Think the Sword and Sorcery is [Beastmaster (1982)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083630/reference) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/4 "2021-11-10T21:49:56Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > A king, in order to impress his visitor, commands the two flunkies next to him to hang themselves, which they promptly do I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: It’s Good to be The King! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/5 "2021-11-10T21:50:18Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Think the Sword and Sorcery is [Beastmaster (1982)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083630/reference) The cable TV watchers’ prayer: O Lord, please don’t let it be Beastmaster again! I think in college on The Movie Channel I saw the whole movie four times, and most of it about a dozen more. (And yet, I don’t remember that scene,) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/6 "2021-11-10T21:59:07Z")
The scene is very early in the movie. The evil high priest is trying to impress the king by ordering the flunkies to hang themselves. The king is not impressed. So the priest sets out to kill the king and his unborn son. The son eventually grows up to be the Beast Master. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/7 "2021-11-10T22:04:17Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > The scene is very early in the movie. That explains it. When you’re watching at random between classes, you always miss the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/8 "2021-11-10T22:05:31Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > The son eventually grows up to be the Beast Master. Aw, you spoiled for me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/9 "2021-11-10T22:08:26Z")
Only about 10 minutes. You can still enjoy the rest of the movie, with the Beastmaster doing cool stuff.