# Movie ID: Man biting a rope that is holding a sword above him **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272 "2017-02-07T20:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/1 "2017-02-07T20:41:44Z")
This should be an easy one. A guy is tied spread-eagle on the ground. He has a rope in his mouth. The rope goes over a tree limb, and supports a very large sword (I think). The game is this: As long as the guy keeps holding the free end of the rope in his mouth, he lives. If he lets go, the sword falls and kills him. I think it may have been a medieval setting, but I’m not sure. The sword may have been some other deadly thing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/2 "2017-02-07T21:21:35Z")
Was it [this?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9e_TXiAb5I) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/3 "2017-02-07T22:00:20Z")
“Some people can never keep their mouths shut”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/4 "2017-02-07T22:14:01Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Was it [this?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9e_TXiAb5I) That’s it! I thought I was wrong about the sword. I never would have got that on my own. Obviously, I saw the film at some point. But except for that scene, it was forgettable. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/5 "2017-02-07T22:31:27Z")
De nada, but you’re selling yourself short; this thread is currently the #1 hit on google for “rope in his mouth”+movie+medieval, and #2 is – a review of that movie. You knew all the right things to say; all I did was take dictation. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/6 "2017-02-08T15:34:41Z")
The poignant terror of this scene is somewhat diminished by the previous scene in which the villain was waving the pumpkin sized mace head around like it was the plastic prop that it was. Just out of curiosity, I looked it up and a 42 lb cannonball has a diameter of a little less than 7 inches. Put a chunk of iron bigger than that on the end of a stick and you wouldn’t be waving it around like it was no such thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/7 "2017-02-08T16:23:20Z")
Can someone name the movie? I’d prefer not to open a Youtube video. ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/8 "2017-02-08T16:28:42Z")
Hawk the Slayer. Chock full of 80’s B-movie goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Unpronounceable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de0a6/32.png) [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272/9 "2017-02-08T16:30:07Z")
[Hawk the Slayer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080846/?ref_=nv_sr_1)