# Movie with the best sword fight/s?

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**Created:** [July 1, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-best-sword-fight-s/116790 "2002-07-01T06:16:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-best-sword-fight-s/116790/41 "2002-07-02T14:58:25Z")

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For western fencing, the preiously mentioned “the Duellists” is the hands down winner, with the '70’s “3 Musketeers” and sequel coming in second. For Rennaisance warfare, Depardue’s (sp?) “Cyrano” had some excellent scenes. But the all time greatest and most realistic sword fights are in Kurosawa’s movies, especially 7 Samurai.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-best-sword-fight-s/116790/42 "2002-07-02T20:39:10Z")

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Just a quick note, by the way, on Star Wars: Although a lightsaber is very similar to a sword, it’s a different weapon, and a lot of the good parts of the Star Wars saberfights were the parts which emphasized the differences. Most notably:

The weight of the blade is negligible or zero  
Any hit is guaranteed to maim or kill  
The blade is “all edge”

Of course, the _Star Wars_ movies had the best lightsaber duels of any movie, but that’s not saying much :).

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-best-sword-fight-s/116790/43 "2002-07-02T22:31:19Z")

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There’s a toss-off of a film called **Without A Clue** starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley that ends with a really exciting swordfight if I remember right. (Haven’t seen it since it was in theaters, nearly 15 years ago.) It’s a comedy based on the premise that Sherlock Holmes was a buffoon and Watson was the brains of the operation. A pleasant little rent if you’re into that sort of thing.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-best-sword-fight-s/116790/44 "2002-07-03T00:14:34Z")

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Not that this is especially good, but it hasn’t been mentioned yet and it’s different: At the end of _Young Sherlock Holmes_, a guy with a sword takes on a guy with an oar.

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-best-sword-fight-s/116790/45 "2002-07-03T01:04:17Z")

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Also keep an eye out for Cornell Wilde; he was graceful, athletic, and in his youth qualified for the Olympic fencing team.

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