# What fantasy flick was this from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 4, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239 "2022-04-04T13:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **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:** [April 4, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/1 "2022-04-04T13:20:56Z")
A sword & sandal type movie. The hero is visiting a king who demonstrates his power by having two of his flunkies hang themselves. They do so within seconds, and with no second thoughts. I don’t remember how they affixed the ropes, but it was fast. The movie was probably 70s or 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/2 "2022-04-04T13:55:58Z")
I don’t know, but I feel like someone asked this same question not all that long ago. Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/3 "2022-04-04T13:59:40Z")
_The Beastmaster_ is probably the movie you’re looking for. Relevant TVtropes link: > **[Ordered to Die - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrderedToDie)** > > A leader demonstrates their authority by ordering one of their followers or underlings to kill themselves. Perhaps the lieutenant has failed one too many times. Perhaps it's a sheer demonstration of their own power and their followers' Blind … ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/4 "2022-04-04T14:02:05Z")
[The Beastmaster](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083630/) maybe. I found this entry on tvtropes: " In the movie The Beastmaster High Priest Maax orders two of his underlings to kill themselves as a show of his power by hanging themselves. They immediately obey." Under the trope, [Ordered to die](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrderedToDie). Curses! Ninjaed by **Yamato Twinkie** ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/5 "2022-04-04T15:20:49Z")
And the relevant Beastmaster scene is here (starting at 3:28): [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z8IEVYKImUw/hqdefault.jpg "The Beastmaster (1982)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8IEVYKImUw) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/6 "2022-04-04T15:44:03Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > A sword & sandal type movie. The hero is visiting a king who demonstrates his power by having two of his flunkies hang themselves. They do so within seconds, and with no second thoughts. I don’t remember how they affixed the ropes, but it was fast. The movie was probably 70s or 80s. > [@Gyrate](#): > > I don’t know, but I feel like someone asked this same question not all that long ago. Hmmm… Found it. Not only did somebody ask this already (last November), it was **you**. > [@ID these movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/1): > > 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 🙂 And it was answered then too. > [@ID these movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149/3): > > Think the Sword and Sorcery is [Beastmaster (1982)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083630/reference) Write it down this time, man! 😃 ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/7 "2022-04-04T15:46:47Z")
Well, that’s embarrassing! I swear on my mother’s grave that I’ll never ask again 🙂 eta: my mom was cremated, so I may have a little wiggle room. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fantasy-flick-was-this-from/962239/8 "2022-04-04T15:48:00Z")
It happens. I’ve forgotten things I’ve asked here and asked them again too. And I probably didn’t write down the answers the second time either.