Characters That Might Have Faced Execution
Forum Home > Public : General > Characters That Might Have Faced ExecutionRecently I've become interested in "near misses" in TV shows or movies where a character in the show or movie might have faced execution some day, but the show or movie never got to show it.
The example that sparked that interest is Chutney Windham from Legally Blonde. In the movie's pivotal scene, Chutney admits to premeditated murder in the courtroom. If they were in a death penalty state (I don't recall), prosecutors would have one of the easier capital cases in history.
What other examples from shows or movies can you think of where a character might have faced execution if the show or movie had gone on longer?
The example that sparked that interest is Chutney Windham from Legally Blonde. In the movie's pivotal scene, Chutney admits to premeditated murder in the courtroom. If they were in a death penalty state (I don't recall), prosecutors would have one of the easier capital cases in history.
What other examples from shows or movies can you think of where a character might have faced execution if the show or movie had gone on longer?
This post is stuck in my mind. I've tried to think of movie scenes that could include an execution if only they'd run longer. Here are two:
- Moll Flanders with Alex Kingston - Moll and her friend Annie are ready to be hanged. When Daniel Craig rides up to saves Moll, there's no one to save Annie. But Annie stands there in her noose, smiling and just happy for her friend.
- Starship Troopers 3 - poor Lt. Darla Lamb is left 'awaiting execution' for helping the heroes. Even though the heroes succeed, her chance of being saved doesn't seem good at all.
Can you think of other scenes?
- Moll Flanders with Alex Kingston - Moll and her friend Annie are ready to be hanged. When Daniel Craig rides up to saves Moll, there's no one to save Annie. But Annie stands there in her noose, smiling and just happy for her friend.
- Starship Troopers 3 - poor Lt. Darla Lamb is left 'awaiting execution' for helping the heroes. Even though the heroes succeed, her chance of being saved doesn't seem good at all.
Can you think of other scenes?
The one the springs to mind for me is "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" film made of the book by Thomas Hardy. Tess killed her employer I think it was and was eventually arrested after she went on the run from the law. We didn't see a trial but she was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. But they never took the trouble to show it on film. One production showed her walking from the condemned cell but all the others never even bothered with that much. No execution scene - just a flag lowered in the 2008 version. The 1998 version nothing - just a final caption of info. . Don't know about Ploanski's 1979 version - never seen it - I suspect that didn't bother either.
Marie Antoinette (2006): the title characters, Mme Du Barry, 'Madame Etiquette'... they could have shown Lamballe's head being displayed.
There was a Scarlet Pimpernel series in the 1950s, plenty of DiD, Arrested, Prison scenes, but no executions or even near-misses.
There was a Scarlet Pimpernel series in the 1950s, plenty of DiD, Arrested, Prison scenes, but no executions or even near-misses.
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