David Carradine - Best Knife Fight Ever! - The Long Riders

[@tonyfrye5151]

Saw this with my dad when it came out. I was almost sad when I left the theater because I thought I'd never see a movie I liked this much ever again.

[@jasonjones5707]

James Remar Better Known As Ajax From The Warriors, Great Actor... Rest Well David Carrodine, My Favorite Fight Scene With Him Was Against Chuck Norris In The Movie (Lone Wolf Mcquade)...

[@woyame1]

Deep Dive Trivia Bit: James Remar later played the father of the titular serial killer in Showtime's "Dexter". On that same show David Carradine's brother Keith portrayed a famous FBI profiler in the series' seasons 2 and 4.

[@ditch9802]

It looks like the same vest he wore in the Warriors.

[@mikes7504]

@@ditch9802

[@223ndog]

I love all those cheesy movies from the 80s and 90s. Everything made today is terrible, totally unwatchable.

[@KutWrite]

I liked him in "48 Hours."

[@jamesolivito4374]

I remember seeing this movie when it came out. I saw it at the drive in, it was the second feature . This movie never got the credit it deserved. The cinematic angle of the opening scene when they were all riding in hard on those horses was breath taking, it really drew you in. Even though it was not the feature film that night, I can not recall the other movie. One of my favorite films .

[@Boudica234]

Yup. A great movie. And for me it had the best scene in Western film history. That slow motion escape from the Northfield, MN raid was unbelievable. Beyond epic.

[@key2seventhree349]

It was made for television. It was never at the drive-in !!!

[@Boudica234]

@@key2seventhree349 Wrong. The movie was released May 16, 1980. Upon release it was reviewed by the N.Y. Times, Los Angeles Times, Variety, the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post. Do a little research before u embarrass yourself.

[@jamesolivito4374]

@@key2seventhree349 you had to be there , yes indeed it was .

[@key2seventhree349]

Boudicca - It was made for television. Your a fool !!!

[@thelegendfamily4836]

RIP David Carradine; you will be missed.

[@olechuga2]

An EXCELLENT tribute to Mr. David Carradine.

[@CowboyPants-h5p]

David Carradine = pedophile.

[@jeffburke4025]

Best movie ever. My Pops had Long Riders on vhs when I grew up. We spent many a rainy Sunday afternoons watching Long Riders, Pale Rider, Outlaw Josey Wales, etc. He raised us up right

[@danielsmith1232]

I am one of those, (pops) who' watched this great classic best western movie almost 40 yr.s ago w/ my young children, enjoyed it many times scince, memories of that movie, the time area, n precious times I was blessed to have with my children,brings much joy, many ways, rewatching this wonderful old movie whenever I get the opportunity...

[@brucewayne3602]

absolute truth ... many life lessons here !!!

[@roybraithwaite9332]

Brought up right??? what to Become a knife stabbing and a crazed pistol killing Outlaw!!!😂😂🤣😂

[@billyjoeduval9075]

Them were all grea

[@billyjoeduval9075]

Them were all great movies!

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

Long Riders....one of the 10 best westerns ever made. Genius for casting four sets of real-life brothers to play the leads: the Keach's, Carradine's, Quaid's, and Guest's. The best part of the movie? Too many to name but this one is certainly up there. Best part of this scene... 3:58 when Star takes Carridine's knife to the cow of his leg, spits out the cloth and smashes the mug of beer with his fist before falling to the ground.

[@LJW55]

I saw this movie when it was released in Australia in early 1981 I think. I agree with you on it being in the top 10 all time great westerns... Ry Cooder's sountrack simply was wonderful. My favourite scene/sequence was the botched bank hold up near the end when the townspeople fired upon the gang as they tried to escape. The slowmo sequences and sounds of the whistling gunshots were brilliant...

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

@@LJW55 Yep. Keith Carradine had a banner year in 1981 because for me another great gritty film of his came out in 1981 Southern Comfort. Also featured a great score by RyCooder. And surprise! It was directed by Walter Hill again. Ooops pardon me. Long Riders was 1980.

[@Goncalvmc22]

Y S IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY, THE VERY BEST KNIFE FIGHT IN A WESTERN MOVIE EVER!!! AND HE WAS INMENSE!!! A TRUE LEGEND!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BACK TO US!!!

[@zenkahuna]

The Long Riders has some great one liners. Several in this short clip. Great movie that I have watched over and over again.

[@PunisherDMT]

I don't know if I'd call it the "best" knife fight ever, but it was entertaining.

[@seanmaguire380]

Knife fight in Commando is better

[@82584]

​@@seanmaguire380The Hunted

[@mikkelandersen5074]

Now that's some lady - Well deserved tribute to Carradine

[@emmaduncan2296]

"Whats the winner get?" "nothin' you both ain't already had." great bit of dialogue!

[@wildtrout6175]

The knife fight was a bit anticlimactic. I found the dialogue between Belle and Cole, and then Cole and Sam to be the highlight of the whole bar scene. "pleased to meet ya," and "glad I caught ya in a good mood," were classic!

[@alphaniner3770]

it is a very nice scene otherwise - but of course it is not a realistic knife fight. but I guess that cut fingers, cut hands, and multiple stabwounds, possibly in both bellies, all happening in a few seconds was not wat people wanted to see on the screen.

[@moparchallenger749]

Very cool,great scene,great movie RIP David You are missed

[@ilnodon]

A great Western with a great cast. Damn few like that anymore.

[@brucewayne3602]

nothing anymore !!!

[@icosahedron7726]

*""TO DAVID CARRIDINE, YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS IN THE EPISODES OF ""KUNG FU""!!!!!* *""I ENJOYED EVERY LAST ONE, ""I STILL WATCH THOSE OLD EPISODES TO THIS DAY""!!!!!!!!!* *""DAVID CARRIDINE WAS A MAN BEFORE HIS TIME""!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@petersteele7603]

And it was a navy frogman that introduced me to the world of martial arts and took me to UFC fights in its infancy.

[@AssinnippiJack]

Saw "The Long Riders" when it came out 37 years ago. I remember thinking how much David looked like his veteran-actor father John. Straight out of 1939's "Stagecoach" with John Wayne.

[@li8363]

I had to cut school to go see it in 42nd Street the day it first came out.

[@zaphodbeatlebrox4906]

John is one of my favorites of all time.

[@dearprudence2260]

David uses much of the finesse that he developed while filming King Fu. Bad-ass western. Up there with Tombstone if you ask me. Watch it if you haven't seen it. The Long Riders.

[@TrailerYacht]

"No need to _FIGHT_ over me" - I couldn't agree more.

[@coporal4]

May God Bless you and the Carradine family

[@jesseperez3024]

James remar rockks !!!! Can yu dig it !!!!!

[@kwaichangcaine8234]

Suckers

[@emmaduncan2991]

This highly underrated movie, also has a great performance by Fran Ryan as Zerelda James.

[@fjdubya5726]

Never allow a woman to set the terms.

[@robcochran6213]

James Remar, the universal infielder, the only actor who can play any role on any level. Him and Eric Roberts.

[@kartikamarjeet2082]

Both of them great and underrated actors!

[@mikes7504]

Good call out! Only way to save that abomination The Rings of Power would be to recast Remar as Celebrimbor and Roberts at Sauron.

[@rhyss4761]

I put it to you that the film, "The Hunted" has the best knife fight

[@edmundp123]

"Nevada Smith"

[@brucewayne3602]

@@aliceshaw8265 no equal

[@teeyoungblood7627]

Totally agree

[@user-fr3vo4hl2d]

Number one.

[@anonymousbosch9265]

I’m a historical knife and dagger martial artist and have been researching Bowie knife treatises which are scarce but I found an American civil war era pamphlet/booklet about Mexican knife fighting for greasers and divers but it was filled with more dirty trick type stuff than any specific technique or fencing science. Still very cool though

[@0The_Farlander0]

no less valid than unscrewing the pommel of your sword and hurling it at your opponent

[@anonymousbosch9265]

@@0The_Farlander0 certainly more valid than ending him rightly

[@CurCam713]

Long Riders is an underrated classic. The actor brothers playing the legendary brothers.

[@WalterWhite-gw3vm]

Holy shit, that is one of the many great movies I forgot all about. Thanks for the post

[@pharoahchuck]

Cool Caine fights Ajax from the warriors.

[@kotabear151]

Dame wasn't worth the fuss! 😲

[@oneer8435]

Nope

[@johnvanegmond1812]

Knife fight over the town bicycle.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

She said it herself. But crazy men like to fight, and are entertaining. She said it herself too. 😂

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Postnut clarity was very much needed.

[@chrislapp9468]

The hookers were all mutts back then in the West.

[@MrJackmandew]

The long riders gotta be in the top 10 westerns

[@jimmyb227]

What a great movie! Thanks for posting this!

[@demondik]

A friend who carried around the reputation of being a bad ass with a blade explained the whole idea of a knife fight in just one sentence. "If you're going to use a knife in a fight, the guy you're fighting never knows about it or sees it til it's buried in his ribcage." Sounds more realistic that way and definitely leaves no romance to the idea of wielding a blade.

[@brianvannorman1465]

Romance is overrated. Merely living is entirely too underrated

[@midwestmatthew9752]

It takes a skilled knife fighter to let the air into someone without getting so much as a drop of their blood on your blade!

[@lawrencedockery9032]

I love that Sam rolls in and starts shooting at Cole's foot and Cole doesn't even flinch. That's years of experience against a young cocky upstart.

[@jamesfletcher4582]

That's not years of experience thats what the script said to do. Dude it's a movie!

[@cannabico6621]

@@jamesfletcher4582 oh shit it's a movie? i thought this was a documentary or sumthin..

[@KodytheRedFox]

R.I.P David Carradine 1936-2009

[@Sporkmaker5150]

Went out like a boss.

[@DoobieNick]

"Well, I'm glad I caught you in a good mood."

[@maxbrazil3712]

Remar & Carradine, two Kings of Cool in a knife fight directed by Walter Hill. It don't get no better!

[@jasonwheel]

James Remar had a good confrontation with Al Pacino in 'Cruising'. great scene

[@nylesfrench3568]

Great Movie, great scene incredible knives, small swords really.

[@MrfiX725]

"Best knife fight ever"??? THE HUNTED with Tommy and Benicia still has that title.

[@TheZir05]

Thanks for posting. People have been so spoon-fed all these fancy and slick knife fights that they don't understand the reality of it. They aren't pretty nor fancy. It's ugly, sick and brutal and pretty darn sloppy too. In a "duel" type scenario, this comes pretty close. I would give honorable mention to the Taxicab scene in "Oldboy". Films like the Bourne series and Man from Nowhere are pretty cool, well shot and edited but not necessarily realistic. Valid techniques under ideal circumstances.

[@oscargrouch7962]

The best knife fight was in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. "Oh, no, not yet. Not til me and Harvey get the rules straightened out."

[@eugeneflynn7435]

IYKYK.

[@eric934]

Yes 😂

[@BillMartin-h2g]

"Someone count 'one, two, three go.'"

[@drew5337]

Rules? In a knife fight?? No rules! *punt*

[@luthahvelken4653]

I like the way he kept the shiny new knife.

[@JennaCidalz]

well of course, Cole's knife was still stuck in Sam. Ain't got all day here :)

[@edgaraquino2324]

​@@JennaCidalzthose Bowies look like Westerns...😊

[@traviskeeler5655]

Best western ever. In my opinion. Amazing casting. Never done before....or since.

[@RabbiSteve]

I still consider my favorite knife fight from any movie. And while l love Hill’s movies, and there are even Westerns of his I like more, this is one of my top favorites of his, and I think the only Western of his (actually taking place in the old West, because as many say, including Hill himself, *every* Walter Hill movie is really a Western, even if in disguise). Saw it in the theater and as part of my birthday gift disc haul to myself, just got it on Blu-ray.

[@johnhaydock1577]

What was the point of the rope between the teeth.... ?

[@lettots]

Ain't nothing you already had. She says. You gotta love it!

[@5minuteappointment153]

i could feel that pain right through my screen

[@glennevitt5250]

One of the best knife 🤩 Fight Western scene

[@strattuner]

he was merciful,he just made him walk with a limp forever,it'll take 4 months for the stiffness to leave,don't play with kitchen untensils,david cardine and james remar are extraordinary actors,rip in peace dave

[@garypatrick7817]

Glad I caught you in a good mood 😁.....

[@870Rem12gauge]

The look on Sam Starr's face after Cole pulls out his Bowie is..."Damn, this is one crazy reb".

[@tonysicily2687]

Sound effect on the lamp was late, it had already started to fall when the shot sound was played

[@THEMAX00000]

“Nothing you both ain’t already had” That says it all!!!

[@Eoquencawacha]

I remember my first knife fight... good times

[@psychodelicrock12]

Can someone please post the entire movie here?

[@bailey9r]

Bite on this..."Hey you don't know where that shash has been!"

[@rnbspowa7of69]

That’s not what a real knife fight looks like.

[@MrEMT4466]

NOPE

[@homoerectus744]

Moi? I tried to push one away,and got 3 gnarled fingers from just a slight touch, let alone a stab or swipe.

[@vapormissile]

Nope and lol

[@bumpdat01]

Agreed y’all

[@vapormissile]

@@bumpdat01 is too an actual old-west knife fight! chew on my velvet rope, pardner.

[@ccdanish]

The Man From Nowhere!!!

[@richardsuggs8108]

I’m reminded of the words of Sean Connery. When your opponent draws a knife you pull a gun. Never bring a knife fight to a gun fight.

[@janetowens7288]

James Remar. Great bad guy in 48 hours.

[@leftys408]

My leg ached for a week when I first saw this in 1981....

[@mfawls9624]

Well done Grasshopper!

[@geoffreywelsby5889]

Is that Ajax out of the worriers.

[@erikramaekers63]

This was my favorite knife fight untill I saw The Hunted in 2003(directed by William Friedkin) the second knife fight between Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro is amazing.

[@TubeYouGuy]

I just made the same comment a few minutes ago. Then I scrolled down and saw your comment. That was absolutely brutal! I love that movie.

[@davejalenderki]

David Carradine was really good with his hands. I guess he knew that better than anyone when he died. A true handyman if you will.

[@CZeke]

I think it's kind of off-topic here, but me, I've loved every season of Dexter. Some are weaker than others, but it never stops being compelling TV. This is the last season, so Dex should finally get what's coming to him, and I can't wait.

[@flipperdale51]

That's a heck of way to fight. I think I'll try it with my mother in law.

[@blebleh666]

Is it Kurgan?

[@jkoff76]

James Remar!! BADASS!!

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

The best knife fight scene BY FAR is in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!

[@cha5]

seattwa “Rules? In a knife fight?!? NO RULES!!!” (WHUMP!!!) 😖 ✨ “Well if there’s no rules; Let’s get started then.”

[@edgaraquino2324]

...again using a Western Bowie....😊

[@suntzu5836]

Glad I caught you in a good mood!

[@husnainanwaar1992]

what are the names of these knives

[@Phalanx11]

What happened next??!

[@100texan2]

The knife fight is called the “Helena duel” originated in Helena, Karnes County Texas, formerly known as “ Six Shooter Junction.”

[@paullion3763]

It didn't actually originate there the Apache, an several other tribes used it first as a insult settler an the white man copied it later

[@mamehakase]

Did you notice David Carradine's knife was clean with no blood on it when he was sheathing it? Whose job was it to make it look real?

[@benvoeller8946]

Carradine's knife was left in the other guy's leg. He kept the one that wasn't used that's why there's not blood on it.

[@DanGlenn-ve3oi]

Point one: It's a movie, what did you expect someone to be gutted? Point two: This was two individuals. Do you think all knife fights are alike? Are there set rules for knife fights? What is the protocol?

[@erfut]

What is the name of the film pls

[@glenbolderson2479]

"Im glad I caught ya in a good mood"....damn that still makes me laugh.

[@50scap3]

That lady is Leslie Knopes mom from Parks & Rec in her much younger days.

[@jkay6612]

the guy is a "Warrior " from the movie .... been a while

[@JBliehall]

J Kay I really liked that movie. The specials on the CD told of a lot of the dialog and the "clicking" of the bottles as being generated by the actors spontaneously

[@adrianpetyt9167]

Wasn't the guy playing Sam Starr Ajax from The Warriors?

[@randyhutchinson-fp4ic]

James Remar!! What a great bad guy!!

[@aidsskrillex327]

What's the purpose of the strap in each guys teeth?

[@NAMSTheMediaCow]

is sam star ajax form the warriors?

[@colinglen4505]

i'm constantly amazed by the type of woman men will fight over.

[@li8363]

Skuzz buckets.

[@richardwimmer6846]

Great Tribute...

[@richardrussell1002]

My mother was in a movie theater bathroom washing her hands when the star from the movie walked in, my mother said, “ you look familiar ?” The movie star said, “it’s good to meet you too!” My mother said she didn’t realize until she sat back down who the woman was, lol.

[@richardboone5464]

I loved David in everything he did but, you're full of it if you think this was the best knife fight ever on screen.

[@blockmasterscott]

I loved this movie and the knife fight was awesome, but my favorite fight scene with Carradine was him against Norris in Lone Wolf McQuade.

[@brucenordstrom670]

Loved this. Thanks for posting. But I've gotta argue with you about this. I think the knife fight at the beginning of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," is the best knife ever put on film.

[@jeffbingaman2754]

If this is the best knife fight scene ever. You must have never seen the movie "The Rebel" a martial arts flick. Awesome fight scenes

[@kcw0809]

For half a second I thought it was Caine and wondered when he grew a moustache lol.

[@robertlange1772]

Definitely among the Best of the West!

[@TheIrishAmish]

As a knife fight, it’s great ballroom dancing.

[@IRedpunk]

check out The Raid 2 end fight for some crazy knife/CQC

[@payne540]

+IRedpunk The hand to hand combat in The Raid and The Raid 2 is pretty entertaining. Insanely brutal!

[@dqreps]

+payne540 the best I have Ever seen! ✊👊

[@derekmartinez6002]

payne540 check out the knife fight scene from "a man from no where"

[@cha5]

A great scene, BUT back when this fight takes place they didn't have shiny stainless steel Bowie knives like you see in this scene at 1:09, There were plenty of Carbon steel bladed Bowies, but Stainless steel knives didn't come along until the 1920s. Any actual Bowie from this era would have a far more dull surface sheen to it.

[@pediatrapaola]

Joey Dunlop yes also because is ajax of the warriors .

[@pediatrapaola]

Joey Dunlop absolutely ,she is awful

[@pinz2022]

pediatrapaola Pamela Reed's character doesn't make any bones about it. she says right off that she's boned both of them.

[@pediatrapaola]

pinz2022 l know l saw the movie many times and also very recently

[@mrfrogg46able]

cha5 stainless is not used for knives, it doesn't hold an edge.

[@Noisycowonline]

(James Remar) Sam Starr - the villain from the 48 hours movie. Dude was in everything. In 1985, Remar was fired from the cast of Aliens after being arrested for drug possession.

[@WormStomperTV]

I just learned that a couple of weeks ago. I had no idea and Aliens is probably one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time! Hate to say it but, Thank God because Michael Biehn was perfect in that role.

[@flyingscience]

is the bitting the belt a real tradigion nevef seen or heard of that before

[@pacsterthedeplorable6269]

flyingscience Actually, they had gunfights this way!