10 Movies Which Unwittingly Inspired Real-Life Crimes

7. Magnum Force

A drain cleaning agent is something supposed to be poured down a drain. It saves many hours of hard, labouring work on your hands and knees and is a useful household tool. However, when poured down a human being's throat, the results are quite different. This is exactly what Clint Eastwood does in Magnum Force and what follows looks expectedly painful and distressing.

As a result of seeing Magnum Force, William Andrews and Dale Selby Pierre wanted to use the method during an armed robbery of a hi-fi store in Utah. The Hi-Fi murders are particularly vile and the use of the drain agent did not work like it did in the movie where Margaret Avery's prostitute dies instantly. Three people died as a result of Andrews and Pierre's action and they were both eventually a victim to capitol punishment.