In the final scene of the 1970 film 'Maidstone', actor Rip Torn gets too into character and attacks director/actor Norman Mailer with a hammer to the head. Mailer fights back biting Torn's ear while being strangled. All of this made it into the final cut.

In the final scene of the 1970 film 'Maidstone', actor Rip Torn gets too into character and attacks director/actor Norman Mailer with a hammer to the head. Mailer fights back biting Torn's ear while being strangled. All of this made it into the final cut.