I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who’s ever noticed this, as one thing has always bugged me about the famous opening sequence in Cliffhanger where Sylvester Stallone drops a woman to her death. Even though this is a super-intense, sad and serious scene, pay close attention to Ralph Waite, the elderly actor playing Frank. For whatever reason, Frank’s got this big, wide-eyed, evil-looking smile on his face throughout the whole scene, and almost looks like he’s LAUGHING when the poor woman plummets to her doom! Maybe old Ralph Waite got a little senile and forgot he wasn’t making a comedy.