How to get your handcuffs off without a a key

Question

in the film "no country for old men" the beginging the bad guy kills a cop using his handcuffs to brutally strangle the cop, but how did he get them out? sure he mightve reached for the officer's keys but how can his hands do that if they cant move? plus his handcuffs are in the front, not the backside, therefore making it much easier to strangle a person

Answer 1

If you watch the beginning again, while the sheriff is on the phone, watch Chigurh in the background.  He slips his whole body through his arms, and the handuffs under his feet.  He doesn't take them off until after the deputy is dead, and then he takes the keys.

They explain in the book that Chigurh had spent time practicing this on his own in case he was ever arrested.

Answer 2

it is possible.

1. the man might be double jointed

2. the man might have small hands and large wrists.

Handcuffs are designed to work on most people... but that doesn't mean they will work on everyone.

Answer 3

Use magic to remove handcuffs.