McQueen always tried to push his stunt work to the edge of his ability for realism in his films. He did ride out of the chute for the saddle-bronc sequence, but let a stunt man finish the ride and get bucked off. Just before McQueen rode out of the chute on the bronc, he mistakenly goosed the stunt horse with his spurs, which resulted in an unscripted scene between the star and the horse that is included in the final cut, adding a

True West February 2019
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Women of the Alamo
- Who Was Allowed to Wear Feathered Bonnets and What Did They Signify?
- What History Has Taught Me: Alan Rockman
- What Can You Tell Me About Wild Bunch Associate Laura Bullion?
- Grand Canyon’s Grand Meals
- Western Events for February 2019
- Oregon at 160
- Fire Engulfs Paramount Western Ranch
- Battle of the Plaza
- Hollywood’s Six-gun Fakery
- Were any Arizona Rangers Involved in Gunfights in Mexico?
- A Noose and a Scoop
- The Oatman Party was near Arizona’s Painted Rock Petroglyph Site when they were Massacred in 1851. Could that have been a Factor in the Attack?
- What Were Frontier Dentists Able to Do Medically Besides Pull Teeth and Make Primitive Dentures?