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


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