I think the stunt man who played the indian who jumped on the horses and was subsequently shot by Ringo, and fell beneath the stagecoach's wheels, might have been Yakima Canutt. At any rate, when this stuntman asked John Ford if he needed to do it again, Ford said, whether he got the shot or not, he would never again ask any stuntman to do anything that dangerous.
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"No!"
"And so it must remain."
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theFoss
17 years ago
The stuntman was most certainly Enos "Yakima" Canutt...He was John Wayne's double for many movies...http://wc06.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:84044~T1...Gives Biographical info...Canutt was also the stunt coordinator for Stagecoach, the Indian that fell from the lead horse, several other Indians that fell from their ponies, and was the guy that actually did the jump from horse team to horse team at full speed for the horses out of control stunt
Canutt started as the villianous foil for many of Wayne's Republic and Lone Star movies and also did many harrowing stunts for those films, including the wagon over the cliff and into the river for Angel and the Badman. Canutt often was the 2nd unit director for many action sequences.
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marvel88
17 years ago
That was a great scene. It was one of the most intense, exciting scenes I've watched in any film, and really had me at the edge of my seat.
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