Cooper was reluctant to film the fight scene with Bridges due to ongoing problems with his back, but eventually did so without the use of a stunt double. He wore no makeup to emphasize his character's anguish and fear, which was probably intensified by pain from recent surgery to remove a bleeding ulcer.Hyams, J. The Life and Times of the Western Movie. Gallery Books (1984), pp. 113–5.
Cooper was reluctant to film the fight scene with Bridges due t,o ongoing problems with his back, but eventually did so without the use of a stunt double. He wore no m,akeup to emphasize his character's anguish and fear, which was probably intensified by pain from recent surgery to remove a bl?eeding ulcer.Hyams, J. The Life and Times of the Western Movie. Gallery Books (1984), pp. 113–5.