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For the horse bucking scene in WAGON MASTER ('50), director John Ford promised actor Ben Johnson if he rode the genuine rodeo horse, he would not have to do any dialogue for the day. Johnson agreeed and on his first attempt, he lasted four bucks and came off so hard he was almost knocked out. Unfortunately, the shot was ruined by one of the wranglers running out and tending to him. Johnson had to get up and ride the horse again. The second time he lasted ten bucks before he bailed off, and Ford