During shooting, Clint Eastwood sustained what he describes as the worst injury he has ever had on-set when a horse he was riding fell through thin ice and launched him forward. Clint suffered a dislocated shoulder.
The first horse assigned to Richard Kiel collapsed the first time he climbed aboard. He was then assigned a stronger horse.
The highest-grossing western at the box office made and released during the 1980s.
After Club (Richard Kiel) gets hit between the legs, Preacher (Clint Eastwood) helps him back to his horse. Richard, due to back problems, had to use a step that was on the side of the horse to get onto his saddle. If you look you can see Richard take a step onto the platform before getting on the horse.
In one scene, Clint Eastwood pulls his gun with his left hand because of a shoulder injury he suffered by falling off of a horse during the making of this film.
Fritz Manes: Clint Eastwood's regular producing partner as a stage rider. The appearance was one of seven that Manes has made in Eastwood's movies.