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Oops, my mistake. I suppose Temple and Skull are at one really memorable scene each.
It wasn't food poisoning so far as I'd heard it, but dysentery from local water due to shooting on location.
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That reminds me that while filming The African Queen, the only actor and member of the crew that didn't get dysentery was Humpfrey Boghart, because he drank exclusively scotch during the entire production run.
from what i remember Bogart lived exclusively off of the stuff
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Yes, the shooting of the swordsman was in Raiders, and it was ad-libbed. The script called for a huge knock-down drag out fight, and Harrison was recovering from food poisoning, and felt like literal crap during shooting. He needed to get back to his trailer, and the last thing he wanted to do was another take of the fight, so he pulled the revolver, fired a blank, and the stunt man reacted. It was such a good shot they used that version, and moved the big fight to the airfield.
Wow, never heard that before.