IIRC the 'behind the scenes' writeups from when the movie was made, Ford
was sick for several days of the in-country shooting. Dunno about the
shooting scene in the bazaar, but for the earlier horseback escape scene,
he could barely stand up. And we all thought his tired, frazzled, 'oh now
what the hell?' expression during many of the scenes was just good acting.

I read that the bazaar scene, he had dysentery, and was going to do a sword
fight. Instead, he suggested to just shoot the guy, and everyone thought it
would make a good scene, and take a LOT less time to shoot.

I have been around movie making. I have been an extra in several movies and
tv shows. Making movies or TV is nothing like it seemed it would be like.
They do everything out of sequence so nothing makes sense, and they do lots
of takes on everything. Setup takes a long time, and the actual shooting is
miniscule. After you see the movie or TV episode, you put it all together.
But a lot of time, it's boring as watching paint dry. If you don't have
anything to do, you can pick up $100-$200 for a day, but sometimes it's so
much sitting around and so boring, if you got anything else going on, you
just pass. If it's a cattle call (where they need lots and lots of extras),
you don't get in on the grub, or much else.

They do have great food. All catered, and unlimited French club soda, can't
recall the name of that overpriced stuff now. They have one of those chow
wagons, but it's nothing like you'd see at a welding shop. Snitzy equipment
and very very clean. Everything first cabin. The pay for being an extra
was good, too, and even if they didn't use you, you got paid for showing up.
More if you were in a scene, but had to have a SAG card to speak. And you
got behind the ropes that kept the unwashed rabble out.

Steve