Eli Wallach was almost poisoned on the set of Sad Hill
Cemetery. Eli is supposed to break open the leather sacks containing the gold
with a shovel. It was rather tough leather, so the prop men had put some acid
on the sacks to make it easier for Eli to crack them open. It was a rather hot
day when filming began on the scene. Eli loved drinking a lemon soda that came
in special bottles with a little porcelain cap and wires to hold it in place.
Taking a break from the scene Eli saw the little soda bottle, flipped back the
lid and started to drink but got a mouth full of acid. He immediately spit it
out and Leone handed him a bottle of milk and told him to drink it all down.
The acid would have destroyed his vocal cords. He finished filming the scene
with a mouth full of sores.
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