For the scene where Angel Eyes interrogates Maria the
prostitute for information about Bill Carson, Lee Van Cleef was appalled by the
fact that he was required to actually hit Maria (played by Rada Rassimov),
complaining "I can't hit a woman." Rassimov replied with, "Don't
worry. I'm an actress. Even if you slap me for real, it's no problem," but
Van Cleef further stated, "I know, but I can't!" As a result, a stunt
double was used for shots where Rassimov was slapped, which were intercut with
shots of Van Cleef himself. As he later put it: "There are very few
principles I have in life . . . one of them is I don't kick dogs, and the other
one is I don't slap women in movies".
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