Audrey Hepburn Broke Her Back While Filming This Classic Western

The Unforgiven (1960) is an American Western film starring Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn. Directed by John Huston and based on the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, the author of The Searchers, the film was controversial by the standards of the time for its spotlight on the maltreatment of Native Americans by white settlers. The film was also beset with production problems. In 1959, Audrey Hepburn broke her back while rehearsing a scene for the film, suspending production for several months and resulting in a subsequent miscarriage. She did not return to the screen until 1961 in the legendary feature film Breakfast at Tiffany's.

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