Andrew Rothman wrote:
That scene was written in at the last minute; Harrison Ford had a bad case of the runs and was afraid more vigorous activity would have led to, well, a need for a wardrobe change!
Ha! I didn't know that. That's my favorite scene in the movie and one of my favorites from any movie, the way he deals with a whole posse of bad guys, all that punching and kicking and bullwhip-wielding and then finally has an expression that says, "oh, screw this." and draws his revolver.
There was a case a few years ago in St. Paul that reminded me of that scene. A detective hired for security at some bar got into it with a bunch of guys and was laying them out left and right with his Asp baton. One guy went out and got his gun, came back and, at that point, the detective drew his pistol and put the guy down.