 On May 12, 1956, during the shooting of this film,  Montgomery Clift (qv) had a bad car accident on his way back home  from a party at the house of Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv). His friend  Kevin McCarthy (I) (qv) witnessed the accident from his car, drove  back and informed Taylor and her then husband  Michael Wilding (qv), who immediately drove to the location  together with Rock Hudson (qv). Taylor entered the car through the  back door, crawled to the front seat and removed the two front teeth  from Clifts throat that threatened to choke him. Hudson finally  managed to pull him out of the wreck and together they protected him  from being photographed until the ambulance arrived. This was  necessary because soon after the emergency call had come in to the  local police station, reporters were already on their way and  arrived at the scene when Clift was still in the car. The accident  was well publicized. After nine weeks of recovery Clift returned to  the movie set and finished the film, but with considerable  difficulties. His dashing looks, though, were gone forever. The left  side of his face was more or less immobile.