Puente Leone is the sight of what once was a five-arched
bridge (of which the three power stations are close together) was built, about
four kilometers upstream from the current Oasys/Mini Holywoos, in a rambla by
the dirt road that leads to the Sierra Alhamilla (access to Colativi) for the spectacular
sequence for the film "Duck You Sucker" (1971), in which the bridge
itself is blown up by John Mallory (James Coburn). Of this great stone
artifact, which deserves to be remembered as Puente Leone, there are still the
landing and an arch on the northern side of the rambla and the extremity on the
southern side (towards the dirt road). A few hundred meters further upstream,
near the dirt road, the machinegun nests (stone walls) where John Mallory and
Juan Miranda (Rod Steiger) have remained intact. A few dozen meters from there,
there is still the slope where we see the insurgents rising, who, facing the
advance of the Column of government soldiers led by Colonel Gunther Reza,
retreat to the caves of San Isidro, leaving only Mallory and Miranda remained
behind to destroy the bridge. You can also see two camera huts where the
cameramen were located and protected from flying debris when the bridge was
blown up. 
“Duck You Sucker” (1971)
“Duck You Sucker” (1971)
Camera hut to protect the camerman.
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