Thursday, March 12, 2020

Spaghetti Western Location ~ Embalse de Santillana


Embalse de Santillana is a basin that was created in 1907 about one kilometer south of Manzanares El Real, Spain. It is often seen in the distance in sequences of western films shot in the landscape of La Pedriza or El Jaralon, such as "Judment of the Coyote" (1954); "Minnesota Clay" (1964); "Bullets Don’t Argue" (1964) (in this film, a group of cavalrymen is filmed in the plain east of the artificial basin); "Gunfighters of Casa Grande" (1964); "Gunmen of the Rio Grande" (1964); "Behind the Mask of Zorro" (1965); "Son of a Gunfighter" (1965); "Renegade Gunfighter" (1965); "Custer of the West" (1966) (an Indian camp is built on the eastern plain); "Ringo and His Golden Pistol" (1966); "Django Shoots First" (1967); "Death Knows No Time" (1968). The plain which extends to the east and is used in "Seven Hours of Gunfire" (1965) (the pioneer camp); "Ringo From Nebraska" (1966); "Mutiny at Fort Sharp" (1966) (in which this basin appears as the Rio Grande); "Seven Dollars to Kill" (1966).




“Judgment of the Coyote” (1954)








“Bullets Don’t Argue” (1964)








“Mutiny at Fort Sharp” (1966)


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