In 1962, on a hill south of the village of Hoyo de
Manzanares, Spain for the film “The Shadow of Zorro” by Joaquin Romero Marchent, a
village (later called Golden City) was built by the producer Eduardo Manzanos
based on a project by the set designers Jaime Perez Cubero and Jose Luis
Galicia, characterized by a rectangular square (used as "Main
Street") and a large two-story building on the north side, or in the
direction of the Sierra de Hoyo de Manzanares, often used as a saloon, hotel or
sheriff's office, This village then appeared in "The Terrible
Sheriff" (1962); "Bienvenido
Padre Murray" (1963); "Gunfight at Red Sands" (1963); The Heroes
of the West "(1963); "The Sign of the Coyote" (1963); "The
Implacable Three" (1963); "Tomb of the Gunfighter" (1964);
"Ride and Kill" (1964); "Two Violent Men" (1964);
"Minnesota Clay" (1964); "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964),
which was used as the village of San Miguel, and has a central role, with many
sequences shot in the rectangular square, occupied by a large truncated
cone-shaped wooden water container and some drinking troughs. The façade of the
building, previously used as a saloon, was transformed to represent the Rojo
residence, with a large porch on the first floor and a terrace with five arches
on the second a veranda was added. On the south side of the square, the
Mexican-style church building appeared in previous films, is completely renovated
to represent the large Baxter house: a two-story wooden construction, with a
small tower.
Other films shot on the Golden City set are:
"Ranch of the Ruthless" (1964); “Bullets and Flesh” (1964); “Bullets
Don't Argue” (1964); "4 Bullets for Joe" (1964); "Adios,
Gringo" (1965); "A Coffin for the Sheriff" (1965); "Outlaw
of Red River" (1965); "The Heroes of Fort Worth" (1965); "Johnny
West" (1965); "Hands of a Gunfighter" (1965); "For a Few
Dollars More" (1965); (where it represents the city of Tucumcari, where
Mortimer / Lee Van Cleef kills Guy Calloway); "The Relentless Four" (1966);
"Seven Hours of Gunfire" (1965); “Seven Guns for the MacGregors”
(1965) (there it represents two distinct villages: La Mesas and the hideout of
the Mexican bandit Santillana / Leo Anchoriz); “Son of Jesse James" (1965)
(as Cedar City); "In a Colt’s Shadow" (1966); "Ringo’s Big Night"
(1966); "Kid Rodelo" (1965); "Renegade Gunfighter" (1966);
"Mutiny at Fort Sharp" (1966); "Rebels on the Loose"
(1966); "Ringo, the Face of Revenge" (1966); "Django, Kill"
(1966); "Kill the Wicked" (1967); "Face to Face" (1967);
"For a Few Bullets More" (1967) (in which it represents Silver City);
"Seven Pistols for a Massacre" (1967); "One by One" (1968);
"Two Crosses at Danger Pass" (1968); "Death Knows No Time"
(1968); "Killer, Adios" (1968); "Dead Men Don’t Count"
(1968); "The Desperados" (1968); "A Pistol for 100 Coffins"
(1968); "Ringo, the Lone Rider" (1968); "Rattler Kid"
(1968); "Land Raiders" (1969); "Garringo" (1969);
"Death on High Mountain" (1969); "The Guns of the Magnificent Seven"
(1969); "A Bullet for Sandoval" (1969); "Matalo!" (1970);
"$20,000 for a Cadaver" (1970); "Dead Men Ride" (1971); “Zorro
the Avenger" (1971); "Gunman in Town" (1971); "Prey of Vultures"
(1971); "A Man Called Apocalypse Joe" (1971); "Kill Django ...
kill first" (1971); "Thunder Over El Paso" (1972); "Death
Played the Flute" (1972); "They called me Requiescat ... but they
were wrong" (1973); "Tequila" (1974); An isolated ranch was also
built near the Golden City set, which appears in some films, including
"The Magnificent Three" (1963), “Gunfight at Red Sands” (1964);
“Bullets Don’t Argue” (1964); "Awkward Hands" (1969). The palisade of
a fort was also built nearby, which was used in "The Heroes of Fort
Worth" (1965) and "Rebels on the Loose" (1966).
“Dead Men Don’t Count” (1968)
“Garringo” (1969)
“Land Raiders” (1969)
“Gunfight at Red Sands” (1963)
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