Spaghetti western locations Then & Now “Fistful of Dollars”

One of the most violent scenes in 1964’s “Fistful of Dollars is the river massacre. The Mexican army officer arrives at supposedly the Rio Grande River to buy guns brought south of the border by an American army patrol. He’s travelling in a stagecoach which stops at the river to inspect the guns. The entire Mexican troop of soldiers is massacred by Ramon and his henchmen.

This scene was filmed at the Aldea del Fresno in Madrid, Spain.

This what that same scene looks like today as it is a park along the river. The opening in the bank under the current road can be seen in the film.