The opening scene of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” was filmed not far from Mini Holltwood on a small plateau. On this same dirt road was located the set of the hacienda of Frank Tanner (John Cypher) from “Valdez is Comng” which today is just a pile of rubble. The small town erected by Carlo Simi was according to several books I’ve read Sergio Leone’s favorite set. This same location was used in “Sabata” where the final scene show’s Banjo (William Berger) chasing bills, his portion of the reward, across the prairie blown by the wind.
This is the same location as seen today.
When I was there in 2005 you could still see the stumps of the hitching posts and piles of rusted tin cans used by crew for meals scattered in the brush.
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