Near Tabernas, Spain, there is a location known as La Sartenilla. This was the desolate area famously used in the opening of The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. In the film Sabata, this area served as the location of the film's finale
In The Big Gundown, it briefly serves as the location where Corbett is rescued after a walk through the desert, only to steal his rescuer's horse to continue is pursuit of Cuchillo. Comparison sequence below-
"In southern Spain you have water, mountains and desert. So it's very western." Eli Wallach.
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