Location: Tabernas - "Revenge is a Dish..."

Once again, the desert of Tabernas is highly used in Death Rides a Horse.  The particular scene we are comparing in this entry is that of Ryan (Lee Van Cleef) and Bill's (John Phillip Law) encounter after a cat and mouse like chase through the desert.

 



 

 Bill rides through the desert

Ryan is waiting

 

 Bill approaches Ryan

Bill offers an alliance

 

Ryan declines... "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold"

 

 

 

 

GBU50: Rare Photos - Meeting Stevens

This is part 1 of a 6 part series of a rare The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly photo series.  These rarely seen photos are originally from the collection of Edoardo Ezio Pizzi, the man who handled all publicity and press relations for Unidis and Jolly Films.

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Location: Tabernas - Bowie Saloon

 

One of my favorite locations from my first trip to Spain was that of the Agua Caliente Tavern from For a Few Dollars More.  At the time I didn't realize that it was also the Bowie Bar in Day of Anger.   The photos below are from my return trip to the location.

 

Like many locations in Spaghetti Westerns, this was a pre-existing location not built for any one film.  Today it is in ruins, it's roof collapsed and the walls beginning to crumble.  Vegetation from the desert has also began to take over.  Even as nature retakes this location, much of it can still be recognized from Day of Anger.

Talby enters the bar

 note collapsed roof to the right

 Wild Jack enters

 with the door missing, the roadway is only a few feet outside

collapsed roof

 

 

Below is a comparison between when the movie was shot, my first visit in 2013, and my next visit 18 months later in 2015. 

 

 

 

Additional location photos below.  Click to enlarge!