Sad Hill Cemetery

Location from The Dollars Trilogy by Sergio Leone / United Artists

A massive Confederate cemetery in the Southwest — thousands of graves arranged in a circular pattern, with the Confederate gold buried somewhere in the middle and three men approaching from different directions.

Also known as: Sad Hill Cemetery, Sad Hill

What They Know

• The Confederate gold is buried beneath a specific named grave in the center circle
• Built specifically for the film using several hundred Spanish soldiers as labor
• The circular design enables the three-way standoff sequence's camera rotation
• Named graves in the thousands — finding the right one requires knowing the exact name

Connections

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