Clint Eastwood in the 1960s and Pam. Filming began at the Cinecittà studio in Rome in mid-May 1966, including the opening scene between Clint and Wallach, when The Man With No Name captures Tuco for the first time and sends him to jail. The production then moved on to Spain's plateau region, near Burgos in the north, which would double for the extreme deep south of the United States. The western scenes were again shot in Almeria in the south. This time, the production required more elaborate sets, including a town under cannon fire, an extensive prison camp and an American Civil War battlefield. For
Filming location budget. Many films shoot interior scenes on a sound stage and exterior scenes on location. It is often mistakenly believed that filming "on location" takes place in the actual location in which its story is set, but this is not necessarily the case. There are two main types of locations. It is common for films or television series to be set in one place, but filmed in another, usually for reasons of economy or convenience, but sometimes because the substitute location looks more historically appropriate. Some substitute filming locations, and the corresponding film setting, include: Filming location A filming location