Rabban at the Arrakeen bridge: Aguilas Rojas

After the Harkonnen attack on Arrakeen and the defeat of the Atreides forces,  the Baron’s nephew Rabban amuses himself by throwing captured soldiers off a bridge outside the city wall. Here, Paul Smith (Rabban) rehearses for the night shoot at the Aguilas Rojas location just outside Mexico City.

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