MOVIES FILMED IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Year Movie Title Actors Location 1910s 1913 Toll of Fear Romaine Fielding Tumacacori
1913 An Adventure on Romaine Fielding, Mary Ryan Nogales the Mexican Border & Robyn Adair
1940s 1941 Red River Valley Roy Rogers, Gale Storm & Patagonia The Sons of the Pioneers
1946 Duel in the Sun Gregory Peck & Jennifer Jones Sonoita & Tumacacori & Joseph Cotton
1948 Red River John Wayne, Montgomery Clift Elgin, Old Tucson, Fairbank, Joanne Dru & Walter Brennan Empire Ranch, Kentucky Camp
1950s 1950 Winchester 73 James Stewart, Shelly Winters Mescalo, Sonoita, Patagonia, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally Empire Ranch, Kentucky Camp
1951 David and Gregory Peck & Susan Hayward Nogales, Sonoita, Elgin Bathsheba Raymond Massey Canelo, Patagonia & Ruby
1951 The Furies Walter Houston & Barbara Stanwick Empire Ranch @ Sonoita
1953 War Arrow Maureen O’Hara, Jeff Chandler Empire Ranch, Nogales John McIntire & Suzan Ball Pajarito, Atascosa, Tumacacori
1953 Hondo John Wayne, Geraldine Page Patagonia, Sasabe James Arness & Ward Bond
1954 Broken Lance Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner Patagonia, Elgin, Nogales Jean Peters & Richard Widmark Empire Ranch
1954 War Arrow Maureen O’Hara, Jeff Chandler Nogales, Empire Ranch & John McIntire & Suzan Ball Atascosa & Pajarito Mtns.
1955 Oklahoma Gordon McRae, Shirley Jones Sonoita, Elgin, Canelo, Amado Gloria Grahame & Gene Nelson Patagonia, Empire Ranch & San Raphael Valley
1956 Backlash Richard Widmark Donna Reed, Nogales, Sonoita, Patagonia William Campbell & John McIntire Benson & Ruby
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Year Movie Title Actors Location
1956 Battle Hymn Rock Hudson, Martha Hyer Nogales, Ruby, Canelo, Lochiel Anna Kashfi, & Dan Duryea
1956 Bottom of the Van Johnson & Joseph Cotton Nogales & Santa Cruz Valley Bottle
1957 Gunsight Ridge Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens Patagonia, Empire Ranch & Joan Weldon & Addison Richards Old Tucson.
1957 The Guns of Fort Audie Murphy & Kathryn Grant Old Tucson, Amado and the Petticoat Tucson & Sierrita Mountains
1957 3:10 to Yuma Glen Ford, Van Heflin Elgin, Old Tucson, Dragoon Felicia Farr & Leora Dana Texas Canyon, Empire Ranch
1958 Gunman’s Walk Van Heflin & Tab Hunter Patagonia Empire Ranch James Darren Wilcox, Elgin & Kentucky Camp
1958 The Big Country Gregory Peck & Charlton Heston Mescal, Empire Ranch, Sonoita Jean Simmons Patagonia, Kentucky Camp
1958 Gunfight at the Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas Old Tucson, Tucson, Elgin, O.K. Corral Rhonda Fleming Empire Ranch
1959 Last Train from Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn Elgin, Patagonia, St. David, Gun Hill Carolyn Jones Fairbank & Empire Ranch
1959 Pork Chop Hill Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Patagonia Rip Torn, George Peppard & Woody Strode
1959 Rio Bravo John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Old Tucson, and the Tucson Nelson & Angie Dickinson & Sierrita Mountains
1960s 1960 Heller in Pink Sophia Loren & Anthony Quinn Arivaca, Ruby, Empire Ranch Tights Margaret O’Brien & Steve Forrest San Xavier & Old Tucson
1963 McLintock John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara Patagonia, Lochiel, Fairbank Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers San Raphael Valley, Ruby,
1967 Hombre Paul Newman, Fredric March, Santa Rita Mts , Greaterville Richard Boone & Barbara Rush Helvetia, Empire Ranch
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Year Movie Title Actors Location
1967 Hour of the Gun James Garner, Jason Robards Sonoita & Elgin & Robert Ryan Empire Ranch
1967 Return of the Robert Taylor, Chad Everett Sonoita, Elgin, Empire Ranch, Gunfighter & Ana Martin Sabino Canyon, Old Tucson
1970s 1970 Monte Walsh Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau Sonoita, Elgin, Patagonia Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan Greaterville, Canelo, Benson
1970 Rio Lobo John Wayne, Jennifer O’Neill Ruby, Tucson, Tumacacori & Jorge Rivero Arivaca, Sierrita Mtns.
1970 The Cowboys John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne Elgin, Sonoita, Hereford, Empire Ranch
1971 Wild Rovers William Holden, Ryan O’Neal Nogales, Patagonia & Karl Malden Old Tucson, Empire Ranch
1972 Pocket Money Paul Newman, Lee Marvin Nogales, Empire Ranch Patagonia & Tucson
1972 Rage George C. Scott & Richard Basehart Kino Springs Martin Sheen
1972 Ulzana’s Raid Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison Rio Rico, Tucson, Ruby, Sonoita
1972 Night of the Lepus Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Empire Ranch, Sonoita, Old Rory Calhoun & DeForest Kelley Tucson, University of Arizona
1973 The Man Who Burt Reynolds, Sara Miles, Rio Rico, Old Tucson & Loved Cat Dancing Lee Cobb & Jack Warden San Rafael Valley
1975 Posse Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern & Sabino Canyon, Empire Ranch, Bo Hopkins San Manuel
1976 The Last Hard Men Charlton Heston, James Coburn Sonoita, Empire Ranch & Barbara Hershey
1976 The Outlaw Josey Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George Patagonia, Empire Ranch, Wales & Sandra Locke Mescal
1976 A Star is Born Barbara Streisand, Kris Kristofferson Tuscon, Empire Ranch, Gary Busey & Oliver Clark `Sonoita,
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Year Movie Title Actors Location
1977 Another Man, James Caan, Genevieve Bujold `Old Tucson, Elgin, Patagonia Another Chance & Francis Huster Empire Ranch, Mescal, Marana
1979The Frisco Kid Gene Wilder & Harrison Ford Nogales, Patagonia, Old Tucson ,
1979 The Sacketts Sam Elliott, Glenn Ford, Patagonia, Old Tucson Ruth Roman & Tom Selleck
1980s 1980 Tom Horn Steve McQueen, Linda Evans Sonoita, San Rafael Valley & Richard Farnsworth
1988 Young Guns Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland Old Tucson, Tumacacori Charlie Sheen & Dermot Mulroney
1988 Red River Bruce Boxleitner, James Arness Tucson, Empire Ranch, Elgiin, Gregory Harrison & Stan Shaw Wilcox, Greaterville, Redington
1990s 1991 Roswell Kyle MacLaughlin & Dwight Sonoita, Bisbee & Tucson Yoakam & Martin Sheen
1993 Tombstone Kurt Russel, Val Kilmer Patagonia Sam Elliot, Bill Paxton
1993 Posse Mario Van Peebles, Stephen, Old Tucson, Empire Ranch Baldwin & Charles Lane Benson, Sierrita Mountains
1995 Boys on the Side Whoopie Goldberg, Drew Tumacacori & Amado Barrymore & Mary Louise Parker
1994 Seduced by Evil Suzanne Sommers, James Sikking Tubac John Vargas
1995 The Fantastics Joel Gray, Bernard Hughes, Sonoita, San Rafael Valley & Jean Louisa Kelly Patagonia
1995 Journey Home Beau Bridges & Lisa Harper Amado
1995 Tank Girl Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Green Valley, Tucson Don Harvey & Jeff Kober,
1995 The Quick and Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Old Tucson, Mescal, Sonoita The Dead Leonardo DiCaprio & Tucson & Serrita Mtns.
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Year Movie Title Actors Location
1996 Tin Cup Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Tubac, Nogales, Sonoita Don Johnson & Cheech Martin
1996 Wild Wild West Will Smith & Kevin Kline Amado, Nogales, Old Tucson
1997 The Postman Kevin Costner Will Patton & Tucson, Amado, Nogales, Larenz Tate & Olivia Williams Sahuarita & Green Valley
1997 Perdita Durango Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem Nogales & Tucson
1998 Los Locos Mario Van Peebles, Rene Tumacacori, Old Tucson Auberjonois
1999 South of Heaven, Dwight Yoakam, Vince Vaughn Sonoita, Benson West of Hell & Peter Fonda
1999 Stillwater Billy Crudup & Anna Paquin Amado &Tumacacori
2000s 2000 Price of Glory Jimmy Smits, Maria del Mar, Nogales Jon Seda & Clifton Collins
2001 Traffic Michael Douglas & Nogales Catherine Zeta Jones
2004 Desperation Annabeth Gish , Ron Perlman, Tucson & Bisbee Steven Weber & Tom Skerritt
2012 Goats David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Tucson Kerry Russell, Vera Farmiga & 4 goats from Tucson’s Purple Mountain Pack Goats Company
TV SERIES FILMED IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Years Series Title Actors Location
1955-1975 Gunsmoke James Arness, Dennis Weaver Empire Ranch, Old Tucson, Mescal Amanda Blake & Ken Curtis Sonoita, Canelo, & Sierrita Mtns.
1959-1973 Bonanza Lorne Greene, Michael Landon Empire Ranch, Patagonia, Sonoita, & Dan Blocker Mescal, Marana, Tucson & the Tucson. Rincon, Sierrita & Whetstone Mtns.
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Year Movie Title Actors Location
1967-1971 The High Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell Old Tucson, Ruby, Oracle, Tubac Chaparral Henry Darrow & Linda Crystal Tombstone, Cascabel, Greaterville
1978 Young Pioneers Linda Purl, Roger Kern, Robert Empire Ranch, Sonoita, Patagonia, Hays & Mare Winningham Mescal & Tucson & Sierrita Mtns.
1989 -1992 Young Riders Virgil Vogel, James Keach Empire Ranch, Mescal, Bisbee, & Lee Katzin Canelo, Elgin, St. David, Ruby
1996 Ruby, Jean & Joe Tom Selleck, Rebekah Johnson Tucson, Bisbee, Empire Ranch, JoBeth Williams & Ben Johnson Benson, Douglas & Sierra Vista
Summarized by Jean Huseman from Arizona Daily Star Newspaper Articles. Updated in February 2012 and 2019 by T. Johnson.
Additional Material: GVHC Library File 5
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