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 1 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 2 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, 3 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. 4 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. 5 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 6 .