Tucson: Where Westerns Are Made
by TheMovieSmith | created - 25 Sep 2018 | updated - 05 Oct 2018 | PublicOld Tucson is a cowboy theme park located at 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA that has provided the backdrop for some of Hollywood's best Westerns. Which of the films or TV series listed below that was filmed partially or completely there is your favorite?
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1. El Dorado (1967)
G | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt
Votes: 23,440 | Gross: $12.97M
2. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
PG | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 85,400 | Gross: $4.91M
3. McLintock! (1963)
PG | 127 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Wealthy rancher G.W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers
Votes: 12,573
4. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
Votes: 16,074
5. Wild Wild West (1999)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek
Votes: 150,375 | Gross: $113.81M
6. Tombstone (1993)
PA | 130 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
Directors: George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Stars: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton
Votes: 122,165 | Gross: $56.51M
7. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
14A | 107 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio
Votes: 82,731 | Gross: $18.64M
8. Rio Bravo (1959)
PG | 141 min | Action, Drama, Western
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 54,319 | Gross: $12.54M
9. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
14A | 135 min | Western
Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, Bill McKinney
Votes: 63,670 | Gross: $31.80M
10. ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
G | 104 min | Comedy, Western
Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 66,276 | Gross: $39.25M
11. Bonanza (1959–1973)
PG | 49 min | Western
The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 7,629
12. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough and tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 4,865
13. Westworld (1973)
PG | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold
Votes: 50,417 | Gross: $16.06M
14. Young Guns (1988)
107 min | Action, Western
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen
Votes: 53,052 | Gross: $45.66M
15. Young Guns II (1990)
104 min | Action, Western
In 1881, cattle baron John Chisum pays a bounty to Patrick Floyd Garrett to kill outlaw Billy the Kid.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater
Votes: 30,209 | Gross: $44.14M
16. Red River (1948)
PG | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
Directors: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson | Stars: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan
Votes: 27,183
17. How the West Was Won (1962)
G | 164 min | Western
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda
Votes: 18,044 | Gross: $46.50M
18. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
92 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana
Votes: 17,715
19. Winchester '73 (1950)
PG | 92 min | Action, Drama, Western
The journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another parallels a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally
Votes: 16,220
20. Joe Kidd (1972)
PG | 88 min | Western
An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud
Votes: 16,190
21. Hombre (1967)
PG | 111 min | Western
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Native Americans, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento
Votes: 10,866
22. Rio Lobo (1970)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Romance, War
After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose treachery caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam
Votes: 10,265 | Gross: $9.27M
23. Mackenna's Gold (1969)
G | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv
Votes: 7,747
24. Broken Arrow (1950)
93 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Basil Ruysdael
Votes: 7,340
25. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
122 min | Biography, Drama, Western
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet
Votes: 13,529 | Gross: $11.75M
26. Arizona (1940)
125 min | Western
During the 1860s Tucson, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall
Votes: 1,143
27. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two Secret Service Agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey, Whitey Hughes
Votes: 4,151
Suggested by Stephen N. Russell.
28. The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 1885, after years of retirement, West is called in from his Mexican home, and Gordon is taken off the road as a Shakespearian actor to track down and arrest Dr. Michelito Loveless, Jr. ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Paul Williams, Harry Morgan
Votes: 391
Suggested by Stephen N. Russell.
29. More Wild Wild West (1980 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy, Western, Adventure
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Jonathan Winters, Harry Morgan
Votes: 318
Suggested by Stephen N. Russell.
30. Bearcats! (1971)
120 min | Action, Adventure, War
Two honorable men-for-hire look for adventure in the pre-World War I American southwest in their fancy Stutz Bearcat.
Stars: Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, Henry Darrow, John Anderson
Votes: 146
Suggested by Stephen N. Russell.
31. Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
PG | 60 min | Western
Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks".
Stars: Ben Murphy, Roger Davis, Pete Duel, Walt Davis
Votes: 1,605
Suggested by Stephen N. Russell.
32. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
60 min | Western
The Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s. Big John wants to establish his cattle empire despite Indian hostility. He's aided by brother Buck and son... See full summary »
Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal
Votes: 1,616
Suggested by Stephen N. Russell.
33. The Cannonball Run (1981)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 32,216 | Gross: $72.18M
I prefer one of the western films shot there like Cannonball Run, Bells of St. Mary's, Death Wish, or Lillies of the Field to name a few.
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