Towns & cities
Durango
home rule municipality in and county seat of La Plata County, Colorado, United States
United States · 37.2753, -107.8800
Durango is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 9 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
2 productions were filmed at 1 place inside Durango rather than at Durango itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The film's screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and it was shot in New York City, New Mexico, Durango, Colorado, and Spain.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Durango as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
- Cliffhanger 1993
- Viva Zapata! 1952
- City Slickers 1991
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The Naked Spur
1953
“The Naked Spur was filmed on location in Durango and the San Juan Mountains in Colorado and in Lone Pine, California.” Wikipedia
- The Sons of Katie Elder 1965
- Across the Wide Missouri 1951
- A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950
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Night Passage
1957
“The railroad scenes were filmed at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango, Colorado, using Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad K-28 Class steam locomotive #476 which still operates in excursion service there today.” Wikipedia
Movies filmed elsewhere in Durango
2 productions shot at 1 place inside Durango, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Durango itself.
- The Claim Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad per Wikipedia 2000
- Run for Cover Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad per Wikipedia 1955
Filming locations nearby
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Streets & squares
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
United States·under 1 km
heritage railroad in California, US
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Towns & cities
Durango Mountain Resort
United States·40 km north
ski resort in Southwest Colorado
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Durango?
11 productions are recorded as filmed in Durango, 2 of them at places inside it, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Cliffhanger (1993) and Viva Zapata! (1952). 9 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Durango?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), covered by 53 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Durango?
Durango is in the United States. Its coordinates are 37.2753, -107.8800.
What other filming locations are near Durango?
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (under 1 km) and Durango Mountain Resort (40 km north), all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Raburrell, CC BY-SA 4.0.