🎬 Studios & sets

Old Tucson Studios

film studio

🇺🇸 United States · 32.2176, -111.1306

Old Tucson Studios is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 12 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.

“A partial mirror set exists at Mescal and is featured in The Quick and the Dead (1995), with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman which filmed all of the town of Redemption scenes at the studios.”

The Quick and the Dead (1995) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Old Tucson Studios 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.

The Quick and the Dead 1995
Rio Bravo 1959
“Rio Bravo was filmed on location at Old Tucson Studios outside Tucson, Arizona, in Eastmancolor, with film processing provided by Technicolor.” Wikipedia
Little House on the Prairie 1974–1983
“Old Tucson Studios was also used for location filming as the village of Mankato, Minnesota.” Wikipedia
El Dorado 1966
“El Dorado was shot in Technicolor at Old Tucson Studios just west of Tucson, Arizona, and in and around Kanab, Utah, from October 1965 to January 1966.” Wikipedia
Winchester '73 1950
“Other early movies filmed on this set included The Last Round-Up (1947) with Gene Autry and Winchester '73 (1950) with James Stewart and The Last Outpost (1951) with Ronald Reagan.” Wikipedia
Three Amigos 1986
“Three Amigos was a popular comedy movie shot there in the 1980s with Steve Martin, utilizing the church set.” Wikipedia
Young Guns II 1990
Joe Kidd 1972
Rio Lobo 1970
“The film was meant to be shot in Durango, Mexico, on a budget of $5 million, but shooting on the movie Lawman took up facilities there, so Hawks and Cinema Center had to spend an extra $1 million to allow shooting in Cuernavaca and at Old Tucson Studios, near Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
McLintock! 1963
“The film was shot at Old Tucson Studios, west of Tucson, Arizona, and at San Rafael Ranch House - San Rafael State Natural Area, south of Patagonia, Arizona, and Nogales.” Wikipedia
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 1972
Revenge of the Nerds 1984
“Inspired by a magazine article about computer programmers in Silicon Valley, the film was produced by 20th Century Fox and shot primarily at the University of Arizona and Old Tucson Studios.” Wikipedia

Named here by Old Tucson Studios’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Old Tucson Studios, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

Wild Wild West 1999

“The Reno locomotive was cosmetically restored before the filming of Wild Wild West, in which it was featured as Union Pacific 119 in the scene at the driving of the final spike of the first transcontinental railroad, but was subsequently used in an explosion in the scene and is in need of additional restoration.” Wikipedia
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957

“The 1950s saw the filming of Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958), Cimarron (1960), Last Train from Gun Hill (1959), and Rio Bravo (1959) among others.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Old Tucson Studios?

12 productions are recorded as filmed at Old Tucson Studios, including The Quick and the Dead (1995), Rio Bravo (1959) and Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983). 12 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Old Tucson Studios?

The Quick and the Dead (1995), covered by 47 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Old Tucson Studios?

Old Tucson Studios is in the United States, at 32.2176, -111.1306.

What other filming locations are near Old Tucson Studios?

Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Tucson International Airport, Tucson and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

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 Christophe Badoux, CC0.