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These Movies Were Made in Arizona, Released Before 1980

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On the previous page we listed movies that were at least partially filmed in Arizona. Here is a continuation of that list.

Flying Tigers
The Flying Tigers are a band of American Mercenaries called upon by China to help fight the Japanese two years before Pearl Harbor. Stars John Wayne. 1942.

The Gauntlet
A tough cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix. Stars Clint Eastwood. 1977.

The Grapes of Wrath
Oklahoma in the Thirties is a dustbowl and dispossessed farmers migrate westward to California. Stars Henry Fonda. 1940.

The Great White Hope
The first black heavyweight contender is in love with a white woman. Stars James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander. 1970.

The Greatest Story Ever Told
The life of Jesus Christ. Stars Max von Sydow. 1965.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Wyatt Earp decides to quit being a lawman and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. Stars Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas. 1957.

Hawmps
A story of the U.S. Army's experiment with using camels in the southwest. Stars Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle. 1976.

How the West Was Won
The history of Western expansion in the United States. Stars Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb. 1962.

Joe Kidd
Joe Kidd is a former bounty hunter and all-around tough-guy in the American Southwest during the Mexican-American War. Stars Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall. 1972.

Junior Bonner
An over the hill rodeo rider has problems adjusting to the complexities of modern life. Stars Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino. 1972.

The Legend of Lobo
No dialogue--just images and music. A family adventure film. Rex Allen, Narrator. 1962.

Lilies of the Field
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. Stars Sidney Poitier. 1977.

Kingdom of the Spiders
Streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of towns folk in a remote hotel. Stars William Shatner. 1977.

Mackenna's Gold
A gangster kidnaps Marshal McKenna because he believes that he has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains. Stars Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas. 1969.

McLintock!
Cattle baron fights his wife, his daughter, and political land-grabbers. Stars John Wayne. 1963.

Night of the Lepus
An Arizona ranch is overrun with scary rabbits. Stars Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelly. 1972.

The Nutty Professor
To improve his social life, a nerdish professor drinks a potion that temporarily turns him into the handsome, but obnoxious, Buddy Love. Stars Jerry Lewis. 1963.

Ocean's 11
Eleven friends who know each other from World War II plan to rob five of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas. Stars Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. 1960.

Oklahoma
A couple of young cowboys win the hearts of their sweethearts. Stars Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame. 1955.

The Outlaw Josie Wales
Josey Wales makes his way west determined to live a useful and helpful life. He joins up with a group of settlers who need the protection that a man as tough and experienced as he is can provide. Stars Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George. 1976.

The Painted Desert
Western pardners find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." Stars William Boyd, Clark Gable. 1931.

Psycho
The Alfred Hitchcock classic about strange goings-on at the Bates Motel. Stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh. 1960.

Red River
Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son turns against him. Stars John Wayne, Montgomery Clift. 1948.

Rio Bravo
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. Stars John Wayne. 1959.

Rio Lobo
An ex-union officer teams up with a couple of ex-Johnny Rebs to search for the traitor whom sold information to the south during the civil war. Stars John Wayne. 1970.

The Sea of Grass
A husband and wife on America's frontier. Stars Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy. 1947.

A Star is Born
A rock star helps a singer achieve stardom. Stars . 19.


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Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice
Loony woman lures housekeepers to her desert home to kill them and steal their savings. Stars Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon. 1969.

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