This is a proprietary list belonging to Walt Farmer, posted as part of his website:

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While the information is free, please advise the author if you use it on another website or in a publication. Also, credit to this author would be expected and a link to this website/webpage included. It also includes information about Movie Tours of Jackson Hole, a Wyoming film trivia quiz, links to tourist & other film sites, a list of documentaries/music videos/TV shows & other media events in Wyoming's history, & a variety of other relevant information.  Visit, learn, enjoy.

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Films with a  +  in front of the description, indicates a film with a location (shot in Jackson area) that can be visited
  during the Jackson Hole film Tour.
Films with a # in front of the description, indicates a film I DO NOT have, but want.  All other films listed are films that I
  have a copy of in my possession.  Please advise if you know where/how I can obtain a copy.

Here are the movies made in WYOMING.  This is a proprietary list belonging to Walt Farmer.  These are films that were shot all or in considerable part in Wyoming in the 20th century, ending 12/31/00.  Color and not rated unless otherwise noted.  Films reviewed by author on a 1-5 scale: 1=poor, 5=superior.  BW=Black and White. While this list should be completely accurate, no claim is made that it is absolutely so. The author would appreciate any information to make the listings more accurate and as complete as possible, but I don't believe anyone anywhere, has a more comprehensive list for Wyoming.  If it's a Wyoming film, it's on this list.

For videos, TV show, news clips, commercials, documentaries, etc., visit my other Video List webpage.

• #1904 - Wyoming Roundup. The documentation of a real Wyoming roundup.  Shot on plains north of Rock River on Sam Moore's Forty Nine Ranch. Charles Camp Pictures / Silent / BW.

• #1912 - Charge of the Light Brigade. Dir. by J. Searle Dawley. Stars: Benjamin Wilson, Richard Neill, James Gordon.  Shot near Cheyenne at Pole Mtn. and the Terry Ranch south of Cheyenne. Used the U.S. 9th Cavalry (and Buffalo soldiers) from Ft. D.A. Russell (now F.E. Warren AFB).  Filmed in Aug. and released in Oct.  Re 1936 and 1968 versions not in Wyo.  Edison Film Co. / Silent / BW / 1025 ft.

• #1913 - The Indian Wars, aka The Indian Wars Refought. Dir: Theodore Wharton and Vernon Day. Stars: Wm. Frederick Cody, Nelson Miles. Shot in the Black Hills of WY and the Badlands of SD and NE. Recreation of 4 famous Indian battles that B.B. Cody fought in. The Wm. F. Cody Historical Picture Co. and the Essenay Film Mfg. Co. / Silent / BW / Only 3 min. remain today.

• #1913 - The Curse of the Great Southwest, aka Curse of the Southwest, aka Life on the Y6 Ranch , shot on the Y6 Ranch at Albin.  Dir: Unk.  Stars: Don Gazzolo, Josephine West, Frank Carter, Charles Irwin, Pauline Irwin.  Shot near Cheyenne and during the Frontier Days Celebration of 1912.  Cheyenne Feature Film Co. / Silent / BW / 3 reels.

• #1916 -  The Man from Bitter Roots, Dir: Oscar Apfel. Stars: William Farnum, Charles Whittaker.  Shot near Cody and based on a book by Caroline Lockhart.  Scheming villain plots to steal hero's goldmine and his girl.  Fox / Silent / BW.

• 1917 - The Man from Painted Post, aka Fancy Jim Sherwood and Handsome Jim Sherwood. Dir: Joseph Henaberry. Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Hoot Gibson, Monte Blue, Fred and Ed Burns, Charles Stevens.  Shot on the Lakeside (Riverside) Ranch in and around Wood's Landing.  Based on short story "Silver Slippers" by Jackson Gregory.  Sherwood is a cattlemen's detective brought to investigate rustling.  He comes in as a tenderfoot from Harvard, meets the schoolmarm, befriends the bad guy and realizes via a flashback that the bad guy killed his sister.  Big fight to save the now kidnapped girl and get the villain.  Fairbanks Artcraft / Silent / 5 reels / 3* / BW.

• 1917 - Indian Life, aka All Indian Movie. Dir: Paul Powell. Stars: Barney Old Coyote, Ben Spotted Horse, Scratches His Face, and other all Indian cast.  Shot near Sheridan.  Silent except for the very pertinent accompanying Indian music.  Previewed at the Orpheum Theatre in Sheridan with the premiere at the Gem in 1918.  Later edited and released in 1920 as Before the White Man Came.  Northwestern Film Co. / 4 reel documentary w/orchestration and 2 dramatic reels / 2* / BW.

• #1917 - The Adventures of Buffalo Bill,  A re-release of The Indian Warsof 1913 on W.F. Cody's death.

• #1918 - Heart of the Wilds, aka Triple Chevrons and Pierre of the Plains.  Dir: Marshall Neilan. Stars: Elsie Ferguson, Thomas Meighan and Matt Moore.  It was shot near Cody and Garland and YNP.  Based on play "Pierre of the Plains" by Edgar Selwyn and the short story "She of the Triple Chevron" by Gilbert Parker in "Pierre and His People."  Soap opera of bootleg liquor to Indians, the Mountie that tracks down a murder and gets the girl.  Famous Players Lasky Co. and Artcraft Pictures / Silent / 5 reels / BW.

• #1918 -  Hell Cat, The,  Dir: Reginald Barker. Stars: Geraldine Farrar, Milton Sills and Tom Santschi.  Shot entirely near Cody on the Hargreaves Ranch.  Half Spanish, half Irish girl falls in love w/Park Co. Sheriff who is also the enemy of an unscrupulous cattleman.  When rejected, he burns down her home, cohorts are killed and left in the fire, and he kidnaps the girl who others but the Sheriff think is killed too.  Earns her "Hellcat" name before rescue by Sheriff.  Goldwyn Picture Co. / Silent / BW / 6 reels.

• #1919 - The Duke of Chimney Butte, Dir: Frank Borzage. Stars: Fred Stone, Vola Vale, Buck Connors, Chuck Morrison and Vesta Philbrook.  Shot near Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs.  A travelling salesman of kitchen appliances, meets a group of cowboys plagued by rustlers and convinces them he's quite a horseman and hero.  He goes after the rustlers, kills their leader and wins the heart of the heroine.  Pathé Picture Co. w/the Fred Stone Movie Company / Silent / BW / 5 reels.

• #1920 - The Fighting Sherpherdess,  Dir: Edward Jose. Stars: Anita Stewart, Wallace MacDonald, Noah Beery, Walter Long.  Shot near Cody on property of the book's author, Caroline Lockhart.  A shepherdess, falsely convicted, fights to prove her innocence.  Louis B. Mayer Prod. Co. and Anita Stewart Prod. Co. / Silent / BW / 5 reels.

• +#1922 - The Cowboy and the Lady,  Dir: Chas. Maigne. Star: Mary Miles Minter, Tom Moore, Viora Daniels, Patricia Palmer, Robert Schnable (Not the Gary Cooper/Merle Oberon version of 1938).  From the book of the same name by Clyde Fitch.  Shot at the old Pederson place and elsewhere around Jackson.  Girl married to philandering husband brings him to their Wyoming ranch which is next door to a dude's (Moore) ranch.  Girl and neighbor start a flirtation as do husband and another girl.  When husband is killed, Moore and Minter suspect each other until the real killer is found.  Famous Players Lasky Co. (Paramount) / Silent / 5 reels / BW.

• #1923 - Reno. Dir: Rupert Hughes. Stars: Lew Cody, Helene Chadwick, Geo. Walsh.  Husband and wife are divorced, but divorce isn't legal in her home state. He kidnaps the children.  Marriage legal in Yellowstone NP.  Death in the geysers.  Goldwyn Pictures / BW / Silent / 7 reels.

• #1924 - The Lawless Men aka Man from Wyoming. Dir: Neal Hart. Stars: Neal Hart and Ben Corbett.  Shot near Lusk on the Willson Bros.' Ranch and in Manville.  Star is unjustly sentenced for the killing of the father of the girl he loves.  When released, he tracks down the killer who kidnaps his girlfriend.  She's rescued, bad guy is killed, he's proved innocent.  Neal Hart Prod. Co. / Silent / 5 reels / BW.

• #1924 - The Thundering Herd   Dir: Irvin Willat or Wm. K. Howard, depending on report. Stars: Lois Wilson, Jack Holt, Tim McCoy, Noah Beery and Gary Cooper.  Shot on the Buffalo Ranch in Yellowstone (Cody).  Crew also housed in cabins at Moran.  From book of same name by Zane Grey.  Hero joins band of buffalo hunters and falls in love with stepdaughter of an outlaw who's been robbing the hunters.  Indians declare war on hunters, hero and heroine are separated and her father is killed.  Hero saves heroine from stampede and Indians are defeated.  Hero gives up buffalo hunting, returns to Kansas and marries heroine.  Famous Players Lasky Co. / Silent / 7 reels or 79 min. / BW.

• 1925ca - Magic Yellowstone, filmed by Jack Ellis Haynes for the Northern Pacific Railway.  Life in early Yellowstone showing wildlife, train arriving at Gardiner, all the lodges of the day with their music and ballrooms, buses transporting people to geysers & hot springs, people trampling over thermal features and more.  4* / Silent, although video has old movie piano soundtrack / 27 min. / BW.

• 1925 - Pony Express, The, aka The Thirty First State, shot near Cheyenne on the Chas. Irwin Ranch.  Dir: James Cruze. Stars: Ernest Torrence, Wallace Beery, Richard Cortez, Al Hart, George Bancroft, Frank Lackteen, Betty Compson.  Melodramatic western about a Senator establishing his own corrupt western empire.  His plans are thwarted by a Pony Express rider.  60 min. / 3* / Famous Players Lasky Co. / Silent / BW.

• #1925 - The Yankee Señor - Scenes shot near Moran. Dir: Emmett Flynn. Stars: Tom Mix, Olive Borden, Frances McDonald. Lost son finds his Mexican father and conflict ensues with step-brother before father dies. Spanish dance scene shot in Technicolor. 5 reels / Fox Films Corp. / Silent / BW & Color.

• 1926 - The Devil Horse,  Dir: Fred Jackman.  Stars: Yakima Canutt, Gladys McConnell, Robert Kortman, Roy Clements, Fred Jackman, Jr.  Action packed anti-Indian film that includes horse fights.  Shot near Cody.  Pathé / Silent / 3* / BW. (My book has a good number of B&W images from the film.)

• +1926 - Three Bad Men. Dir: John Ford. Stars: George O'Brien, Lou Tellegen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Tom Santschi, Frank Campeau.  From the book "Over the Border" by Herman Whitaker.  Shot in area of Dead Man's Bar and elsewhere in Jackson Hole.  3 gruff outlaws become benevolent protectors of young girl whose father is killed during western settlement period.  Fox Film Co. / Silent / 92 min. / 3* / BW.

• #1926 - Warpaint (or 2 words) aka Rider of the Plains.  Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Stars: Tim McCoy, Pauline Starke, Chas. French, Chief Yowlachie, Chief Whitehorse (aka Tom Crispin), Karl Dane.  Based on the book by Peter Kyne, shot near Ft. Washakie and in the Wind River Range (Little Wind River Canyon).  One bad Indian, one good Indian, cavalry, battles, comedy and romance.  MGM / Silent / 6 reels / BW.  (My book has a good quantity of images from all 4 McCoy films in WY.)

• 1927 - Spoilers of the West.  Dir: W.S. Van Dyke. Stars: Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Marjorie Daw, William Fairbanks, Chief Big Tree and Goes in Lodge.  Filmed near Lander and Ft. Washakie, based on a story by John Thomas Neville. Army Lt. helped by leader of Indian police, clear squatters and trappers from Indian land, except for a girl and brother who own the trading post.  That's a mistake, they move and Lt marries the girl.  Premiered at Grand Theatre in Lander, 7/24/28.  MGM / Silent / BW / 3* / 6 reels.

• 1927 - The Red Raiders,   Dir: Albert Rogell. Stars: Ken Maynard, Chief Yowlache, Ann Drew.  Probably filmed near Cheyenne.  Army Lt saves first a stagecoach and then the fort.  First National Film Co. / Silent / BW / 3* / 7 reels.

• #1927 - Wyoming.  Same Dir. and stars as Spoilers... Based on story by Woody Van Dyke.  Two boys, one Indian and one white, friends as children become enemies as adults.  Indians raid wagon train but are repulsed at Ft. Washakie.  Lt falls in love w/wagon train woman.  Chief kills his own son to stop the bloodshed.  MGM (See Wyoming, 1940)  / Silent / BW / 5 reels.

• #1928 - The Glorious Trail,  Dir: Al Rogell.  Stars: Ken Maynard and Gladys McConnell, Les Bates, James Bradbury, Billy Franey and Chief Yowlachie.  Filmed near Cheyenne on reservation land north of the country club at Ft. D.A. Russell.  A working telegraph line crew is slaughtered by Indians but line is completed despite attacks, by the superintendent (hero).  When the Indians with a white renegade attack again, the telegraph is used to alert Ft. D.A. Russell for the cavalry. Later, hero marries heroine and settles in Cheyenne.  The Ken Maynard First National Motion Picture Co. / Silent / 6 reels or 65 min. / BW.

• #1928 - Cheyenne. Dir: Al Rogell. Stars: Ken Maynard and Gladys McDonnell and others from "Glorious Trail." Shot in downtown Cheyenne and at Frontier Days.  Hero is an accomplished rider and wins it all during the Cheyenne "Frontier Days." Heroine races horses to pay off father's debts and after numerous problems, hero saves the day in court and marries the heroine.  Ken Maynard First Nat'l Motion Picture Co. / Silent / BW/ 6 reels.

• +1930 - The Big Trail, aka The Oregon Trail.  Dir: Raoul Walsh. Stars: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power, Sr., Chief Thundercloud, Ward Bond.  Shot near Moran and on the Snake River.  Also UT, CA, AZ, OR and MT.  John Wayne's first leading role and reportedly the first time he rode a horse.  Pioneering effort in wide screen cinematography - 70mm "Grandeur." Impressive early talkie, Wyoming's first.  Wagon train on the Ore. Trail encounters Indians, winter, buffalo, tough terrain and romantic problems.  Fox Film Co. / 110 or 121 min./ 3* / BW.  (My book has numerous images from this film, including recent images at the same locations w/precise directions to location sites.)

• 1932 - End of the Trail.   Dir: Ross Lederman. Stars: Tim McCoy, Luana Walters.  Shot near Lander on the Wind River Indian Reservation (Little Wind River Canyon).  Star is railroaded by fellow Cavalry officer as a gunrunner.  He is an Indian sympathizer whose son is killed by the cavalry, but, he averts an Indian war and is eventually exonerated.  Originally killed at the end, final story has him wounded and probably getting the Indian girl.  Meteor Film Corp. / 3* / BW / 61 min.
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• 1933 - Mr. Skitch, aka Green Dice and There's Always Tomorrow.  Dir: James Cruze. Stars: Will Rogers, ZaSu Pitts, Rochelle Hudson, Florence Desmond, Harry Green, Charles Starrett, Wally Albright, others.  Some shot in Y'stone.  Based on short story, "Green Dice" by Anne Cameron in The Saturday Evening Post of 25 Sept. 1926.  Destitute family tours to Yellowstone and encounters odd characters and, the daughter's future husband. Fox Film Co. / BW / 2* / 70 min.

• 1936 - Yellowstone.  Dir: Arthur Lubin. Stars: Andy Devine, Ralph Morgan, Judith Barrett. Shot in Y'stone and GTNP.  Daughter and ex-con father reunite in Yellowstone where he's returned to get loot of old robbery.  He's killed by henchmen.  Ranger gets the loot, the murderer, and the girl.  Universal / 65 min. / 2* / BW.
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• +1939 - Down the Wyoming Trail, aka Wyoming.  Dir: Al Herman. Stars: Tex Ritter, Mary Brodel.  Hero helps heroine to stop a gang of cattle rustlers using a wintering elk herd as cover after being framed as a bad Santa.  Filmed on Nat'l Elk Refuge, Neilsen Ranch, Hansen Ranch, Jackson Town Square.  Monogram Pictures / 59 min. / 2* / BW.
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• +1940 - Bad Man of Wyoming, aka Wyoming.  Dir: Richard Thorpe.  Stars: Wallace Beery, Leo Carillo, Ann Rutherford, Marjorie Main, Lee Bowman, Joseph Calleia, Bobs Watson.  Filmed entirely in what is now GTNP near Moose.  Beery and Carillo are on again, off again outlaw pals tempted by honesty.  They befriend a mother and son after their father is killed by rustlers. MGM / 89 min. / 2* / BW. (Many pics in my book from this film, and interviews w/Bobs Watson and Ann Rutherford.)
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• +1945 - Son of Lassie. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon.  Stars: Peter Lawford, June Lockhart, Donald Crisp, Laddie.  Shot in Jenny Lake, Jackson Lake, Signal Mountain areas of Jackson Hole.  Laddie sneaks aboard master's warplane and they bail out over Norway (GTNP).  Story of their return to England.  First film shot in Wyoming in color.  MGM / 100 min. / 3*.
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• +1946 - Bad Bascomb, aka Bad Man Bascomb.  Dir: S. Sylvan Simone.  Stars: Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main, J. Carroll Naish, Marshall Thompson.  Also filmed w/in GTNP. Blustery but soft hearted bank robber leads Mormon wagon train through Wyoming mtns.  Overlong western w/fine action scenes and incredibly syrupy scenes w/Beery and O'Brien.  MGM / 110 min. /2* / BW.  (Lot of images in my book from both Beery films shot in JH as well as lots of candids.)
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• +1948 - Battle of the Wild Stallions, Universal.  Little known, shot near Wamsutter with wild Mustang roundup cowboy Frank Robbins and his famous horse, Desert Dust.
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• +1952 - Wild North, The, aka in order: The Constable Pedley Story, Constable Pedley, North Country, The Wild Land, The Wild North Country, The Big North, North Country, The Wild Country.  Dir: Andrew Marton.  Stars: Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse.  Filmed near Jenny and String Lakes in GTNP, and in ID.  Star hides in Canadian wilderness after he is blamed for an accidental death and a Mountie must bring him in.  Struggle against the winter wilderness, ruffians and wolves.  MGM / 97 min. / 3*.
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• +1952 - Big Sky,  The.  Dir: Howard Hawks.  Stars: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt.  A rowdy band of fur trappers in the 1830s embark on a back breaking expedition up the uncharted Missouri (Snake) River.  Winchester Pictures / 122 or 141 min. / 3*.  First BW, then colorized.  (My book contains the complete film still set, courtesy of Dewey Martin [below are a few], from RKO, plus many other images & directions to locations.  Dewey has given me several extended interviews about the film & what went on behind the scenes.)
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• 1952 - Bronco Buster.   Dir: Budd Boetticher. Stars: John Lund, Joyce Holden, Scott Brady, Chill Wills, Don Haggerty.  Shot mostly in Cheyenne area and based on the Peter B. Kyne story. Two rodeo stars pitted against each other in bronco-busting circuit and for attentions of a woman. Universal /Int'l / 80 min. / 2*  (Interviews with Joyce Holden & Budd Boetticher in the book.)
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• +1953 - Shane.  Dir: George Stevens.  Stars: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Brandon de Wilde, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook Jr.  Filmed primarily in Jackson Hole, WY where now is Grand Teton National Park. Former gunfighter comes to aid of homesteaders against local cattlemen and their hired gun.  Idolized by homesteader's son with romantic undertones.  Surprising number of flubs but nonetheless a classic western.  Cinematographer Loyal Griggs won an Oscar, + 4 other nominations for the film.  One of top 5 grossing films of '53.  (This author has just released [10/00], a cdrombook about this film.  It discusses the film's flubs, history or how it came to be made, comparisons with the book, it has maps and location sites, many yet unpublished photographs, behind the scenes stories and anecdotes, reviews, numerous interviews with people that worked on the film, and more.  As of 2006, there are now audio recordings on the cdrombook of interviews of Stevens, Schaefer and others. For complete information on how to acquire a copy, go to my webpage for The Making of Shane.  Folks say it's a must have item, or in other words, the PERFECT Xmas gift.)  Paramount  Pictures / 118 min. / 3*.   Want to take a tour to the Shane locations?  I can do that for you too.  To find out how, click on this link. (Below is but a small sample of the hundreds of images in both of my books from this film, including maps to locations, GPS coordinates, aerials, candids, behind the scenes, Ladd's family, and hundreds more never before seen.)
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• 1955 - Far Horizons, aka Two Captains West, aka Blue Horizons, re-released as The Untamed West in 1961.  Dir: Rudolph Mate. Stars: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale, Wm. Demarest.  Filmed in GTNP on Snake River, Dead Man's Bar, Jackson Lake.  Fictional story about the Lewis and Clark (w/Sacajawea) expedition and the 4-way love affair conflict, and other conflicts w/Indians on the river.  Paramount / 108 min. / 2-3*.  (My book contains many candids provided me by people who visited the sets on the Snake River.)
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• +1956 - Jubal, aka Jubal Troop.  Dir: Delmer Daves.  Stars: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Valerie French, Felicia Farr, Noah Beery Jr., Charles Bronson.  Filmed on the Triangle X Guest Ranch and Brooks Lake Lodge and Togwotee Pass areas.  Rancher(Borgnine) seeks advice from his ranch foreman (Ford) about pleasing his wife, but another cowhand (Steiger) implies that Ford is seducing the wife instead.  Foreman has to kill the rancher and the posse is hot to find him. Columbia / 101 min. / 4*. (Great candids taken on the Triangle X ranch & in downtown Jackson of the celebs & an interview with Rod Steiger.)
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• +1963 - Spencer's Mountain.  Dir: Delmer Daves.  Stars: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Wally Cox, Mimsy Farmer.  Shot mostly on Triangle X Ranch in GTNP. Farmer w/9 kids that inherited a WYO mountain, and his dream to build a new homeand send his son to college.  From the Earl Hamner, Jr. book which became a TV series, "The Waltons."  Also re The Homecoming, A Christmas Story.  Warner Bros. / 119 min. / 3*.  (I have more images from this film in my book than any other except Shane.  Many are candids provided by people working on the film & visiting the set, including Fonda's local girlfriend.  Many are in color & there are shots of the locations taken recently as well.  Interview w/James MacArthur.)
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• +1969 - Hellfighters.  Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen.  Stars: John Wayne, Katherine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Bruce Cabot, Jay C. Flippen.  Some shot near Casper and Jackson.  Based on life and exploits of Red Adair, oil well firefighter.  Universal / 121 min. / 2*.  (Large number of images from the film from Casper, WY sources.)
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• +1971 - Homecoming - A Christmas Story, The.  Dir: Fielder Cook.  Stars: Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby, Andrew Duggan, Cleavon Little.  Shot in Vermont and at Red Top Meadows near Wilson, WY.  With bad weather, the Walton family worries over patriarch John being lost on his way home at Xmas.  CBS made for TV movie / 98 min. / 2*.
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• +1971 - Mrs. Pollifax - Spy, aka The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax.  Dir: Leslie Martinson. Stars: Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould, John Beck, Dana Elcar.  Filmed in Mexico and Jackson Hole.  Bored widow volunteers as a CIA agent and, gets accepted!  Then she and a fellow agent are captured and taken to a remote prison in...Albania. Russell did the screenplay under a pseudonym and this was her last film.  UA / 110 min. / 2*.  (Many images from the film and interviews with Nehemiah Persoff, John Beck, & Leslie Martinson.)
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• +1971 - Wild Country,The, akaThe Newcomers.  Dir: Robert Totten.  Stars: Steve Forrest, Vera Miles, Ronny Howard, Jack Elam, Morgan Woodward.  Filmed in Jackson Hole area. Hardships of farm family that moves from Pittsburgh to Wyoming in 1880s and particular water difficulties they have with a hard-case cattleman.  Disney / 92 or 100 min. / 3*.
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• 1973 - Great American Cowboy, The.  Dir: Kieth Merrill.  Some shot in Cheyenne during Frontier Days.  About American rodeo and competition between Phil Lyne and Larry Mahan.  Joel McCrea narrates.  Disney / 89 min.  Won Academy Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, 3*.
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• 1974 - The Legend of Earl Durand,  Dir: John D. Patterson.  Stars: Martin Sheen, Peter Haskell, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Anthony Caruso &, Albert Salmi.  Shot near Pinedale.  A young man who escapes his family, becomes a great hunter and poaches wild game to feed depression poor folk. He's arrested, escapes, and the manhunt begins with almost comical results although, the story is true.  Patterson Studios / 90 min. / 3*.  (Many images from the film in the book, including aerials of the area.  Interviews with John Patterson & Anthony Caruso.)
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• 1975 - Seven Alone.  Dir: Earl Bellamy.  Stars: Dewey Martin, Aldo Ray, Anne Collings, James Griffith, Stewart Petersen.  Shot near Cokeville.  True account of a boy who leads his family on a 2,000 mile trek on the Oregon Trail.  Doty-Dayton Productions aka Doty-Dayton Films / 97 min. / 2*.  (Interviews with Stewart Peterson, Lyman Dayton, Dewey Martin and others from this film, along with many images in my cdrombook.)
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• 1977 - Sweet Creek County War.  Dir: J. Frank James.  Stars: Richard Egan, Nita Talbot, Slim Pickens, Albert Salmi.  A retired Sheriff must leave his quiet ranch to battle a greedy businessman.  Imagery Films / 90 min. / 2* / PG.  (Interview with J. Frank James & a copy of his screenplay is inserted in my cdrombook.)

• 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind.  Dir: Steven Spielberg.  Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Francois Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey.  Some shot near Devils Tower.  Great Sci-fi UFO mystery and first contact with alien beings.  Great special effects and score.  Columbia / 135 min. / 4* / PG.  (Again, many images from this film w/current day updates and an interview with the Academy Award winning Director of Photography in my book.)
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• +1980 - The Mountain Men, aka Wind River.  Dir: Richard Lang.  Stars: Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht.  Filmed in Jackson Hole, YNP and at Old Tucson. Fur trappers in a rather bloody... good guys vrs. Indians movie set in the 1880s.  Overly vulgar, but accurately researched.  Columbia / 102 min. / 2* / R.
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• +1980 - Any Which Way You Can.  Dir: Buddy Van Horn.  Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Clyde the Orangutan.  Small time bare-knuckle fighter gets a big-time brawl while weirdo motorcycle gang & mobsters follow to get their bets down.  Big fight on streets of Jackson while Clyde steals many scenes.  Warner Bros. / 116 min. / 2* / PG.  (Hordes of images from this film, behind the scenes on the streets of Jackson, and an interview with William Smith & others.)
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• +1981 - The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper,  Dir: Roger Spottiswoode (2 others).  Stars: Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold, Ed Flanders, Paul Gleason.  Story about the infamous airline hijacker that extorted $200k, bailed out and was never heard from again.  Filmed in Jackson Hole and Arizona.  Polygram / 100 min. / 2* / PG.  (Many images and an interview w/Treat Williams in my book.)
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• 1982 - Endangered Species, aka Cows.  Dir: Alan Rudolph . Stars: Robert Urich, Jobeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, Peter Coyote, Marin Kanter, Dan Hedaya, Harry Carey, Jr., John Considine.   Shot in Buffalo.  Pretentious, but based on real life, about a N.Y. cop's investigation into cattle mutilations in the western U.S.  Aliens?  MGM/UA / 97 min. / 2* / R.

• +1985 - Dream West.  Dir: Dick Lowry.  Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Anthony Zerbe, Rip Torn, Alice Krige, Claude Akins, G.D. Spradlin, Fritz Weaver.  2 part, 6 hr. CBS made for TV mini-series about the life of John C. Fremont and his "Fremont Expedition" and other travails.  Filmed in many places including GTNP, Flocchini Buffalo Ranch.  Sunn Classic Films / 310 min./ 3* / NR.  (Many images from the mini-series and an interview with Dick Lowry.)
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• 1985 - Wild Horses.  Dir: Dick Lowry.  Stars: Kenny Rogers, Richard Farnsworth, Ben Johnson, Pam Dawber, David Andrews, Richard Masur, Karen Carlson.  Shot near Sheridan on the (Frank) Eaton Ranch and Padlock Ranches.  Ex rodeo champ turns back on family to join a wild horse roundup and expose a bureaucrat's scheme to sell them.  CBS TV Movie / 100 min. / NR / 3*.  (Interview with Richard Farnsworth, Dick Lowry, Richard Masur & others from this film.  Many photos from the film & updated images show in the late 90s in my book.)

• +1985 - Rocky IV.  Dir: Sylvester Stallone.  Stars: Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Dolph Lundgren.  Filmed in GTNP and Las Vegas.  Avenging a friend's death in the boxing ring, Rocky agrees to a fight with him in Vegas after training in Siberia (Jackson).  One of top 5 grossing films in '85. MGM/UA / 91 min. / 2* / PG.

• +1987 - The Wrong Guys,   Dir: Danny Bilson.  Stars: Louie Anderson, Richard Belzer, Franklin Ajaye, Tim Thomerson, John Goodman, Ernie Hudson, Timothy Van Patten, Biff Maynard.  Lame and unfunny comedy about a Cub Scout reunion gathering that goes bad, and it gets worse with a psychopath once dissed by the scouts.  New World Pictures / 86 min. / 1* / PG.
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• 1987 - Into the Homeland, aka Swallows Come Back.  Dir: Lesli Linka Glatter.  Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Powers Boothe, Cindy Pickett, Paul LeMat, David Caruso, Shelby Leverington.  Shot near Buffalo and Sheridan.  Boozing ex-cop infiltrates a white supremacist group that kidnapped his teenage daughter.  HBO / 95, 115 or 120 min. / 3*.

• 1988 - Prison.  Dir: Renny Harlin.  Stars: Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Tom Everett, Tiny Lister, Andre De Shields, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Ivan Kane.  Shot in Rawlins at WYO Frontier Prison.  Spirit of a prisoner executed 20 yrs. ago, seeks revenge on his one-time guard, now the warden.  Lexyn/Empire Pictures / 102 min. / 2* / R.

• 1989 - Powwow Highway.  Dir: Joanelle Romero and Jonathan Wacks.  Stars: Gary Farmer, A Martinez, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos, Wayne Waterman, Margo Kane, Graham Greene.  Shot near Sheridan.  Cheyenne Indian on a "spirit" journey to NM, gives a ride to a lifelong Indian activist friend.  Along the way, they're constantly confronted w/Indian poverty and gov't injustice on the reservation.  Warner Bros. and Handmade Films / R / 3* / 91 or 105 min.
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• 1989 - It Nearly Wasn't Christmas.  Dir: Burt Brinckerhoff . Stars: Wayne Osmond, Chas. Durning, Annette Marin, Risa Schiffman, Ted Lange, Bruce Vilanch.  Filmed in Utah and at Grand Targhee Ski Resort.  Santa Claus gives up on Xmas but saves a dying family and restores his dreams of the Xmas spirit.  Ventura Entertainment Group / 92 min. / 2*.  (Interview with Burt Brinckerhoff included in my cdromobook.)

• +1990 - Ghosts Can't Do It.  Dir: John Derek.  Stars: Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, Julie Newmar, Don Murray, Leo Damian, Gerry Spence and Donald Trump.  Filmed in Sri Lanka, Maldives, Hong Kong and Jackson Hole.  Softcore vehicle for Bo Derek.  Woman wants the virile but dead spirit of her former husband, to inhabit a living hardbody.  TransWorld Entertainment / 91 or 95 min. / 1* / R.  (Many images and stories from the filming including an interview with Julie Newmar in my cdrombook.)
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• 1994 - Yellowstone, aka The Cowboys.  Dir: Kieth Merrill.  IMAX film about the wonders and history of Yellowstone.  Destination Cinema / 35 min. / NR / 3*. 1994 - The Making of Yellowstone.  Video about the making of the IMAX film, Yellowstone.  Destination Cinema / 23 min.  (Interview with Kieth Merrill in my cdrombook.)

• 1995 - The Great American West,  Dir: Reed Smoot.  IMAX film narrated by Jason Robards. Shot in Yellowstone, Gillette, GTNP and at Devil's Tower.  Tells the story of the settlement of the U.S.'s western frontier.  J.Q. Hammons Film Entertainment / 41 min. / 3*.  (Interview with Reed Smoot in my cdrombook.)

• +1997 - Last Resort.  Dir: Lyman Dayton.  Stars: Dean Stockwell, Dave Buzzotta, Scott Caan. Nine troubled teens leave the big city and its problems for rehab in a wilderness setting.  Filmed in Utah and near Jackson in the Snake River Cyn.  Dayton Studios aka Dayton Family Productions / PG-13 / 3*.  (Interview with Lyman Dayton in my cdromobook.)

• 1997 - Starship Troopers.  Dir: Paul Verhoeven.  Stars: Casper Van Dien, Neal Patrick Harris, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer.  Based on Robert Heinlein Sci-Fi novel of same name.  Big bugs from Klendathu (Hell's Half Acre near Casper) try to destroy earth.  Sony TriStar, Disney / 129 min. / 3* / R.  (Huge quantity of images from the film, including a near complete set of storyboards for the scenes shot in Wyoming.  Interviews with Casper Van Dien, Dale Dye, the film's producer, and many others that worked on the film.  This author was on the location for some of the shooting.)
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• 1998 - Meet...The Deedles.  Dir: Steve Boyum. Stars: Dennis Hopper, John Ashton, Paul Walker.  Considerable 2nd unit shot near Cody on Clark's Fork.  Comedy: Two surfers are mistaken for Yellowstone Park Ranger recruits and work to save the Park from pesky prairie dogs and a vengeful ex-Park Ranger obsessed w/stealing Old Faithful before its billionth birthday celebration.  Buena Vista Pictures Int'l. / 93 min. / 1* / PG.
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• 1999 - Wolves.  Dir. David Douglas.  IMAX, no stars.  Story about the return of wolves to the lower 48 and their historical interrelationships with humans.  Wolfco Productions Inc.  / 39 min. / 2* / NR.
• Other stars who visited Wyoming:
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• 1985 - Steep and Deep - WMF
• 1987 - Walk on the Wild Side - WMF
• 1989  - Jackson Hole: Ski the Best of the West
• 1994 - Freedom on Skis - BP
• 1995 - Endless Winter - WMF
• 1995 - Adrenalin Adventures - BP
• 1996 - Controlled Gravity - BP
• 1996 - The Continuum - TGR
• 1997 - Harvest - TGR
• #1998 - Uprising - TGR
• #1999 - The Realm - TGR
• #2000 - Further - TGR
• #2001 - Mind the Addiction - TGR
• #2001 - Rush Hour - TGR
• #2003 - High Life - TGR
• #2004 - The Precious - by Darrell Miller and SSS
• #2005 - Falling Forward - by Darrell Miller and SSS
• #2006 - Trial and Air - by Darrell Miller and SSS
• #2006 - Respect - by Jason Winkler & WI
  #2007 - Sublimation Experiment, The - by KGB Prod.   62 min.
• #2007 - Lost and Found - TGR
• #2007 - Steep, by Mark Obenhaus, High Ground Prod.  92 min.
• #2008 - Under the Influence - TGR

• Other films with nominal or 2nd unit footage shot in Wyoming include:
• #1915 - The Cowpuncher
• 1937 - The Plainsman

• 1943 - Lassie Come Home
• 1946 - Smoky
• 1964 - Cheyenne Autumn
• 1965 - The Outlaws IS Coming
• 1965 - SOLO (Short Feature)
• 1980 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• 1985 - UP (Short Feature)
• #1990 - Legacy (IMAX)
• 1991 - Dances With Wolves
• 1992 - Christmas in Connecticut
• 1992 - A River Runs Through It
• 1992 - Leaving Normal
• 1993 - The Vanishing
• 1997 - Last Resort

• #2001 - Mind the Addiction, ski film by TGR
• 2001 - Arctic Dance, The Mardy Murie Story.  Narrated by Harrison Ford, 75 min.  Mardy, Olaus, & their love of Alaska & being in the wilderness.
• #2001 - Rush Hour, ski/biking/kayaking/climbing/extreme  film from Elevation Magazine w/WY clips from TGR among others, 75 min.
• 2002 - The Laramie Project, made for HBO.  Janeane Garofalo.  About the death of Matthew Shepard, UW student murdered for being gay.
• #2002 - The Matthew Shepard Story, made for NBC.  Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston.
• 2002 - Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West  - Nat'l Geographic, made in IMAX format & narrated by Jeff Bridges.  DVD 40 min. + bonus program: The Making of Lewis & Clark.  Used the Snake River south of Hoback Jct.
• #2003 - High Life, ski film by TGR
• #2003 - Acceptable Risk, a film about mountain rescues in GTNP by Greg Winston
• #2004 - The Precious, ski film by Darrell Miller and Storm Show Studios
• #2004 - The Good, The Bad and the Grizzly - debuted on PBS Nature series.  By Shane Moore.
• #2005 - Falling Forward - Storm Show Studios, ski film by Darrell Miller
• #2006 - Flicka - 20th Century-Fox.  Stars: Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Allison Lohman.  Shot near Sheridan on Eaton's Ranch where Wild Horses was also filmed.  New "remake" of the famous TV series - story of a girl & a horse.