South Central New Mexico

“Four Faces West“ (1948), starring Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, filmed in El Morro, White Sands and Gallup. Filmed during the heyday of Westerns, “Four Faces West” was an anomaly compared to similar films where good guys and bad guys were instantly recognizable by the color of their hats. Not a single shot was fired in this film; there isn’t even a fist fight. Based on the short novel “Pasó Por Aqui” by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, the connection to New…

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Coyote County Loser (2009) Starring James Hobbs, Roy Black of Flying J Wranglers, co-produced by Alan Trever of ENMU-Roswell and filmed in Roswell, New Mexico. Residents of Lincoln and Chaves Counties will recognize the scenery early in Coyote County Loser as highways outside of Roswell. The protagonist, Jack Proctor played by Beau Clark, a “love doctor’ radio personality from Los Angeles is driving through the desolate area stumbles upon a struggling radio station and its assortment of hosts whose fix-it,…

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“Cowboy” (1958), starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon and based on “My Reminiscences as a Cowboy” by Frank Harris. Filming locations in New Mexico include the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe and San Ildefonso Pueblo. The film is based on the real-life adventure of a man coming from Ireland, landing a job in the United States but yearning to experience the West. It is not an unusual premise, but what “Cowboy” does is to dispel the common myths of…

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