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Filming in Borrego Springs and the Anza-Borrego Desert During the 1950's, Borrego Springs was a favorite hideaway for Hollywood stars, including: Gale Gordon (Borrego's Honorary Mayor for many years), Burgess Meredith, Charles Laughton, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Will Rogers, Bing Crosby, John Wayne, James Arness, Frank Morgan & Marilyn Monroe The following is a partial list of studio films shot in and around Borrego Springs. |
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| FILM | TALENT | STUDIO DISTRIBUTOR | DATE | PRODUCERS | DIRECTOR | |
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James Olson Kate Reid |
Universal Pictures | 1971 | Robert Wise | Robert Wise |
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Marc Singer
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David Warner Casper Van Dien J.D. Hall |
MCA Home Entertainment | 1995 |
Geraint Bell Stu Segal Sylvio Tabet David Wise |
Gabrielle Beaumont |
Beggars of Life
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Wallace Beery
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Louise Brooks |
Paramount Famous Lasky Grapevine Video |
1928 |
Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
William A. Wellman |
Black Dawn
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Lorenzo Lamas
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Four Square Productions | 1997 |
Phil Botana Scott Vandiver |
John DiBello | |
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Warren Beatty
Annette Bening
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Elliott Gould Harvey Keitel Ben Kingsley Joe Mantegna |
Columbia/Tri-Star Desert Vision Mulholland Productions Baltimore Pictures |
1991 |
Warren Beatty Mark Johnson Barry Levinson Charles Newirth |
Barry Levinson |
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Jan Michael Vincent
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George Peppard
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20th Century Fox | 1977 |
Jerome M. Zeitman Paul Maslansky |
Jack Smight |
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James Mason
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Sir Cedric Hardwicke Jessica Tandy Luther Adler Everett Sloane Leo G. Carroll George Macready Richard Boone Dan O’Herlihy |
20th Century Fox | 1951 | Nunnally Johnson | Henry Hathaway |
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Richard Burton Robert Newton James Mason Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher |
20th Century Fox | 1953 | Robert L. Jacks | Robert Wise |
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Cloris Leachman
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Ross Martin Louise Latham Dabney Coleman Ron Feinberg Ned Beatty Dana Elcar |
Lorimar Film Entertainment ABC |
1973 |
Allen S. Epstein Neil T. Maffeo Lee Rich |
Philip Leacock |
| El Lobo Loco |
William DePriest Katie Murray Robert Murray Keith Eduardo Olmedo Chip Phasini Rick Strom |
Small Bus Productions | 1999 | Rick Strom | Rick Strom | |
Episode 10
"Galileo Was Right"
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Brett Cullen
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Gareth Williams Tom Amandes John Aylward David Clyde Carr Michael Raynor Arland Russel David Clennon |
HBO
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1998 | Tom Hanks | David Carson |
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Gary Busey
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Jeff Manzanares Charles Lister |
Showcase Entertainment | 2001 | Ron Cutler | Kevin VanHook |
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Peter Berg
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Claudia Christian Andrew Lauer Dave Anderson Mark Garbarino Melvyn Pearls Brett Seals Cary Elwes Emilio Estevez Gilbert Gotfried Nicolas Cage Judd Nelson Charlie Sheen |
Elwes/Wyman Productions Palisades Entertainment Paramont Home Video |
1988 |
Cassian Elwes Frances Fleming Paul Kimatian Lionel Wigram Brad Wyman |
Adam Rifkin |
Scorpion King, The
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Dwayne Johnson
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Steven Brand Kelly Hu Michael Clarke Duncan Grant Heslov Peter Facinelli Ralph Moeller Scott L. Schwartz Andrei Sterling Sherri Howard |
Alphaville Films Universal Pictures |
2002 | Vince McMahon | Chuck Russell |
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Matthew McConaughey
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Ruben Blades Esai Morales Alfred Molina |
New Line Home Video Distant Horizon Productions |
1995 | Anant Singh | Brian Cox |
small time
(aka: Waiting for the Man)
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Glenn Plummer Patrick Cupo Ernie Reyes Darren McGavin Tracey Ross Maribel Helana May Lim Saginaw Grant James Russo Rae Dawn Chong Steven Reich Pee Wee Piemonte Jeff Fahey |
Kushner-Locke International | 1998 |
Mark Balsam Donald Kushner Peter Locke Steven D. Mackler David Pomier Larry Rattner Steven Reich |
Jeffrey Reiner | |
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Larry Sullivan Steve Braun Ray Baker James Handy Faith Salie Dennis Bailey Alexis Arquette Sirena Irwin Zoe 'Joshua Tree' Logan Jill St. John Art Hindle Christina Cameron Mitchell |
Falcon Lair Films | 2002 | Tom Blount | Miles Swain |
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Marlon Brando
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Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush May Britt Maximilian Schell |
20th Century Fox | 1958 | Al Lichtman | Edward Dmytryk |
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Brian Donlevy |
Macdonald Carey Robert Preston William Bendix Rod Cameron Barbara Britton Dane Clark Alan Hale, Jr. |
Paramount Pictures | 1942 | Joseph Sistrom | John Farrow |
X-Files (Series Finale)
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David Duchovny,
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Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick |
Ten Thirteen Productions
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2002 | ||
| Thanks to the folks at Internet Movie Database for maintaining such a comprehensive database of films, even though they state that some of the films were shot in Palm Springs or San Diego, instead of Borrego Springs. Palm Springs is approximately 90 miles north east of Borrego Springs, and San Diego is 90 miles to the south west. | ||||||