The St. George View

• The Conqueror (1966)

(The conqueror was quite the opposite of a case of typecasting. Star John Wayne, legendary hero of dozens of westerns, turned eastward for this movie, playing Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan’.

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• The Car (1977)

• The Electric Horseman (1979)

44. Desert Mesa

193555mApproved

36. Forlorn River

19261h 5mPassed

5.2 (29)Rate

34. The Deadwood Coach

19241h 10mRate

33. The Great Divide

19291h 12mPassed

5.1 (200)Rate

32. The Arizona Kid

19301h 28mPassed

5.8 (98)Rate

31. The Dude Ranger

19341h 5mPassed

6.2 (151)Rate

Overland with Kit Carson

19395hApproved

7.2 (31)Rate

28. Ramona

19281h 20m

6.7 (164)Rate

26. The Lion and the Horse

19521h 23m

6. The Eiger Sanction

6. The Eiger SanctionJeremiah Johnson (1972)

19752h 9mApproved

6.4 (22K)Rate61Metascore

(Remember the Western scene where romance author Joan Wilder fantasizes about living in one of her own spicy adventure novels?)

• Jewel of the Nile (1985)

A more comprehensive list of movies filmed in St. George and its environs can be found on the website of the Washington County Historical Society.