All the films listed below use Nevada as part of their plot. Unfortunately, none of these motion pictures ever set foot in the state.

Above And Beyond (1953) - Set at Wendover Air Base.
Adventures Of Mark Twain (1944) - Set in Virginia City.
Airport 1975 (1980) - One scene set at the Elko airport.
Always Together (1948) - Set in Reno.
Amazing Colossal Man (1957) - Set in Las Vegas and Hoover Dam.
And Five Makes Jason (1969) - Action set in Nevada.
Are You Legally Married? (1919) - Set in Reno.
Atomic Cafe, The (1982) - Archival and newsreel footage only.
Atomic Kid, The (1954) - Set in Las Vegas.
Aviator, The (1985) - Set in Elko, but actually filmed in Yugoslavia.

Bad Day At Black Rock (1954) - Filmed near Lone Pine (Ca.).
Badlanders, The (1958) - Set in Nevada, but filmed in Arizona.
Banzai Runner (1987) - Set in the Nevada desert.
Beast Of Yucca Flats, The (1961) - Set at the AEC test range.
Beautiful Joe (2000) - Stock footage of Las Vegas. Shot in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
Behind The Nudist Curtain - Club scenes are from film Playgirls International.
Best Of Times, The (1986) - Johnson/Jeffries fight scenes under open credits.
Beyond The Law (1930) - Set on the Nevada/California border.
Blue Sky (1994) - Mercury, Nevada set was built in Texas.
Boots And Saddles (1916) - Set in Las Vegas.
Born To The West (1926) - Set in the Eureka, Nevada.
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) - Filmed in Twentynine Palms.

Carson City (1952) - Set in Carson City.
Carson City Cyclone (1943) - Set in Carson City.
Carson City Raiders (1948) - Set in Carson City.
Charlie Chan In Reno (1939) - Stock footage of Reno.
Child Stealer, The (1979) - Filmed in Phoenix (Az.).
China Lake Murders, The (1989) - Set in Southern Nevada.
City Of Bad Men (1953) - Set in Carson City.
Crashing Las Vegas (1956) - Stock footage of Fremont St.

Damnation Alley (1977) - Set in Las Vegas.
Divorce Las Vegas Style (1970) - Set in Las Vegas.
Divorcee, The (1917) - Set in Reno.
Dr. Strangelove (1964) - Stock footage of atomic bomb tests.
Donner Pass: The Road To Survival (1978) - Filmed entirely in Utah.
Double Cross (1994) - Filmed in Arizona.
Duchess And The Dirtwater Fox, The (1976) - Set in Virginia City.
Dude Cowboy (1941) - Set in Nevada.
Dude Goes West, The (1948) - Set in fictional Arsenic City (Nv.).

Fast Break (1979) - Benson, Nevada was actually Claremont (Ca.)
Fighting Terror, The (1929) - Set on the Nevada/California border.
Flight Of Black Angel (1991) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.
Flying Blind (1941) - Set in Las Vegas.
Flying High (1978) - Set in Las Vegas.
For Love Or Money (1984) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.
Forbidden Waters (1926) - Set in Reno.

Gamble On Love (1982) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.
Gamesters, The (1920) - Set in Nevada.
Golden Rule Kate (1917) - Set in fictional Paradise, Nevada.
Great Moment, The (1921) - Set in Nevada.
Great White Hope, The (1970) - Set in Nevada.
Guns, Girls, And Gangsters (1958) - Set in Las Vegas.

Hands Up! (1926) - Set in Nevada.
Hangman's Knot (1952) - Set in Nevada.
Harder They Fall, The (1956) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.
Harum Scarum (1965) - Set in Las Vegas.
Hearts Of The West (1975) - Set in Nevada.
Hold Back The Night (1956) - Filmed near Bridgeport (Ca.)
Honeymoon Of Terror (1961) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.
Honky Tonk (1941) - Set in Virginia City and fictional Yellow Creek (Nv.).
Honky Tonk (1974) - Set in Virginia City and fictional Yellow Creek (Nv.).

Infrasexum (1969) - Set in Las Vegas.

Jack Johnson (1971) - Filmed in Globe (Az.).
Joker Is Wild (1957) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.

Last Trail, The (1927) - Set in Carson City.
Lights Of The Desert (1992) - Set in fictional Colt City (Nv.).
Lone Horseman, The (1923) - Set in Nevada.
Love Bug, The (1969) - Set in Virginia City.
Love Me Like I Do (1970) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.

Main Event (1979) - Set at South Lake Tahoe.
Maisie Goes To Reno (1944) - Set in Reno.
Making Of A Male Model (1983) - Set in Nevada.
Marrying Man, The (1991) - Set in Las Vegas.
Marshal Of Reno (1944) - Sent in Reno.
Mating Of Marcella, The (1918) - Set in Reno.
Matrimonial Martyr, The (1916) - Set in Reno.
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) - Set in Reno.
My Blue Heaven (1990) - Reno sequence cut in final edit.
My Dear Secretary (1948) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.

Nevada (1944) - Filmed in Lone Pine (Ca.).
Nevada City (1940) - Filmed at Roy Roger's ranch in California.
Night Life In Reno (1931) - Set in Reno.
Night Time In Nevada (1948) - Filmed at Roy Roger's ranch in California.
North Of Nevada (1924) - Set in Nevada.

On To Reno (1926) - Set in Reno.
One From The Heart (1982) - Filmed entirely at the Zoetrope Studios.
Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) - Filmed on TCF's back lot.

Parson Of Panamint, The (1922) - Set in Nevada.
Peach O' Reno (1931) - Set in Reno.
Petticoats And Politics (1918) - Set in fictional Red Dog (Nv.).
Pistol Packin' Mama (1943) - Set in Nevada.

Reno (1923) - Set in Reno.
Reno (1930) - Set in Reno.
Reno (1939) - Still photos of Reno provided by theReno Chamber of Commerce.
Reno Divorce, A (1927) - Set entirely in Chicago.
Reno Or Bust (1930) - Set in Reno.
Riding Through Nevada (1942) - Set in Carson City.
Road To Reno (1931) - Set in Reno.
Road To Reno, The (1938) - Set in Reno.
Roughshod (1949) - Set in Nevada.
Ruthless Four, The (1968) - Filmed entirely in Italy.

Second Chance (1971) - Set at Rhyolite, but filmed in Arizona.
Shanghai Noon (2000) - Set in Carson City, filmed in Canada.
Song Of Nevada (1944) - Filmed at Roy Roger's ranch in California.
South Of Reno (1988) - Set in a fictional town south of Reno.
Split Second (1953) - Set in Nevada near the AEC test range.
Sugartime - Stock footage of Las Vegas.

That Man Bolt (1973) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.
Them! (1954) - Partially set in S. Nevada but filmed entirely in California.
This Hero Stuff (1919) - Set in fictional Goldcity (Nv.).
This Is Elvis (1981) - File footage and Presley home movie clips of Las Vegas.
Tremors (1989) - Filmed in Inyo County and Lone Pine (Ca.).
Trial And Error (1997) - Filmed in Lone Pine and Independence (Ca.)
Two-fisted Jefferson (1922) - Set in fictional Arid (Nv.).

Under Nevada Skies (1946) - Filmed at Roy Roger's ranch in California.
Union Pacific (1939) - Nevada locations changed to Utah.
Untamed Justice (1929) - Set in Nevada.

Vigilantes Of Boomtown (1947) - Set in Carson City.
Virginia City (1940) - Set in Virginia City.

Wedding Bells (1921) - Set in Reno.
Weekend Warrior (1986) - Stock footage of Las Vegas.
Wells Fargo (1937) - Virginia City location cancelled.
West Of Carson City (1940) - Not even set in Nevada.
Western Wallop, The (1924) - Set on the Nevada/California border.
When The Boys Meet The Girls (1965) - Set in Nevada.
Wild Gold (1934) - Newsreel footage of Boulder Dam.
Women, The (1939) - Filmed entirely on studio sets.

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