“The Sacketts” (the 1979 TV miniseries) was filmed mainly in the American Southwest, especially in Arizona and Colorado, with some work in California.

Main filming locations

  • Arizona (primary setting for many outdoor and town scenes).
  • Colorado (frontier town and railway sequences).
  • California (ranch exteriors).

Key sites used

  • Old Tucson Studios, Tucson, Arizona – used for the town of Purgatory exteriors and other town scenes.
  • Mescal Movie Set near Benson, Arizona – a classic western town set hosting multiple scenes for the miniseries.
  • Patagonia, Arizona, and the surrounding Sonoran Desert and Salt River areas – additional outdoor riding and landscape shots.
  • Buckskin Joe Frontier Town & Railway, near Cañon City, Colorado – used for frontier town and railway scenes.
  • Red Hills Ranch, near Sonora, California – ranch and open-range sequences.

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