Maps of Movies
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Where No Country for Old Men says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A West Texas border chase that was mostly filmed in New Mexico
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Scenes and places
The road where Chigurh first kills (1980)
In 1980 Chigurh is arrested in Texas, then strangles a deputy and escapes. On a lonely road he takes a stranger's car with a captive bolt pistol.
Set in West Texas highway — The Texas road where a captured Chigurh steals a car from a driver.
A bare stretch of West Texas highway; the film's opening montage is mostly empty land.
Filmed at Marfa area, Texas — Per the local paper, the opening montage of lonely roads and the highway stretch of the first killing are Marfa. The exact stretch is not given; the pin is the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The coin toss at the gas station (1980)
Chigurh makes a gas station owner call a coin toss over his life. Calling it right, the old man lives.
Set in Gas station, Texas — A small gas station where Chigurh makes the owner call a coin toss.
The set stood outside Alta Vista, New Mexico, on NM-104, not in Texas; only a Plus Code is given there, so no pin is placed.
Moss finds the briefcase in the desert (1980)
Moss is hunting pronghorns when he finds the aftermath of a drug deal, a briefcase with $2 million in cash among the dead. He takes it home, and a night-time attempt to put things right makes him a hunted man.
Set in Desert, West Texas — A desert where a drug deal went wrong, with dead men, a truck of drugs and a briefcase.
Open desert; the article only names the Sanderson and Marfa area, with no exact spot.
Sheriff Bell loads his horse (1980)
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell sets out to look into the failed drug deal. The film gives him a quiet farm and a horse before the bodies.
Set in Sheriff Bell's farmhouse, West Texas — The farmhouse where Sheriff Bell loads up his horse.
A working-ranch landscape of the Marfa area.
Filmed at Marfa area ranch country, Texas — One local news article puts the farmhouse where Tommy Lee Jones loads his horse in Marfa; the pin is the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The motel air duct in Del Rio (1980)
Moss hides the money in a motel air duct in Del Rio. When he comes back from buying boots he sees the curtains moved and knows he has been found.
Set in Del Rio, Texas — The Texas border town where Moss checks into a motel and hides the briefcase in the air duct. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A roadside motel; the real one is in New Mexico.
Filmed at Regal Inn, 1809 N Grand Ave, Las Vegas, New Mexico — Filmed in New Mexico: the Regal Motel stood in for Del Rio. Moss hides the briefcase in the air conditioning shaft here. Pin from the street address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Eagle Pass Hotel (1980)
Moss moves to Eagle Pass and finds the tracker hidden in the case. Chigurh is already there.
Set in Eagle Pass, Texas — The border town where Moss finds the tracking device in the briefcase and Chigurh has already found him. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A 19th-century hotel on a New Mexico plaza that has doubled for Texas.
Filmed at Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas, New Mexico — Filmed here. The Plaza Hotel played the Eagle Pass hotel. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The gunfight in the alley (1980)
The gunfight spills onto the street. Moss runs and both men leave wounded.
Set in Streets of Eagle Pass, Texas — The streets where the gunfight between Moss and Chigurh spills out and a truck driver is killed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A plain town alley; the hotel itself is a few blocks east.
Filmed at Alley at 615 6th St, Las Vegas, New Mexico — Moss runs through this alley outside the hotel, which is a few blocks east. Pin from the street address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The border bridge set (1980)
Badly hurt, Moss heads for the border and into Mexico, where he hides the case along the Rio Grande.
Set in US-Mexico border at Eagle Pass — The border crossing from Eagle Pass to Piedras Negras, where wounded Moss flees to Mexico. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A bridge and checkpoint that exist only as a set.
Filmed at Overpass, 700 Railroad Ave, Las Vegas, New Mexico — A border station set was built on a freeway overpass here. The two sources place it at different roads; pin from the KRQE address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Mexican town square (1980)
Moss is in Mexico. The film puts him in a town square across the border.
Set in Mexican border town — A town square in Mexico across the border.
A town on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.
Filmed at Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico — The Mexican town square scene was filmed in Piedras Negras. The pin is the city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The El Paso motel (1980)
Moss gets the case back and sets up a meeting with Carla Jean at an El Paso motel, to hide her from danger. Bell is on his way too.
Set in El Paso, Texas — The Texas border city where Moss arranges to meet Carla Jean at a motel. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A roadside motel; the real one is in Albuquerque.
Filmed at Desert Sands Motel, 13317 Central Ave, Albuquerque, New Mexico — One article says Moss tells Carla Jean to meet him at this Albuquerque motel, standing in for El Paso. Pin from the street address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Carla Jean's mother's house (1980)
Carla Jean comes home from a funeral and finds Chigurh waiting. He offers her a coin toss, which she refuses to call.
Set in Carla Jean's mother's house, Texas — The house where Carla Jean returns after a funeral to find Chigurh waiting in the bedroom.
An ordinary house on a quiet street.
Filmed at 913 Jackson St, Las Vegas, New Mexico — Filmed at this house. Pin from the street address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The crash at the intersection (1980)
Chigurh drives off and another car crashes into him. He pays a boy for his shirt as a sling and limps away.
Set in Neighbourhood, Texas — A neighbourhood intersection where another car crashes into Chigurh.
A quiet street corner.
Filmed at 6th Street and Baca Avenue, Las Vegas, New Mexico — Filmed at this intersection. Pin from the street address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Llewelyn Moss — A hunter who finds $2 million in the desert and takes it.
- Anton Chigurh — A hitman hired to recover the missing money.
- Ed Tom Bell — The Terrell County sheriff who investigates the failed drug deal.
- Carla Jean Moss — Moss's wife, sent to stay with her mother.