72Chero
12-12-2006, 04:06 PM
Rancheros in the movies and on TV
(if you have any additions to this list email the details),
but be careful out there - several sightings have turned out to be El Caminos on closer inspection!
Movies
Air America; During the traffic jam scene where Robert Downey is flying a helicopter to the scene of an accident on LA freeway. It is red roundbody Falcon (1960 - '63). (submitted by Martin Klein)
Alien Nation; About 45 minutes into the movie James Caan and the alien guy are in a car talking when a Red (I think) 64 or 65 Ranchero is visible out the side glass driving by. (submitted by Sean Medcalf)
Almost Famous, 2000; film about a teenager hired by Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s to cover an emerging rock band; shows a 1964 Ranchero at the very beginning of the film, during the opening credits. It also features member George Bittle's '71 Squire, which can be seen in the middle of the movie as he was driving it to the "rock concert" at the San Diego sports arena. (submitted by Eric Scheie)
Any Which Way You Can; At approximately 10 minutes into the movie, when Philo says "Right turn, Clyde," a Ranchero can be seen through the window of the truck. It is either painted brown or is in primer. The design of the grille identifies it as a base Ranchero, from either 73 or 74. (submited by David Baltzer)
April Love, 1957, Pat Boone, Shirley Jones; Shirley Jones owned a blue and white Ranchero. (submitted by Daves73Ranchero@aol.com)
Bachelor Party, Tom Hanks; in the parking lot towards the end of the movie when they are driving the bus around. (submitted by John Blegen)
Best Defense, Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy; About one hour into the movie, during the fight in the parking lot. We see back end of a Ranchero, likely 72-76 vintage. (submitted by David Baltzer)
Bio Dome, 1998, Pauly Shore, Steven Baldwin; A pizza delivery guy drives a red '68 Ranchero down a desrted avenue to deliver a pizza, then burns out. (submitted by Steve Barber)
The Birds, 1963, Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedron; When Tippi Hedron enters the town of Bodega Bay a white Falcon Ranchero is coming down the hill as she drives up.
Bird On A Wire, 1990, Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn; In the chase scene while Goldie is driving the BMW they pass a '72 Ranchero with a camper shell.
Black Moon Rising, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, and Robert Vaughan; The Black Moon is a super secret experimental car that is stolen by a ring of master car thieves headed by Linda Hamilton. In the scene where the Black Moon is stolen, Tommy Lee Jones, who is after a data tape he has secreted in the Black Moon, gives chase. As he flips a U-Turn and chases after the car, we see a 1972-76 Ranchero parked at the curb across the street. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
The Birds, In the beginning of the movie when the acterss exits the store she passes a early 60s Ranchero
(submitted by Bill Mort)
Blind Vengance, Gerald McRaney; 2/3rds of the way into the movie Gerald drives up to the county courthouse in his jeep. Two cars away in the next parking space next to a red van is a 1977-1979 Ranchero parked. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Bound By Honor; During the opening credits a white Falcon Ranchero drives across the screen.
Break Up, 1998, Bridget Fonda, Keifer Sutherland; The neighbor gets murdered by Fonda's husband after complaining about him banging up his car, The scene with the Ranchero has Fonda being confroted by the neighbor in their common drivway. It figures that the killer drives a Chevy. (submitted by Richsnd)
Bullitt, Steve McQueen; about half way thru the chase scene with the Charger, there is a Ranchero that almost gets rearended, not sure of the year, a 60s Falcon Ranchero with a load, it's off white or cream in color. During the chase scene, just after you see the VW Beetle for the second time, there is a 66 Ranchero going the other way. It's going up the hill, while the Mustang & Charger go down hill. It's visible only for a few seconds. (submitted by Joe Kent and Doug Burns)
Charlie Varrick; Joe Don Baker gets a ride in a 1971 on his way to repo a car. (submitted by Greg Payson).
Colors, Sean Penn; toward the end of the movie a gang jumps a member. Behind them in a crude garage is a 1966 Ranchero, you only see the bed and its full of stuff. (submitted by P.J. Heritage)
Commando, Arnold Shwarzenegger (1985); during the first chase seen with the yellow Porche and the lil red car, a white '77-'79 Ranchero passes the Porsche as it turns left. (submitted by Caifanito@aol.com)
Coming Home, Bruce Dern and Jane Fonda; while Bruce (her husband) is away at war, Jane drives a very nice light blue 67 Ranchero. (submitted by Randy Popken)
Con Air; in the opening fight scene there is a red Ranchero. It's difficult to tell what year it is, but it is in the 70's. (submitted by Frank Bartek)
Country, Wilfred Brimly and Sam Shephard; It had a late seventies model parked in front of a store. (submitted by W495guy@aol.com)
The Deliberate Stranger, Mark Harmon, 1986; When Ted Bundy picks up hte girl who got away at the shopping center, parked behind him is a 70s green Ranchero with a white bed cap. At the end of the same row is a white '67-'69 Ranchero.
Diamonds Are Forever, 1971, Sean Connery; there is a scene where Jill St. John runs out of the back of a kids show in Las Vegas. When the villians chase her out the back, the overview of the parking lot has a '60 to '63 white Falcon Ranchero in the middle of the scene. (submited by CaptKmart)
Enough, 2002, Jennifer Lopez; J-Lo was making a phone call at a gas station. There was a nice blue 1968 or 1969 Ranchero at the gas pump. (submited by SAbasketball@aol.com)
Every Which Way But Loose; At approximately 47 minutes into the movie, when they have stopped at the fruit and vegetable stand and the lady is giving Echo a hard time, a Ranchero passes by on the highway. Appears to be a 77-79 and the color may be pewter. (submited by David Baltzer)
The Executioner's Song, 1982, Tommy Lee Jones; In Part 1, when Gary is hitchhiking to his new job he gets passed by a '77-79 GT.
Exit Wounds, Steven Segal; Segal's first car in the movie is a black '78 Ford Ranchero (submitted by Chamelen@aol.com).
Gas, 1981 Paramount Pictures; Not a very good movie but it has a big car chase with a bunch of cars in it, and one of the cars is a '73 black Ranchero! You can see some nice action shots of the Ranchero in it (submitted by Eric Halmans).
The Getaway; there is a scene where Alec Baldwin is waiting for Kim Basinger to pick him up at the airport and you can see a dark color Rancharo in the parking lot (submitted by byron@juno.com).
Girl Interrupted, 2000, Winona Ryder, Jared Leto; When Susanna talks to Tobias, in the backgournd is a 1967 Ranchero GT owned by member Bob Henry of New Cumberland, PA.
Goldfinger, 1964, Sean Connery; after a 1964 suicide-door Continental is crushed into a cube, a magnet picks it up and drops it into the bed of a Falcon Ranchero. Also features other nice Ford vehicles; a great red '64 Country Squire, and a white '64 Thunderbird. (submited by Frogg)
Gone in 60 Seconds; in the remake, when Memphis is on the phone with Donnie, Donnie is teaching a driving student, he tells her to go around the block and she causes the early 70's Ranchero on her right to be wrecked, looks like a 73 possibly (submitted by Jesse Acosta).
Gone in 60 Seconds; there is a 64, it is white and brown tu-tone. It appears later in the movie, just as the Lincoln Continental is wrecked at the underpass intersection. It drives by and is visible only for a moment (submitted by Doug Burns).
Gumball Rally; 1971 Ranchero had two cowboys in it chasing the two girls in a Porsche (submitted by Greg Payson).
Hooper, 1978, Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent; there is a chase for fun scene in which someone is driving a 77-79 GT. (submitted by Brian)
In Cold Blood, 1967, Robert Blake; Early in the movie, while the two ex-cons are driving through a small town, you see a 64-65 Falcon Ranchero parked in front of the stores on main street. Its just after you see a 65 Mustang pulling out of a side street. (submitted by Doug)
Kindergarden Cop, Arnold Schwarzenegger; An early sixties Ranchero appears when Mr. Kimble (Arnie) tells Joyce who he really is and it is in the seen where Joyce does a U turn in her red 4wd and it appears on the right hand side of the screen parked. (submitted by Greg Kastelic)
The Last Seduction, 1994, Linda Fiorentino; When Wendy Kroy (Fiorentino) checks into the local motel, outside the office is a late 60s Ranchero.
Lies Of The Heart, 1994, Gregory Harrison; When Denver visits his girlfriend, parked outside on the street is a white 70s Ranchero.
Love Lies and Murder; The villain in this movie seduces his 15 year old sister in law and his 14 year old daughter to murder his wife for insurance money. During the initial seuqences of the film he is driving a '68 or '69 fairlane Ranchero with the round guages on the dash. As he becomes instantly wealthy from his inheritance he gets rid of the Ranchero. Later on in the film the Ranchero is used in flashback sequences. This movie is not for the squeemish but the Ranchero itself is great! (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Mad Max; had a few Austrlain Ford Utes in it. (submitted by Greg Payson).
Maximum Overdrive, 1986, Emilio Estevez; While Estevez is transferring fuel from the tanker to the underground tank, there is a Torino Ranchero behind the 55-gallon drums. (submitted by Tommy)
Michael; There is a black '59 ranchero parked in front of the bar where the fight broke out (Joe's) (submitted by AEMAN72@aol.com)
Neighbors, John Belushi and Dan Akroyd; Dan had a 73, ugly though (green, white wall tires, and huge wood grain sides) (submitted by Brian)
Out of Bounds, 1985, Anthony Micheal Hall; In the first chase of the movie, the motorcycle goes by a nice white 1969 ranchero parked at the curb (submitted by Greg Payson)
Oxford Blues, 1984, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy; opening credits Rob Lowe is hitching and gets passed by a Ranchero. Real star of the film is a red 1955 Thunderbird.
Paris, Texas; Harry Dean Stanton drives a stock rusty '59 Ranchero throughout the second half of the movie (submitted by Fanny, corrected by Stuart Rooke)
Patch Adams, 1998, Robin Williams, Daniel London; This Ranchero is also featured in the photo gallery on the history page. Steve Dolar is the proud owner & builder of the 1965 Ranchero; he and his father drove the truck in the movie as extras. The film was shot in San Francisco. (submitted by Steve Dolar)
Peggy Sue Got Married, Nicholas Cage and Kathleen Turner; there's a 57 Ranchero when they're leaving the school in about the first half hour of the movie; they drive by it and its on the right hand side parked, the coolest car in the movie (submitted by Dusty)
The Principal, 1987, James Belushi; When the prinipal's motorcycle is being stripped, there is a Ranchero parked next to it. (submitted by Tommy)
The Presidio, 1988, Sean Connery, Mark Harmon; Harmon is chasing someone through the city, the '77-'79 Ranchero is shown twice. (submitted by Tommy)
Promised Land, 1988, Keefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan; When Sutherland and Ryan leave the casino in Stateline, there is a 70s blue and white Ranchero in the parking lot.
The Prophecy, Christopher Walken; Ranchero is sitting out front of a little cottage after the scene where the trailer home explodes. (submitted by Chamelen@aol.com)
Psycho Beach Party, its a Hitchcock meets John Waters meets Frankie Avalon meets American Pie flick, its way out and in the last scene theres a Ranchero at the drive in. (submitted by Dusty and Annie)
Pulp Fiction, John Travolta; During the whole robbery sequence a black 78' Ranchero 500 was parked outside the diner and is visible through the window during the entire bit with the two robbers talking at the diners table. (submitted by Tommy)
Radio, Cuba Godding Jr, When the Coach and radio leave the store in thier 70s Ford Pickup you can see a 72-76 in the parking lot next to the store.(submitted by Bill Mort)
Real Men, Jim Belushi; There is a brown Ranchero at the curb in the scence where Belushi and Ritter are crossing the street just before the clown squad scene. (submitted by Bill Strupp)
Repo Man, Sy Richardson, Emilio Estevez; Light (Sy Richardson) drives a brown 72-74 Ranchero 500 with Otto (Emilio Estevez), with nice interior shot and a rear-facing shot of out of the bed. You don't get to see much of the outside of the Ranchero, though. The scene is about 15-20 minutes into the movie, Starting with "They're not scumbags, they're car thieves like us" and ending with Otto getting maced by Missy Magruder. (submitted by slashdot)
The Rock, 1996, Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery; in the beginning, right before the fight he is getting into a Ranchero. (submitted by Pat Ross)
Slacker, a 1990 independent film; near the end there's a segment with a guy driving a white mid-60s Falcon Ranchero and broadcasting a tirade about modern life thru speakers on the roof.
Shattered Innocence, Made-for-tv movie; boyfriend of main character moves them cross country in a brown or bronze Ranchero, circa 1974-1976.(submitted by David Baltzer)
There's Something About Mary, 1998, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller; Opening sequence, 1977-1979 Ranchero. There's also a red El Camino and a blue '79-'81 El Camino in the initial high school parking lot scenes. (submitted by Joe Swogger)
Smokey and the Bandit I; Sighting One: there is a VERY BRIEF sighting of a 70/71 Beige Ranchero Squire at exactly 11:58 into the movie from the start of the opening credit - the camera pans left from the Trans Am to the truck as the Trans Am leaves a stop light and parked on the other side of the street is the 70/71 Beige Ranchero Squire.
Sighting Two: In the sequence after the Bandit gets away from Sheriff Justice in the restaurant and Sally Field is driving, they come over a hill. Parked on the right side of the road is a blue 1972 Ranchero. Even though you only see the front there is an unmistakable outline of a white topper on the back.
Sighting Three: As the Bandit is driving on a four lane highway in Alabama they are being chased by a state trooper. One of the cars they pass is a 1960-63 rounded Falcon Ranchero in the left hand lane.(submitted by 1Walt Barnes aka Thunder Snake #8 and 2, 3Steven Greater)
Straight Right, 2000, Brent Smith; there is a red late 70s Ranchero parked in front of his apt. building as he runs down the steps
Sunset Strip, 1999, Simon Baker, Jared Leto; there is a gold 72 Ranchero going down the street in the opposite direction after they load the Suburban with clothes and leave for the photo shoot. It has been in nearly 100 movies and television series today. I know because it's my moms and I drove it in all of them.
(submitted by Peter Gonzalez)
The Temptations, ABC TV movie, 2001; 1970 Ranchero Squire owned by member Eric Zima is in the opening scenes of the 2nd evening of the mini-series. Approx. 5 to 7 sec. Red with woodgrain.
Tollbooth; there is a Ranchero - I think it is a 1968. (submitted by Mustang5sp@aol.com)
Too Young To Die?, Lifetime TV movie; The main character is walking down the street going home when she walks by not one but two Rancheros! One of them is a 1972-1976 series as you can tell from the swoops on the pickup box. The second, is unmistakably the rounded Falcon Ranchero style from the early 60's. They are parked within two cars of each other. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Thunder in Carolina, 1960, Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale; Story of drivers at the Southern 500 when they drove real cars; lots of great '57 - '59 cars and one of the pace cars at the start of the race is a '59 Ranchero.
Two Lane Blacktop, 1971, James Taylor (the driver), Warren Oates (GTO), Dennis Wilson (the mechanic); Lousy movie, bad acting but lots of great cars and drag race scenes. As they enter the lots at the drag strips they pass in front of a '67 Ranchero in Arizona, and later a '71 Ranchero GT in Memphis.
Truck Turner, 1974, Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto; there is a chase scene where Isaac Hayes and his sidekick are chasing a guy (a pimp of course) in a pink Lincoln with sidepipes. Just before (or after) the Lincoln gets cracked up, there is a white '73 or '74 Ranchero that just barely misses getting caught up in the mess. (submitted by Michael Rouse)
Twilight Zone; The Movie; In the section of the movie with the boy Anthony that has the special powers to make anything he wishes come true. When the teacher leaves the restaurant, backing out of the parking space, the car next to her's is a late 70's Ranchero. (submitted by Paul Zancara Jr.)
Up In Smoke, Cheech and Chong; The Rancharo has a very short clip, you just about miss it every time, hell I've seen this movie about 8 times and I just found it last week! Just after Cheech tries to pickup 2 babes on a bench by the roudside as he is making a u-turn to pick up Tommy Chong you see it as the camera pans back. (submitted by Frank A.)
Waynes World 2, 1993, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey; A blue '69 Ranchero is in the line of cars going into the park for their concert. Full Frame turn. (submitted by TORINOFAN@aol.com)
The Wasp Woman, 1960 Roger Corman movie; in the opening five minutes, a truly trashed 1960 Ranchero. It is the beekeepers' bosses truck (he is there to fire the "crazy" scientist beekeeper). It is a white 1960 Ranchero (new at the time) and is only shown from the driver side, which is totally dented and scraped along its length, with a dangling rear bumper and a bashed front of driver side door. (submitted by Abby Levine)
Real Video
Almost Famous (credits) Almost Famous (rock concert)
Gumball Rally (part 1) Gumball Rally (part 2) Paris, Texas Sunset Strip
Goldfinger1 Goldfinger2 Two Lane Blacktop1 Two Lane Blacktop2
Wayne's World 2 There's Something About Mary Maximum Overdrive
Michael The Principal The Presidio Patch Adams Worlds Scariest Police Chases
Girl, Interrupted Census 2000 Thunder In Carolina The Birds Commando
Bird On A Wire Break Up Charlie Varrick Slacker Twilight Zone; The Movie
Television
Barnaby Jones; In the initial show the detective is a retired horse farmer. His son calls him from a telephone booth. He is then murdered. The daughter in law and Buddy team up to investigate and the show is on the road. The Ranchero that Buddy is driving is I believe a 1978.. (submitted by Carl Wilcox)
Dark Skies (1996); Episode Title: Shades of Gray; Loewengard and Kim develop a plan to attract an alien ship by creating a crop circle on a remote farm in Virginia. As they are constructing the crop circle they are aware of a presence watching them from the woods. This presence turns out to be a little girl, the daughter of the farmer on who's land the crop circles are being constructed. Loewengard and Kim drive the girl from the area in a 1963 Cream Colored Ford Falcon Ranchero. There are some excellent shots of the Ranchero being driven toward the camera, some interior shots with the C pillar in full view, and a 3/4 right side view which shows almost the full exterior of the truck. The fact it's a 1963 Ranchero is verified by the convex crossbar grille with squarish parking lights inboard from the headlights. (submitted by Steven Graeter - 8.5 on a scale of 10. A must see!)
The Fugitive; the original series with David Janssen. "Never wave goodbye" Part 1 Oct 8 1963 Janssen and Susan Oliver drive around in a 63' looking for the one-armed man after hearing he may be in the area. Oliver owns a sail making shop Kimble works at, so it make's sense she would have a need for a light utility pickup. (submitted by Denis Schwendemann)
Miami VIce (1996); Episode Title: Cool Runnin'; At the end of the episode, as Crockett and Tubbs are visiting a friend in the hospital, they meet a local snitch named "Noogie". As "Noogie" leaves in a car (A Classic Mustang) driven by his girlfriend, we can see a late 70's Ranchero in the background as they pull away. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Nash Bridges, 1999, CBS; blue Ranchero, detective Harvey Leek drove it before it was shot to death in a hail of gunfire. (submitted by Neil Montogmery)
'73 Ranchero GT in the opening credits, the Black one that was smashed by the shipping car on the San Francisco shipping dock. I believe it was added to the credits in the second season from a first season show. (submitted by Stacey Morrison)
Northern Exposure, A&E;
• In an episode where Ed Chigliak faces his demon in the guise of a little green man he finds a girl he would like to date. At the end of the episode he walks up to her front door with the little man tagging along beside him telling him he should not try to do this. As he walks across the grass to the door, in the background parked with its nose away from the camera, is the unmistakable 1960 - 1963 Round Falcon Ranchero. This Ranchero also makes an appearence in this episode earlier but this is the best view of it.
• In the episode where Maggie's mom comes to town with a friend to plan Maggie's wedding to Joel, the Ranchero is sighted driving outside loaded up with what looks like an ATV right after Walt is fired from the store that RuthAnn runs.
• Episode 2.3 4/22/91 "All Is Vanity" - In an episode in which Maggie's father comes to visit, she has told him her boyfriend is Joel. Then she sees Joel across the street. He wants to talk to her so he crosses the street. As he does so, a red Ranchero zips by. At least I think its a Ranchero. Judging by the thin B pillar this may be a 1967 - 1969 but it goes by too quick that you can't tell. I thought initially, it was a 1966 El Camino but its profile is more Fordlike.
• Episode 5.8 11/15/93 "Heal Thyself" - The Ranchero makes its appearence in the beginning of the episode. As Leonard walks with Ed to the door the Ranchero is parked by the garage of the house. Later, the girl, who is interested in Ed comes to his house and invites him to a picnic. After Ed says yes, she gets in the Ranchero and drives off.
• In the episode where Maurice buys a violin and hires Cal to give an estimate on its value, as Cal is trying to leave town after bombing Maurice's car he hurries around a corner where Ed is standing. As he passes Ed the 1960's Falcon Ranchero is parked behind him across the street. It's a quick sighting so if you don't look quickly you'll miss it.
(submitted by resident NX-pert Steven Graeter)
Starsky and Hutch, Season One, Texas Longhorn - 1975; Zack shoots murder suspect Chaco from a bronze 74/75 Ranchero (submitted by Paul Scarrott)
The Profiler, episode 307 - "Perfect Helen," 1998, NBC; Someone's digging up Jewish graves in George's Minnesota home town, which is also home to an active skinhead group. Scene with kids sitting in bed of late 70s Ranchero. (pix and info from Becky's Profiler Page)
Roseann TV Show, there is a '62 or '63 Ranchero parked in front of the diner (submitted by VinceVIP@aol.com)
Census 2000 commercial; In the opening sequence, parked outside of a diner (The Time Cafe Family Restaurant), is a late 70s Ranchero, black or a very dark blue. It's only there for a second before the cameras go inside the diner. (submitted by Wendell Harness)
Phillips flat TV, 1999, commercial; green Ranchero pulls up with Gen-Y roomates moving into new apartment.
Target Club Wedd, 2002, commercial; a white 'Chero, about '66.(submitted by Enid Charneco-Gibson)
Dura-Lube infomercial, a '68 or '69 that runs without oil (submitted by Rick Husted)
Worlds Scariest Police Chases - A '77-'79 Ranchero gets rear-ended by another car. The Ranchero was waiting to make a left turn when a rubbernecker, watching the police, hits the Ranchero. Broke my heart... (submitted by Frogg46131@aol.com)
PGA "These Guys Are Good" Golf Commercial, Sergio Garcia the golfer is pushing a shopping cart and at the cart return in the background is a 1970-something Ranchero (submitted by Ericheroman)
(if you have any additions to this list email the details),
but be careful out there - several sightings have turned out to be El Caminos on closer inspection!
Movies
Air America; During the traffic jam scene where Robert Downey is flying a helicopter to the scene of an accident on LA freeway. It is red roundbody Falcon (1960 - '63). (submitted by Martin Klein)
Alien Nation; About 45 minutes into the movie James Caan and the alien guy are in a car talking when a Red (I think) 64 or 65 Ranchero is visible out the side glass driving by. (submitted by Sean Medcalf)
Almost Famous, 2000; film about a teenager hired by Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s to cover an emerging rock band; shows a 1964 Ranchero at the very beginning of the film, during the opening credits. It also features member George Bittle's '71 Squire, which can be seen in the middle of the movie as he was driving it to the "rock concert" at the San Diego sports arena. (submitted by Eric Scheie)
Any Which Way You Can; At approximately 10 minutes into the movie, when Philo says "Right turn, Clyde," a Ranchero can be seen through the window of the truck. It is either painted brown or is in primer. The design of the grille identifies it as a base Ranchero, from either 73 or 74. (submited by David Baltzer)
April Love, 1957, Pat Boone, Shirley Jones; Shirley Jones owned a blue and white Ranchero. (submitted by Daves73Ranchero@aol.com)
Bachelor Party, Tom Hanks; in the parking lot towards the end of the movie when they are driving the bus around. (submitted by John Blegen)
Best Defense, Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy; About one hour into the movie, during the fight in the parking lot. We see back end of a Ranchero, likely 72-76 vintage. (submitted by David Baltzer)
Bio Dome, 1998, Pauly Shore, Steven Baldwin; A pizza delivery guy drives a red '68 Ranchero down a desrted avenue to deliver a pizza, then burns out. (submitted by Steve Barber)
The Birds, 1963, Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedron; When Tippi Hedron enters the town of Bodega Bay a white Falcon Ranchero is coming down the hill as she drives up.
Bird On A Wire, 1990, Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn; In the chase scene while Goldie is driving the BMW they pass a '72 Ranchero with a camper shell.
Black Moon Rising, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, and Robert Vaughan; The Black Moon is a super secret experimental car that is stolen by a ring of master car thieves headed by Linda Hamilton. In the scene where the Black Moon is stolen, Tommy Lee Jones, who is after a data tape he has secreted in the Black Moon, gives chase. As he flips a U-Turn and chases after the car, we see a 1972-76 Ranchero parked at the curb across the street. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
The Birds, In the beginning of the movie when the acterss exits the store she passes a early 60s Ranchero
(submitted by Bill Mort)
Blind Vengance, Gerald McRaney; 2/3rds of the way into the movie Gerald drives up to the county courthouse in his jeep. Two cars away in the next parking space next to a red van is a 1977-1979 Ranchero parked. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Bound By Honor; During the opening credits a white Falcon Ranchero drives across the screen.
Break Up, 1998, Bridget Fonda, Keifer Sutherland; The neighbor gets murdered by Fonda's husband after complaining about him banging up his car, The scene with the Ranchero has Fonda being confroted by the neighbor in their common drivway. It figures that the killer drives a Chevy. (submitted by Richsnd)
Bullitt, Steve McQueen; about half way thru the chase scene with the Charger, there is a Ranchero that almost gets rearended, not sure of the year, a 60s Falcon Ranchero with a load, it's off white or cream in color. During the chase scene, just after you see the VW Beetle for the second time, there is a 66 Ranchero going the other way. It's going up the hill, while the Mustang & Charger go down hill. It's visible only for a few seconds. (submitted by Joe Kent and Doug Burns)
Charlie Varrick; Joe Don Baker gets a ride in a 1971 on his way to repo a car. (submitted by Greg Payson).
Colors, Sean Penn; toward the end of the movie a gang jumps a member. Behind them in a crude garage is a 1966 Ranchero, you only see the bed and its full of stuff. (submitted by P.J. Heritage)
Commando, Arnold Shwarzenegger (1985); during the first chase seen with the yellow Porche and the lil red car, a white '77-'79 Ranchero passes the Porsche as it turns left. (submitted by Caifanito@aol.com)
Coming Home, Bruce Dern and Jane Fonda; while Bruce (her husband) is away at war, Jane drives a very nice light blue 67 Ranchero. (submitted by Randy Popken)
Con Air; in the opening fight scene there is a red Ranchero. It's difficult to tell what year it is, but it is in the 70's. (submitted by Frank Bartek)
Country, Wilfred Brimly and Sam Shephard; It had a late seventies model parked in front of a store. (submitted by W495guy@aol.com)
The Deliberate Stranger, Mark Harmon, 1986; When Ted Bundy picks up hte girl who got away at the shopping center, parked behind him is a 70s green Ranchero with a white bed cap. At the end of the same row is a white '67-'69 Ranchero.
Diamonds Are Forever, 1971, Sean Connery; there is a scene where Jill St. John runs out of the back of a kids show in Las Vegas. When the villians chase her out the back, the overview of the parking lot has a '60 to '63 white Falcon Ranchero in the middle of the scene. (submited by CaptKmart)
Enough, 2002, Jennifer Lopez; J-Lo was making a phone call at a gas station. There was a nice blue 1968 or 1969 Ranchero at the gas pump. (submited by SAbasketball@aol.com)
Every Which Way But Loose; At approximately 47 minutes into the movie, when they have stopped at the fruit and vegetable stand and the lady is giving Echo a hard time, a Ranchero passes by on the highway. Appears to be a 77-79 and the color may be pewter. (submited by David Baltzer)
The Executioner's Song, 1982, Tommy Lee Jones; In Part 1, when Gary is hitchhiking to his new job he gets passed by a '77-79 GT.
Exit Wounds, Steven Segal; Segal's first car in the movie is a black '78 Ford Ranchero (submitted by Chamelen@aol.com).
Gas, 1981 Paramount Pictures; Not a very good movie but it has a big car chase with a bunch of cars in it, and one of the cars is a '73 black Ranchero! You can see some nice action shots of the Ranchero in it (submitted by Eric Halmans).
The Getaway; there is a scene where Alec Baldwin is waiting for Kim Basinger to pick him up at the airport and you can see a dark color Rancharo in the parking lot (submitted by byron@juno.com).
Girl Interrupted, 2000, Winona Ryder, Jared Leto; When Susanna talks to Tobias, in the backgournd is a 1967 Ranchero GT owned by member Bob Henry of New Cumberland, PA.
Goldfinger, 1964, Sean Connery; after a 1964 suicide-door Continental is crushed into a cube, a magnet picks it up and drops it into the bed of a Falcon Ranchero. Also features other nice Ford vehicles; a great red '64 Country Squire, and a white '64 Thunderbird. (submited by Frogg)
Gone in 60 Seconds; in the remake, when Memphis is on the phone with Donnie, Donnie is teaching a driving student, he tells her to go around the block and she causes the early 70's Ranchero on her right to be wrecked, looks like a 73 possibly (submitted by Jesse Acosta).
Gone in 60 Seconds; there is a 64, it is white and brown tu-tone. It appears later in the movie, just as the Lincoln Continental is wrecked at the underpass intersection. It drives by and is visible only for a moment (submitted by Doug Burns).
Gumball Rally; 1971 Ranchero had two cowboys in it chasing the two girls in a Porsche (submitted by Greg Payson).
Hooper, 1978, Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent; there is a chase for fun scene in which someone is driving a 77-79 GT. (submitted by Brian)
In Cold Blood, 1967, Robert Blake; Early in the movie, while the two ex-cons are driving through a small town, you see a 64-65 Falcon Ranchero parked in front of the stores on main street. Its just after you see a 65 Mustang pulling out of a side street. (submitted by Doug)
Kindergarden Cop, Arnold Schwarzenegger; An early sixties Ranchero appears when Mr. Kimble (Arnie) tells Joyce who he really is and it is in the seen where Joyce does a U turn in her red 4wd and it appears on the right hand side of the screen parked. (submitted by Greg Kastelic)
The Last Seduction, 1994, Linda Fiorentino; When Wendy Kroy (Fiorentino) checks into the local motel, outside the office is a late 60s Ranchero.
Lies Of The Heart, 1994, Gregory Harrison; When Denver visits his girlfriend, parked outside on the street is a white 70s Ranchero.
Love Lies and Murder; The villain in this movie seduces his 15 year old sister in law and his 14 year old daughter to murder his wife for insurance money. During the initial seuqences of the film he is driving a '68 or '69 fairlane Ranchero with the round guages on the dash. As he becomes instantly wealthy from his inheritance he gets rid of the Ranchero. Later on in the film the Ranchero is used in flashback sequences. This movie is not for the squeemish but the Ranchero itself is great! (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Mad Max; had a few Austrlain Ford Utes in it. (submitted by Greg Payson).
Maximum Overdrive, 1986, Emilio Estevez; While Estevez is transferring fuel from the tanker to the underground tank, there is a Torino Ranchero behind the 55-gallon drums. (submitted by Tommy)
Michael; There is a black '59 ranchero parked in front of the bar where the fight broke out (Joe's) (submitted by AEMAN72@aol.com)
Neighbors, John Belushi and Dan Akroyd; Dan had a 73, ugly though (green, white wall tires, and huge wood grain sides) (submitted by Brian)
Out of Bounds, 1985, Anthony Micheal Hall; In the first chase of the movie, the motorcycle goes by a nice white 1969 ranchero parked at the curb (submitted by Greg Payson)
Oxford Blues, 1984, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy; opening credits Rob Lowe is hitching and gets passed by a Ranchero. Real star of the film is a red 1955 Thunderbird.
Paris, Texas; Harry Dean Stanton drives a stock rusty '59 Ranchero throughout the second half of the movie (submitted by Fanny, corrected by Stuart Rooke)
Patch Adams, 1998, Robin Williams, Daniel London; This Ranchero is also featured in the photo gallery on the history page. Steve Dolar is the proud owner & builder of the 1965 Ranchero; he and his father drove the truck in the movie as extras. The film was shot in San Francisco. (submitted by Steve Dolar)
Peggy Sue Got Married, Nicholas Cage and Kathleen Turner; there's a 57 Ranchero when they're leaving the school in about the first half hour of the movie; they drive by it and its on the right hand side parked, the coolest car in the movie (submitted by Dusty)
The Principal, 1987, James Belushi; When the prinipal's motorcycle is being stripped, there is a Ranchero parked next to it. (submitted by Tommy)
The Presidio, 1988, Sean Connery, Mark Harmon; Harmon is chasing someone through the city, the '77-'79 Ranchero is shown twice. (submitted by Tommy)
Promised Land, 1988, Keefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan; When Sutherland and Ryan leave the casino in Stateline, there is a 70s blue and white Ranchero in the parking lot.
The Prophecy, Christopher Walken; Ranchero is sitting out front of a little cottage after the scene where the trailer home explodes. (submitted by Chamelen@aol.com)
Psycho Beach Party, its a Hitchcock meets John Waters meets Frankie Avalon meets American Pie flick, its way out and in the last scene theres a Ranchero at the drive in. (submitted by Dusty and Annie)
Pulp Fiction, John Travolta; During the whole robbery sequence a black 78' Ranchero 500 was parked outside the diner and is visible through the window during the entire bit with the two robbers talking at the diners table. (submitted by Tommy)
Radio, Cuba Godding Jr, When the Coach and radio leave the store in thier 70s Ford Pickup you can see a 72-76 in the parking lot next to the store.(submitted by Bill Mort)
Real Men, Jim Belushi; There is a brown Ranchero at the curb in the scence where Belushi and Ritter are crossing the street just before the clown squad scene. (submitted by Bill Strupp)
Repo Man, Sy Richardson, Emilio Estevez; Light (Sy Richardson) drives a brown 72-74 Ranchero 500 with Otto (Emilio Estevez), with nice interior shot and a rear-facing shot of out of the bed. You don't get to see much of the outside of the Ranchero, though. The scene is about 15-20 minutes into the movie, Starting with "They're not scumbags, they're car thieves like us" and ending with Otto getting maced by Missy Magruder. (submitted by slashdot)
The Rock, 1996, Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery; in the beginning, right before the fight he is getting into a Ranchero. (submitted by Pat Ross)
Slacker, a 1990 independent film; near the end there's a segment with a guy driving a white mid-60s Falcon Ranchero and broadcasting a tirade about modern life thru speakers on the roof.
Shattered Innocence, Made-for-tv movie; boyfriend of main character moves them cross country in a brown or bronze Ranchero, circa 1974-1976.(submitted by David Baltzer)
There's Something About Mary, 1998, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller; Opening sequence, 1977-1979 Ranchero. There's also a red El Camino and a blue '79-'81 El Camino in the initial high school parking lot scenes. (submitted by Joe Swogger)
Smokey and the Bandit I; Sighting One: there is a VERY BRIEF sighting of a 70/71 Beige Ranchero Squire at exactly 11:58 into the movie from the start of the opening credit - the camera pans left from the Trans Am to the truck as the Trans Am leaves a stop light and parked on the other side of the street is the 70/71 Beige Ranchero Squire.
Sighting Two: In the sequence after the Bandit gets away from Sheriff Justice in the restaurant and Sally Field is driving, they come over a hill. Parked on the right side of the road is a blue 1972 Ranchero. Even though you only see the front there is an unmistakable outline of a white topper on the back.
Sighting Three: As the Bandit is driving on a four lane highway in Alabama they are being chased by a state trooper. One of the cars they pass is a 1960-63 rounded Falcon Ranchero in the left hand lane.(submitted by 1Walt Barnes aka Thunder Snake #8 and 2, 3Steven Greater)
Straight Right, 2000, Brent Smith; there is a red late 70s Ranchero parked in front of his apt. building as he runs down the steps
Sunset Strip, 1999, Simon Baker, Jared Leto; there is a gold 72 Ranchero going down the street in the opposite direction after they load the Suburban with clothes and leave for the photo shoot. It has been in nearly 100 movies and television series today. I know because it's my moms and I drove it in all of them.
(submitted by Peter Gonzalez)
The Temptations, ABC TV movie, 2001; 1970 Ranchero Squire owned by member Eric Zima is in the opening scenes of the 2nd evening of the mini-series. Approx. 5 to 7 sec. Red with woodgrain.
Tollbooth; there is a Ranchero - I think it is a 1968. (submitted by Mustang5sp@aol.com)
Too Young To Die?, Lifetime TV movie; The main character is walking down the street going home when she walks by not one but two Rancheros! One of them is a 1972-1976 series as you can tell from the swoops on the pickup box. The second, is unmistakably the rounded Falcon Ranchero style from the early 60's. They are parked within two cars of each other. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Thunder in Carolina, 1960, Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale; Story of drivers at the Southern 500 when they drove real cars; lots of great '57 - '59 cars and one of the pace cars at the start of the race is a '59 Ranchero.
Two Lane Blacktop, 1971, James Taylor (the driver), Warren Oates (GTO), Dennis Wilson (the mechanic); Lousy movie, bad acting but lots of great cars and drag race scenes. As they enter the lots at the drag strips they pass in front of a '67 Ranchero in Arizona, and later a '71 Ranchero GT in Memphis.
Truck Turner, 1974, Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto; there is a chase scene where Isaac Hayes and his sidekick are chasing a guy (a pimp of course) in a pink Lincoln with sidepipes. Just before (or after) the Lincoln gets cracked up, there is a white '73 or '74 Ranchero that just barely misses getting caught up in the mess. (submitted by Michael Rouse)
Twilight Zone; The Movie; In the section of the movie with the boy Anthony that has the special powers to make anything he wishes come true. When the teacher leaves the restaurant, backing out of the parking space, the car next to her's is a late 70's Ranchero. (submitted by Paul Zancara Jr.)
Up In Smoke, Cheech and Chong; The Rancharo has a very short clip, you just about miss it every time, hell I've seen this movie about 8 times and I just found it last week! Just after Cheech tries to pickup 2 babes on a bench by the roudside as he is making a u-turn to pick up Tommy Chong you see it as the camera pans back. (submitted by Frank A.)
Waynes World 2, 1993, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey; A blue '69 Ranchero is in the line of cars going into the park for their concert. Full Frame turn. (submitted by TORINOFAN@aol.com)
The Wasp Woman, 1960 Roger Corman movie; in the opening five minutes, a truly trashed 1960 Ranchero. It is the beekeepers' bosses truck (he is there to fire the "crazy" scientist beekeeper). It is a white 1960 Ranchero (new at the time) and is only shown from the driver side, which is totally dented and scraped along its length, with a dangling rear bumper and a bashed front of driver side door. (submitted by Abby Levine)
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Barnaby Jones; In the initial show the detective is a retired horse farmer. His son calls him from a telephone booth. He is then murdered. The daughter in law and Buddy team up to investigate and the show is on the road. The Ranchero that Buddy is driving is I believe a 1978.. (submitted by Carl Wilcox)
Dark Skies (1996); Episode Title: Shades of Gray; Loewengard and Kim develop a plan to attract an alien ship by creating a crop circle on a remote farm in Virginia. As they are constructing the crop circle they are aware of a presence watching them from the woods. This presence turns out to be a little girl, the daughter of the farmer on who's land the crop circles are being constructed. Loewengard and Kim drive the girl from the area in a 1963 Cream Colored Ford Falcon Ranchero. There are some excellent shots of the Ranchero being driven toward the camera, some interior shots with the C pillar in full view, and a 3/4 right side view which shows almost the full exterior of the truck. The fact it's a 1963 Ranchero is verified by the convex crossbar grille with squarish parking lights inboard from the headlights. (submitted by Steven Graeter - 8.5 on a scale of 10. A must see!)
The Fugitive; the original series with David Janssen. "Never wave goodbye" Part 1 Oct 8 1963 Janssen and Susan Oliver drive around in a 63' looking for the one-armed man after hearing he may be in the area. Oliver owns a sail making shop Kimble works at, so it make's sense she would have a need for a light utility pickup. (submitted by Denis Schwendemann)
Miami VIce (1996); Episode Title: Cool Runnin'; At the end of the episode, as Crockett and Tubbs are visiting a friend in the hospital, they meet a local snitch named "Noogie". As "Noogie" leaves in a car (A Classic Mustang) driven by his girlfriend, we can see a late 70's Ranchero in the background as they pull away. (submitted by Steven Graeter)
Nash Bridges, 1999, CBS; blue Ranchero, detective Harvey Leek drove it before it was shot to death in a hail of gunfire. (submitted by Neil Montogmery)
'73 Ranchero GT in the opening credits, the Black one that was smashed by the shipping car on the San Francisco shipping dock. I believe it was added to the credits in the second season from a first season show. (submitted by Stacey Morrison)
Northern Exposure, A&E;
• In an episode where Ed Chigliak faces his demon in the guise of a little green man he finds a girl he would like to date. At the end of the episode he walks up to her front door with the little man tagging along beside him telling him he should not try to do this. As he walks across the grass to the door, in the background parked with its nose away from the camera, is the unmistakable 1960 - 1963 Round Falcon Ranchero. This Ranchero also makes an appearence in this episode earlier but this is the best view of it.
• In the episode where Maggie's mom comes to town with a friend to plan Maggie's wedding to Joel, the Ranchero is sighted driving outside loaded up with what looks like an ATV right after Walt is fired from the store that RuthAnn runs.
• Episode 2.3 4/22/91 "All Is Vanity" - In an episode in which Maggie's father comes to visit, she has told him her boyfriend is Joel. Then she sees Joel across the street. He wants to talk to her so he crosses the street. As he does so, a red Ranchero zips by. At least I think its a Ranchero. Judging by the thin B pillar this may be a 1967 - 1969 but it goes by too quick that you can't tell. I thought initially, it was a 1966 El Camino but its profile is more Fordlike.
• Episode 5.8 11/15/93 "Heal Thyself" - The Ranchero makes its appearence in the beginning of the episode. As Leonard walks with Ed to the door the Ranchero is parked by the garage of the house. Later, the girl, who is interested in Ed comes to his house and invites him to a picnic. After Ed says yes, she gets in the Ranchero and drives off.
• In the episode where Maurice buys a violin and hires Cal to give an estimate on its value, as Cal is trying to leave town after bombing Maurice's car he hurries around a corner where Ed is standing. As he passes Ed the 1960's Falcon Ranchero is parked behind him across the street. It's a quick sighting so if you don't look quickly you'll miss it.
(submitted by resident NX-pert Steven Graeter)
Starsky and Hutch, Season One, Texas Longhorn - 1975; Zack shoots murder suspect Chaco from a bronze 74/75 Ranchero (submitted by Paul Scarrott)
The Profiler, episode 307 - "Perfect Helen," 1998, NBC; Someone's digging up Jewish graves in George's Minnesota home town, which is also home to an active skinhead group. Scene with kids sitting in bed of late 70s Ranchero. (pix and info from Becky's Profiler Page)
Roseann TV Show, there is a '62 or '63 Ranchero parked in front of the diner (submitted by VinceVIP@aol.com)
Census 2000 commercial; In the opening sequence, parked outside of a diner (The Time Cafe Family Restaurant), is a late 70s Ranchero, black or a very dark blue. It's only there for a second before the cameras go inside the diner. (submitted by Wendell Harness)
Phillips flat TV, 1999, commercial; green Ranchero pulls up with Gen-Y roomates moving into new apartment.
Target Club Wedd, 2002, commercial; a white 'Chero, about '66.(submitted by Enid Charneco-Gibson)
Dura-Lube infomercial, a '68 or '69 that runs without oil (submitted by Rick Husted)
Worlds Scariest Police Chases - A '77-'79 Ranchero gets rear-ended by another car. The Ranchero was waiting to make a left turn when a rubbernecker, watching the police, hits the Ranchero. Broke my heart... (submitted by Frogg46131@aol.com)
PGA "These Guys Are Good" Golf Commercial, Sergio Garcia the golfer is pushing a shopping cart and at the cart return in the background is a 1970-something Ranchero (submitted by Ericheroman)