Construction on the Apacheland Studio soundstage and adjacent "western town" set began on February 12, 1959 by Superstition Mountain Enterprises and associates. By June 1960, Apacheland was available for use by production companies and its first TV western "Have Gun, Will Travel" was filmed in November 1960, along with its first full-length movie "The Purple Hills". Actors such as Elvis Presley, Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Ronald Reagan, and Audie Murphy filmed many other western television shows and movies in Apacheland and the surrounding area, such as "Gambler II", "Death Valley Days", "Charro!", and "The Ballad of Cable Hogue". The last full-length movie to be filmed was the 1994 HBO movie "Blind Justice" with Armand Assante, Elisabeth Shue, and Jack Black.