Location #1: Big Tex Drive-In
Interstate 20, Big Spring, Texas, United States
Location #2: Big Spring Hotel
Roughly at East 3rd Street & Donley Street, Big Spring, Texas, United States
Location #3: Rio Theater
309 Northwest 4th Street, Big Spring, Texas, United States
Location #4: The train station
At the north end of South Main Street, Big Spring, Texas, United States
Location #5: Miller’s Restaurant
East 3rd Street (near the intersection at Austin Street), Big Spring, Texas, United States
Most excellent sites you have. Thanks.
The pawn shop showing the Medici symbol is at 605 Amsterdam. The building is gone. But the building at 610 Amsterdam in the reflection is still there.
Ratso’s APT is at 66 Suffolk at Broome. The poster was at 196 Broome at Suffolk across the street.
Do you know the name of the bar where Ratso and Joe meet? There is NO info on this.
It could be the Metropole. Famous Strip Bar on Broadway. I heard that Goldie Hawn was a Dancer there in the mid 60’s.
IThe bar was actually called Club 45 on W 45th St (Not sure of the exact address) a lot of actors and broadway people would hang out there.
I do not think it was. No google exists of it. No “old guides” exist of it. No mention of it whatsoever
Would have to be closer to the ” I’m walkin here scene” on 58th and 6th. The greek mythology symbols above the bar should give it away?
Another site suggests it may have been the Terminal Bar on W.41 St. & 8th Ave. across from the Port Authority bus terminal. http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2019/05/midnight-cowboy-25-fascinating-sleazy.html
Thanks for replying Paul. I’ve looked at photos of the Terminal bar and it doesn’t match the bar in the movie. The flooring, bar shape or length. It may have been next to the backside of Loews Criterion, posting a few photo links. Anyone recognize this place or have more photos please reply.
https://ibb.co/6Wwh976
https://ibb.co/HzTcRgQ
https://ibb.co/n6TBTBs
Does anyone know this film location, back in the middle ’60s I was in the Coast Guard and weI used to go there sometimes, up in the Times Square area, 45th, 47th or so.
This link will take you to my photos, its sorta slow..
http://s624.photobucket.com/user/tanks_09/library/Midnight%20Cowboy
I do not think the bar was Club 45. No Google images of it. No google history of it. I think Club 45 is made up, to be honest. Does not exist. Try again. The bar where Joe meets Ratso. Where? I am wonderint if it was at the studio.
John Haughey, The dates on our post indicate your post was here before I posted but I don’t guess I saw it. We want to thank you, e and my buddy have spent 50 years trying to remember “Club45”, most likely didn’t help we usually tipped a few there.
Thank you very much, a 50 year mystery solved for me. Bill Harman
Note: the scene in front of Colony Records was filmed, if I’m not mistaken, at it’s original location at 52nd and Broadway. I believe they moved down to 1619 Broadway in 1970.
It’s amazing to see these places. This movie had such incredible shot location s. Each one unique and in 3 states at least. Thank you!
I love seeing smaller towns across America like Big Sring tx in the 40s, 50s, aND 60s. It’s before the big highways came along. Also before the huge super stores took over. It’s gone now and the 60’s was the tail end of these times. Little main street shops and locals all walking around.
The Bar was called CATS on 8th avenue between 45th and 46th street
it was next to a porn theatre back in the late 80’s..
No seeing any CATS bar, do you have an exact address?
Actual site of Rizzo’s father’s grave in Old Calvary Cemetery:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B044'08.9%22N+73%C2%B055'47.1%22W/@40.73581,-73.9303042,163m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d40.7358103!4d-73.9297566
The now and then photos and street-level Google map photos are fantastic! I also found another site where the person superimposed scenes from the movie onto photos from the present which are quite interesting. including some amazing detective work as to the location of Rizzo’s abandoned apartment house.http://www.popspotsnyc.com/iconic_new_york_city_film_locations/
The bar was called Club 45! Maybe the can update this page with the info.
Special shout out to Bob who helped solve the puzzle:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2879055652192697&set=gm.1385834894960465&type=3&theater&ifg=1