Portrait In Black - Somebody Out There Knows
Sheila receives an alarming anonymous note - somebody out there knows! But who? Rivera in particular is shaken to the core. Then ... They surreptitiously meet in a park to discuss their...
View ArticleThe Lady From Shanghai - "You're The Killer, Yes!"
Elsa spots O'Hara inside the Mandarin theater and calls Li, her servant, from backstage. The call is routed through the Chinese Telephone Exchange to his room. Then ... Li may be a humble...
View ArticleExperiment In Terror - Showdown At Candlestick Park
The exciting final scenes of the movie take place at Candlestick Park, opened in 1960 as the permanent home of the Giants baseball team which had moved three years earlier from New York to San...
View ArticleImpact - Desperately Seeking Su Lin - 1
Looking for ways to bolster Walter's defense, Marsha suggests that Irene's maid Su Lin, who has gone missing, might be able to shed more light on Irene and Torrence's relationship. She persuades...
View ArticlePortrait In Black - Making Amends
Matthew Cabot's secretary Miss Lee (Virginia Grey) had earlier supported Mason's lie when he told Blake that no agreement had ever been made to award him the Cabot tugboat contract. Now her...
View ArticleThe Lady From Shanghai - Crazy House
The movie's final scenes were filmed at San Francisco's beloved amusement park Playland At The Beach, located along the Great Highway just south of Sutro Heights (map). The first ride at the site...
View ArticleSudden Fear - Not Good Enough
The movie starts with a rooftop panning shot of New York City. Then ... the pan begins at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at 301 Park Avenue (at upper right), takes in the Commerce Building at 708 3rd...
View ArticleThe Lineup - Lineup
Inspector Quine organizes a police lineup for Philip Dressler, the unwitting carrier of the heroin, in the hopes he can identify the porter who had grabbed his bag and flung it into Lefty Jenkins'...
View ArticleImpact - Desperately Seeking Su Lin - 2
Marsha despairs at Walter's trial as the prosecution builds up a compelling case. Was this a studio set or were the courtroom scenes filmed in one of the Hall of Justice's actual courtrooms at 750...
View ArticleSudden Fear - Train Ride West
After Myra's play has become a huge hit she decides she needs a rest and catches a train to her hometown San Francisco. Then ... She is seen off at New York's Grand Central Terminal at tracks...
View ArticlePortrait In Black - Rivera's Office
Sheila is stressed out by the whole situation and asks her chauffeur Cobb (Ray Walston) to drive her to an appointment at Dr. Rivera's office. Then ... While heading east down the steep block of...
View ArticleThe Lady From Shanghai - Magic Mirror Maze
CitySleuth is more than a little bummed to reach the final location post from this, one of his all-time favorite movies. The intersecting lives of Elsa the scheming seductress and O'Hara the...
View ArticleImpact - Chase Through Chinatown - Su Lin to the Rescue
Su Lin worries that if she is called to testify at Walter's trial she may harm his case and has laid low, but when she is spotted in the courthouse she takes off, closely pursued by Marsha. Then ......
View ArticleSudden Fear - Homecoming
Myra suggests they meet at the Fairmont Hotel - we see them dancing there at the Sky Room. Then ... But in real life back then the Fairmont had the Venetian room and the Cirque Room but not a Sky...
View ArticlePortrait In Black - Fisherman's Wharf
Cathy drives to the waterfront to pick up her boyfriend Blake for a dinner date. The scene was filmed on a pier at Fisherman's Wharf that no longer exists. This undated aerial photo looks west...
View ArticlePal Joey - One Way Ticket
The movie opens accompanied by the wail of a siren from a police car passing beneath an overpass. Then ... Behind the police car a neon restaurant sign can just be made out - 'Spenger's Grotto'....
View ArticleSudden Fear - Day Trippers
Re the title of this post - yes, CitySleuth is a diehard Beatles fan. Back to the movie - the newlyweds visit a number of popular Bay Area destinations as Myra proudly shows off her home town. Then...
View ArticlePortrait In Black - Mason's Demise
Rivera, now sure Howard Mason is the blackmailer, plots a way to dispatch him. He gets Sheila to invite him to her home at night on a pretense of signing a document. She will signal his departure...
View ArticlePal Joey - West Coast Arrival
Joey Evans' one-way ride takes him to the west coast; here it arrives at the Oakland Pier (aka Oakland Mole) train and ferry terminal which no longer exists, having been demolished in the 1960's to...
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