Double Indemnity (1944)

dir. Billy Wilder

Walter Neff’s (Fred MacMurray) car swerves down W. 5th Street at S. Olive Street, Los Angeles, California

Neff’s car careens through the intersection of S. Olive Street at W. 6th Street, Los Angeles, California. The Philharmonic Auditorium and the Title Guarantee Building (the taller structure) are visible in the background. The Philharmonic Auditorium stood at the corner of 5th and Olive. The Auditorium hosted the L.A. Philharmonic until the latter moved to the Music Center in 1964. The building was demolished in 1985.

Neff parks his car in front of his office building – 618 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California. That's my best guess from studying the configuration of the buildings and streetcar tracks on old photographs. The office interior was filmed on a studio set.

Phyllis Dietrichson’s (Barbara Stanwyck) house - 6301 Quebec Drive, Los Angeles, California

Neff’s apartment building exterior – 1825 N. Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, California. The interior was filmed on a studio set.

Nino Zachetti (Byron Barr) waiting for Lola Dietrichson (Jean Heather) at the southwest corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California

Phyllis Dietrichson and Neff secretly meet at Jerry's Market – 5330 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Jerry's Market was located across the street from Paramount Studios. It has been torn down and Producers Studios now stands in its place.

Neff boards a train posing as Phyllis Dietrichson's husband – Southern Pacific Railroad Station, 201 N. Front Street, Burbank, California. It turns out it was not filmed at the Glendale Station, the sign was fake. The production had to relocate to Burbank due to the wartime dim-out regulations. The old Burbank station was damaged by a fire in 1991, and was later demolished. The archive photo below shows it indeed looked like the one in the film. Many thanks to Steven Wells for the correction.

Neff and Lola in the hills overlooking the famous Hollywood Bowl. The entrance to Hollywood Bowl is at 2301 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California

See also...

Sunset Boulevard

Dark Passage

The Long Goodbye (1973)

dir. Robert Altman

Philip Marlowe’s (Elliott Gould) apartment house – The High Tower Apartments, 2178 High Tower Drive, Los Angeles, California

Marlowe goes to an all-night supermarket to buy cat food – Thriftimart (now closed), 6140 Lankershim Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Since then it has been replaced by a different supermarket.

Marlowe is thrown in jail - Lincoln Heights Jail; 401 N. Avenue 19, Los Angeles, California

The entrance to Malibu Colony – Malibu Road at Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California

Marlowe goes to see Eileen Wade (Nina Van Pallandt) who hires him to find her husband Roger (Sterling Hayden) – 23844 Malibu Road, Malibu, California

Marlowe finds Roger Wade at 'Burbank Care Center' – Las Encinas Hospital, 2900 East Del Mar Boulevard, Pasadena, California

The Wades beachfront house - 23844 Malibu Road, Malibu, California

Marlowe comes to Mexico to find out what really happened to his friend Terry Lennox – Plaza Cívica, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. Many thank to Niko for helping identify this location.

A funeral procession – Convento Dominico de la Natividad, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico

Marlowe sees Eileen’s car – 10880 Wilshire Boulevard (on the Westwood Boulevard side), Los Angeles, California

Eileen’s car is coming out of a parking garage - 10880 Wilshire Boulevard (on the Westwood Boulevard side), Los Angeles, California

Eileen’s car at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

Marlowe chases Eileen’s car - Westwood Boulevard at Lindbrook Drive, Los Angeles, California

Westwood Boulevard at Kinross Avenue, Los Angeles, California

Marlowe is hit by a car while running across the street - Kinross Avenue at Broxton Avenue, Los Angeles, California

Marlowe offers two Mexican officials "a James Madison" in exchange for the truth about Terry Lennox - Municipio de Tepoztlán, Calle Envila, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico

Avenida 5 de Mayo at Calle Envila, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico

Marlowe is on his way to see Lennox - Chiconcuac de Juárez, Mexico; still searching for the exact location

Lennox’s hideout - Chiconcuac de Juárez, Mexico; still searching for the exact location

See also...

Chinatown

L.A. Confidential