Dark Passage (1947)

dir. Delmer Daves

Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart) escapes from prison – San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California.

Parry hitches a ride from Baker (Clifton Young) – 4092 Paradise Drive, Belvedere Tiburon, California.

Irene Jansen (Lauren Bacall) picks up Parry and drives him to San Francisco – Waldo Tunnel, U.S. Route 101 between the Golden Gate Bridge and Sausalito, California. In 2015, the California State Assembly and State Senate approved the bill to rename the Waldo Tunnel as the Robin Williams Tunnel in honor of the late actor.

Irene smuggles Parry past a police roadblock – Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California.

Irene driving Parry into the city – Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, California.

Irene’s apartment building – 1360 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. The building, also known as Malloch Apartments, is one of the most famous examples of the Streamline Moderne style in the city.

George’s (Rory Mallinson) house – 1 Florence Street, San Francisco, California. The old wooden building has since been demolished and replaced with a modern apartment building.

Parry goes to the plastic surgeon – Kearny Street at Vallejo, San Francisco, California

Parry climbing the steps leading to Irene’s apartment building – Filbert Street Steps, San Francisco, California

The diner – 1919 Post Street, San Francisco, California. Harry’s Wagon diner has since been removed.

Parry checks into a hotel – Kean Hotel, 1018 Mission Street, San Francisco, California

Parry driving with Baker – Natoma Street at Russ, San Francisco, California.

Instead of driving to Irene’s apartment, Parry is heading toward Fort Point – Long Avenue, San Francisco, California

Parry wrestles the gun from Baker and in the ensuing struggle the latter falls to his death – the bluff just above Fort Point, San Francisco, California, California

Parry confronts Madge Rapf (Agnes Moorehead) who then accidentally falls out of the window of her apartment – 1090 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, California

Parry runs to the roof of Madge’s apartment building – 1090 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, California

Parry climbing down the fire escape – 1201 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, California. This is an entirely different building, a few blocks away from the previous location.

Parry in the middle of the street deciding what to do next – Greenwich Street at Hyde, San Francisco, California.

Parry jumps on a passing cable car – 2164 Hyde Street, San Francisco, California.

The cable car’s turntable terminus – Powell Street at Market, San Francisco, California

The bus depot – This was filmed on a studio set

Parry meeting with Irene in Paita, Peru – This was filmed on a studio set

See also...

Double Indemnity

Out of the Past

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