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In reply to the discussion: Do you have a favorite movie made in San Francisco? [View all]Tarzanrock
(81 posts)156. Here's 10 movies
Point Blank (1967) Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn and Carroll OConnor
The Conversation (1974) Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall
Flame of the Barbary Coast (1945) John Wayne, Ann Dvorak
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
The San Francisco Story (1952) Joel McCrea, Yvonne DeCarlo
Pal Joey (1957) Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak
The Time of your Life (1948) James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris
Where Has Love Gone (1964) Bette Davis, Susan Hayward
The Sea Wolf (1941) Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield, Ida Lupino
Dark Passage (1947) Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead
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I think most of the damage from the 1906 SF earthquake resulted from the fires, which raged
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#48
I know, but my guess is that they filmed it early on a Sunday morning, which would not have
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#122
It couldn't "have been a bigger list" because they limit the poll choices to 10.
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#28
I've decided to take "Dirty Harry" off the list because it got zero votes so far
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#51
Experiment in Terror- Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, a young Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin- a Blake Edwards
NBachers
Oct 2019
#15
OK, since that makes 2 votes for "Foul Play"...I'll put it up as a poll choice, so you can vote 4 it
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#54
A good one: Sudden Fear with Joan Crawford and Jack Palance. SF noir mist and mystery
emmaverybo
Oct 2019
#32
Yes! I was about thirteen when I first saw it and loved it so much I bought the paperback
ms liberty
Oct 2019
#89
Hitchcock's cameo was kinda, sorta filmed in San Francisco so that should count for something
Brother Buzz
Nov 2019
#138
"Dirty Harry" was up there as a poll choice but got zero votes after one day, so I took it down
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#110
We went to the movies twice to see that, but it was so full, we couldn't get seats.
NBachers
Oct 2019
#84
I saw "Vertigo" on TV when I was a kid and it scared the wits out of me - nightmares for weeks
Rhiannon12866
Oct 2019
#86
According to Robert Graysmith, who wrote the book that the movie "Zodiac" was based on,
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#120
The remake of "Bedazzled" with Brendan Fraser & Elizabeth Hurley is set in SF
MatthewHatesTrump2
Oct 2019
#129
It's a great film with a great cast. Agnes Moorehead is wonderful in it. Complete bad guy.
catbyte
Nov 2019
#145
Great poll. I went with Vertigo but 48 Hours is #2. Oh hell, put 48 Hours at #1.
argyl
Nov 2019
#146
Vertigo is one of my favourite Hitchcock films-- among many others of his, of course n/t
ailsagirl
Dec 2023
#149
I don't remember S.F. having a "McKittrick Hotel"...but that doesn't mean there wasn't one.
red dog 1
Dec 2023
#160