Where They Went

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Directed by Billy Wilder

Two broke Chicago musicians who witness a gangland massacre in 1929 disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band on the train to a Florida resort hotel.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Spats's speakeasy
    Chicago, Illinois
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screen

    The two play in a funeral-parlour speakeasy until the police raid it.

  2. 2Garage
    Chicago, Illinois
    ≈ 00:14:00
    Stated on screen

    Fetching a borrowed car, they witness a gangland massacre and flee.

  3. 3Train station
    Chicago, Illinois
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Inferred

    In drag as Josephine and Daphne they board the band's train.

  4. 4Seminole Ritz
    Seminole Ritz hotel, Florida (fictional)
    ≈ 00:40:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    At the beach hotel Joe woos Sugar as a fake oil heir while Jerry is courted by a millionaire.

  5. 5Motorboat leaving the dock
    Atlantic Ocean off Miami
    ≈ 01:52:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
1,926 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
5
  • Train: 1,916 km
  • Boat: 9.2 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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