Where They Went

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Directed by Preston Sturges

A Hollywood comedy director dresses as a hobo to learn about real hardship, but his travels keep bouncing him back to Hollywood until a freight car carries him off to a Southern prison camp.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Hollywood studio
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:00:00
    Stated on screen

    Sullivan insists on making a serious film about suffering and sets off in tramp's clothes, trailed by a studio land yacht.

  2. 2Hollywood diner
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Inferred

    A truck ride lands him back in Hollywood, where a struggling actress buys him breakfast.

  3. 3Las Vegas, Nevada
    ≈ 00:42:00
    Inferred

    After a freight-car ride the pair reach Las Vegas, where the studio entourage collects them.

  4. 4Sullivan's mansion
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:50:00
    Stated on screen

    Back home, they set out again properly on the road.

  5. 5Southern prison labour camp (fictional)
    ≈ 01:05:00
    InferredFictional
  6. 6Hollywood
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 01:25:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
6,057 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
6
  • Train: 3,029 km
  • Not shown: 3,029 km
  • Truck: 0.0 km

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

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