Vertigo (1958)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A San Francisco detective retired by his fear of heights is hired to follow an old friend's wife, and trails her by car from a downtown restaurant to missions, galleries, the bay and the redwoods.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Rooftop chase≈ 00:01:00San Francisco, CaliforniaInferred
Chasing a suspect over rooftops, Scottie hangs from a gutter and a policeman falls to his death.
- 2Ernie's restaurant≈ 00:12:00San Francisco, CaliforniaStated on screen
Scottie first glimpses Madeleine at Ernie's, the red-walled restaurant.
- 3Mission Dolores, San Francisco≈ 00:18:00Inferred
Tailing her, Scottie watches Madeleine visit the grave of Carlotta Valdes in the mission graveyard.
- 4California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco≈ 00:22:00Inferred
She sits for long periods before the portrait of Carlotta in the museum.
- 5McKittrick Hotel (fictional)≈ 00:25:00Stated on screenFictional
Madeleine enters an old hotel and seemingly vanishes from her rented room.
- 6Under the Golden Gate Bridge≈ 00:37:00Fort Point, San FranciscoStated on screen
She jumps into the bay at Fort Point and Scottie pulls her out.
- 7Redwood forest≈ 00:52:00Muir Woods, CaliforniaInferred
Among the ancient redwoods she points to the rings of a cut trunk and her own 'lifetime'.
- 8Coast≈ 00:57:00Cypress Point, Pebble Beach, CaliforniaInferred
On the windswept coast they kiss for the first time.
- 9Bell tower≈ 01:12:00Mission San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaStated on screen
- 10Empire Hotel≈ 01:35:00San Francisco, CaliforniaStated on screen
- 11Return to the bell tower≈ 01:58:00Mission San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 498 km
- Places
- 8
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 11
- Car: 368 km
- Not shown: 130 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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