After driving through the night with his truckload of apples, a very tired Nick arrives at the market and seeks out Mike Figlia at his corner business, at the southeast corner of the Washington and Davis intersection, the center of activities of San Francisco's Produce Market (location 1 on this map).
Then ... Mike Figlia's was at 364 Davis Street, but the signage was created for the movie.
... in the 1950s ... the vintage photograph below shows us the name of the real business at this location, the Half Moon Fruit and Produce Company.
... and Now, could this be the same location? Yes it is, looking south down Davis from Washington. The entire block, of which this building was a part, is now a park.
After Parry's plastic surgery he returned to stay at his friend George's house only to find him murdered. Desperate and with no other option he goes to Irene's Telegraph Hill apartment, taking a route that leads up the steep lower Filbert Steps that climb from Sansome to Montgomery (map).
Then ... He gets heckled by a couple of louts as he climbs the steps.
... and Now, the wooden steps on this section have since been upgraded to concrete and metal.
Then ... He continues the climb and is seen below passing two old cottages, 228 (on the right) and 230 Filbert. No. 228 dates back to 1882 and is one of the surviving architectural gems of early Telegraph Hill; it was glimpsed in an earlier scene from Irene's patio.
... on the set ... Below on the left is an archival photo of 228 Filbert showing its ground floor level and balcony. On the right is a photo taken outside the cottage while filming.
Then ... Parry then stumbles up the final flight to Montgomery Street and Irene's apartment, just on the right.
... and Now, this flight of steps is still exactly as it was ... OK, so there's a handrail and a little more moss now.
Dancer and cohorts go to the Seaman's Club to retrieve Larry Warner's Tang Dynasty horse and its concealed stash.
Then ... The club was in reality the Embarcadero YMCA near Howard Street, established in 1908 as the Army Navy YMCA (map).
... and Now, The grand old Y is still there today but it now shares its building with the Kimpton Harbor House Hotel. The two buildings to its right are the originals but modified on the ground floor retail level and with additions above.
Julian enters the club lobby with Dancer and they head for the steam room where they have been told they will find Warner.
Then ... They walk past check-in on the left and a soda fountain.
... and Now, this room has become the lobby of the Harbor House Hotel. The curved ceiling and arched doorways have been retained but the soda fountain is gone, as is the check-in desk - the hotel check-in is through the archway on the right, accessed from Steuart Street.
In an amusingly campy scene (were it not for the violence to come) Dancer strips to a towel and meets Warner in the steam room. Warner foolishly tells Dancer where the Tang Dynasty horse is then mentions he discovered the contraband and suggests his silence can be bought. Then, incredulous, he keels over after being chillingly dispatched with a single bullet. One down, two to go.
After a long overnight drive a very tired Nick arrives at San Francisco's Produce Market. Centered at the junction of Washington and Davis, the market was located within the compact area bounded on the north by Jackson Street, on the south by Clay , on the west by Battery and on the east by the Embarcadero. Originally part of the Barbary Coast, it used to be a raucus mix of prostitution, bars, dance halls and thievery until it was cleaned up in 1911. By the early 1920s it had morphed into the Produce Market. In 1963 the market was moved to Islais Creek to make way for the vast Golden Gateway Redevelopment Project which modernized and transformed the whole area into an extension of the Financial District.
Here's a map of the Produce Market as it was in 1949 when the movie was filmed. Locations of real businesses seen in the movie are listed.
1 - Half Moon Fruit & Produce Co. (Mike Figlia's) 2 - John DeMartini Co.
3 - Levy & Zentner Co. 4 - John DeMartini Co.
5 - Scatena Galli Fruit Co. 6 - Oregon Restaurant
7 - Colchester Hotel 8 - Wellman Peck & Co.
... from 1931 ... And here's an aerial view of the market marked with arrows pointing to locations used in the movie. Although taken in 1931 it shows the market area as it still looked in 1949 when the movie was filmed.
... and Now, this recent photo shows the highly successful urban transformation of the area since the mid 1960s. The four Embarcadero Center office buildings are lined up along Clay Street and that's the Hyatt Regency Hotel opposite the Ferry Building with its rooftop Regency Club Lounge, formerly the Equinox revolving restaurant but now a stationary lounge-with-a-view for well-heeled hotel guests.