The Penalty - A Diabolical Plan, Revealed
Blizzard continues to outline his plot to his chief lieutenant, O'Hagan; in it, another policeman is cut down by the anarchists. (This location has studio back lot written all over it).
Then ... The police respond in force from the old Hall Of Justice at 750 Kearny Street at Washington.
... and Now, the Hall Of Justice moved to new quarters at 850 Bryant Street in the 1960s after which the old structure was razed in 1967 to make way for a hotel, the Hilton San Francisco Financial District (map). In the same view today an overhead pedestrian bridge links the hotel to Portsmouth Square Plaza across Kearny.
Here's the Old Hall Of Justice viewed from Portsmouth Square in the 1958 movie The LineUp 38 years after it appeared in The Penalty.
Then ... The horde turns its attention to banks, in this case the Union Trust Banking Hall on Market at Grant, and Blizzard's intentions begin to become clear - his plan is to rob the City clean while police and fire responders are distracted.
... and Now, it's still a bank - now a branch of Wells Fargo (map).
Then ... Blizzard directs his men carrying bags of loot down the steps of the Old San Francisco Mint.
... and Now, the 1874 structure still stands in SoMa at 5th Street and Mission (map), but it no longer mints coins...
... the task of minting coins was transferred in 1937 from the old to the new Mint at Hermann and Buchanan at the eastern tip of the Duboce Triangle (map), pictured here from the Market Street Safeway parking lot.
Then ... Interestingly, while imagining the action on the steps of the old Mint Blizzard sees himself with amputated legs restored.
... and Now, those same steps today.
The audacious plan startles O'Hagan ... "By God! You've gone mad!". Blizzard angrily sends him away.