Running scared after picking off his fifth victim, Miller makes a desperate dash home. Below, clear across town from SOMA where his dash began, he is on the flats east of Telegraph Hill. He turns from Battery Street and is seen here running west along gritty Filbert Street. Today this junction of Battery and Filbert is at the center of Levi's Plaza, home to the venerable Levi Strauss & Co (click images to enlarge).
He continues along the same block towards Sansome past the Gibraltar Warehouse, now replaced by the Levi Strauss headquarters (map).
Miller then heads up a steep set of wooden steps with the Gibraltar Warehouse visible across Sansome behind him. These are the lower Filbert Steps, still there today but replaced with sturdier steel and concrete (map).
He staggers to the top of the steps but these aren't the Filbert Steps! They are in fact private steps leading down from the end of the Green Street cul-de-sac at Montgomery to three homes perched on the east side of Telegraph Hill. The sweeping view takes in the Embarcadero, the Bay Bridge and the Financial District (map). A similar panorama was featured in the 1951 movie 'The House On Telegraph Hill'.
The recent photo below shows the entrance gate to these private steps - they lead down to 267, 269 and 271 Green Street.
Next we see him crabbing across an ugly street-wide expanse of concrete. This is Vallejo Street between Kearny and Montgomery as viewed from Montgomery (map). The same block today has been transformed into a colorful garden of trees and plants, urban beautification at its best - a silk purse from a sow's ear.
Almost there! The two views below show him at each end of Varennes Street, typical of the many narrow alleys found around Telegraph Hill. He is cutting through from Union to Filbert (map).
And finally he runs across Filbert to his rented room in the apartment building at 450 - 456 Filbert Street. His room is the upstairs one on the right.
In this classic noir fright shot, the landlady (Mabel Paige), having just heard about the sniper's burned hand on the radio, realizes who her tenant is. We fear the worst for the poor lady but he's had enough and locks himself in his room.
The house that Victoria now claims as her own was a grand Victorian. All of the interiors were built and filmed on a 20th Century Fox studio set but the exteriors were created by building a facade around a real building - the Julius' Castle restaurant on Telegraph Hill.
Then ... Victoria and Chris in front of the convincing Victorian facade.
Then ... And here, below, is an overall view of the house, seen early in the movie. But this is a painting! It's geographically consistent with the Julius' Castle location, even down to the glimpse of Alcatraz Island in the Bay.
Here's a photo still of Julius Castle taken while 'The House' facade was being set up.
... and Now, this is Julius' Castle today, little changed, at the north end of the Montgomery Street cul-de-sac 150 feet below Coit Tower. Sadly, the restaurant closed down in 2008 after 84 years of operation.
The studio set interiors were lavishly detailed, incorporating real antiques from private collections. Below is the spacious foyer - the chandeliers were from a private home; after the owner refused to loan them the studio bought the house then immediately resold it after keeping the chandeliers!
Scottie reports back to Gavin Elster in his exclusive gentleman's club. Elster tells him Carlotta Valdes was Madeleine's great grandmother, what's more he believes his wife Madeleine has been possessed by Carlotta. The club was not named in the movie but production records identify it as the Pacific Union Club located at 1000 California Street across Mason from the Fairmont Hotel (map). The scene below in the club was filmed on a studio set meticulously created by art director Henry Bumstead.
Then .... the side and rear of the Pacific Union Club is seen behind Scottie's DeSoto as he waited to follow Madeleine on one of her wanderings. Note Grace Cathedral behind it with only one tower, still under construction.
... and Now, the club looks the same as when it was constructed in 1887 as the private home of James C. Flood. Its exterior walls survived the 1906 earthquake and afterwards the Pacific Union Club bought the lot and remodelled it in 1910 as their clubhouse.
Here's another look (below) at the Pacific Union Club today, viewed across California Street with the Fairmont Hotel behind it and Huntington Park to the left. The Brocklebank Apartments (with the steeply pitched roof) where Madeleine lived is across Mason Street next to the Fairmont.
Bullitt takes a cab to meet a police informant at Enrico's Restaurant, a fixture at 504 Broadway Street since 1959.
Then ... The cab drives north up Kearny and drops Bullitt off at Broadway. The domed flat-iron building on Columbus facing us at the end of this block is the 1907 Sentinel Building, aka the Columbus Tower.
... and Now, painted green today, the Columbus Tower was once owned by the Kingston Trio, who recorded there, and is currently owned by Francis Ford Coppola. His American Zoetrope Studios and Cafe Zoetrope occupy most of the building.
Then ... The cab drops him off in front of Swiss Louis, an even longer-lived Broadway restaurant, here from 1936 until moving in 1978 to its current Pier 39 location.
... and Now, this corner site is now home to the Fuse bar, below.
Then ... Bullitt crosses Broadway to Enrico's, so familiar to any San Franciscan.
... in 2004, a small remodel on the corner otherwise it's still very similar. Kearny Street's steepest block runs uphill on the right, so steep in fact that the sidewalk is a staircase - to see just how steep it is check out this location from 'Dark Passage', filmed facing down that same block.
... and Now, Sadly, the era of Enricos came to an end in November 2006. When CitySleuth passed by here recently the building still looked the same except for its new casual dining tenant, Naked Lunch .
Then ... Below, director Yates captures Enrico's convivial outdoor vibe in this shot aimed through the front patio. Swiss Louis is seen kitty corner across the street.
... and Now, adult videos and sex entertainment are still available down the block of Kearny across the street. Some things never change.
Then ... Bullitt and the informant, Eddie (Justin Tarr), cross the street to the Galaxie Club at 501 Broadway opposite Enrico's . Bullitt learns that Ross is being pursued by the mob for absconding with 2 million dollars. More recently this site has been home to The Black Cat, Jitney's Bar & Grill and currently the Impala Restaurant.
... and Now, the view behind them from 501 Broadway looks across Kearny and east down Broadway.
