Los Angeles is a sprawling Southern California city and the center of the nation’s film and television industry. Near its iconic Hollywood sign, studios such as Paramount Pictures, Universal and Warner Brothers offer behind-the-scenes tours. On Hollywood Boulevard, TCL Chinese Theatre displays celebrities’ hand- and footprints, the Walk of Fame honors thousands of luminaries and vendors sell maps to stars’ homes.

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Southern California, California, USA ( Location )

Southern California is famed for its sunny weather and dramatic Pacific coastline. San Diego, just north of the Mexican border, is known for surfing spots and massive Balboa Park, with its world-renowned zoo and museums. Across the bay lies resort city Coronado. Up the coast is Los Angeles, home to Hollywood studios, fine art in the Getty Center, Griffith Park and the high-end shops of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

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Los Angeles County, California, USA ( Location )

Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,861,224 residents estimated in 2022. Its population is greater than that of 40 individual U.S. states.

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Arts District, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Car chase scene in industrial area leading to river. )

The Arts District is a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States. The city community planning boundaries are Alameda Street on the west which blends into Little Tokyo, First Street on the north, the Los Angeles River to the east, and Violet Street on the south.

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Southern Pacific's rail yard and footbridge - 1320 N Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Establishing shot of car chase scene from bood bridge looking down on Spring St. north. )

Roadblock (1951)

Runtime: 73 minutes

Rating: 6.6

Release year: 1951

IMDB: tt0043973

Plot summary

Honest LA insurance detective Joe Peters becomes corrupt after falling in love with sensual gold-digger model Diane.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Film-Noir

Cast

Charles McGraw

Joan Dixon

Lowell Gilmore

Louis Jean Heydt

Directors

Harold Daniels

Roadblock Filming Locations

Roadblock Filming Locations

1: W. Riverside Drive and Fernleaf Street, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Where Joe almost hits another car going through a stop sign and turning left onto W. Riverside Dr. )

2: Los Angeles River, California, USA

3: United States Government District Court Building - 312 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

4: 1598 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA ( finale under this bridge looking north )

5: RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Studio )

6: Sunset Tower Hotel - 8358 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, California, USA ( exterior establishing shot when Joe and Harry to to see Webb )

7: Tunnel beneath the 6th Street Viaduct, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Car chase scene leading into Los Angeles River. )

8: Los Angeles, California, USA

9: Southern California, California, USA ( Location )

10: Los Angeles County, California, USA ( Location )

11: Arts District, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Car chase scene in industrial area leading to river. )

12: Southern Pacific's rail yard and footbridge - 1320 N Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Establishing shot of car chase scene from bood bridge looking down on Spring St. north. )

Roadblock (1951)