The Big Sleep Filming Locations
Where was The Big Sleep filmed? The Big Sleep was filmed in 14 locations across United Kingdom and Argentina in the following places:
The Big Sleep Filming Locations
Ramsgate is a seaside town and civil parish in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2021 it had a population of 42,027. Ramsgate's main attraction is its coastline, and its main industries are tourism and fishing.
Turville is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills, 5 miles west of High Wycombe, 6 miles east-southeast of Watlington, 7 miles north of Henley-on-Thames and 2 miles from the Oxfordshire border. The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means 'dry field'.
Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles northwest of Charing Cross.
Kensington is an upscale area with stately Victorian buildings and embassies. Tourists come to see dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum, hands-on displays at the Science Museum, and period furnishings at Kensington Palace. The grand Royal Albert Hall hosts concerts from classical to pop. Well-to-do shoppers frequent chic boutiques on Kensington High Street and antiques stores on Kensington Church Street.
Buenos Aires is Argentina’s big, cosmopolitan capital city. Its center is the Plaza de Mayo, lined with stately 19th-century buildings including Casa Rosada, the iconic, balconied presidential palace. Other major attractions include Teatro Colón, a grand 1908 opera house with nearly 2,500 seats, and the modern MALBA museum, displaying Latin American art.
Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage.
Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that lies within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and largely surrounds its namesake park, Holland Park.
Putney is an affluent area known as the starting point of the annual university Boat Race, when spectators pack its lively riverside pubs. Bars and casual spots for pizza and burgers cluster on and around the busy High Street, while chain fashion stores fill Putney Exchange mall. Putney Heath, a vast plateau of woodland and open glades criss-crossed with paths, is popular for picnics and has a cricket ground.
London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman times. At its centre stand the imposing Houses of Parliament, the iconic ‘Big Ben’ clock tower and Westminster Abbey, site of British monarch coronations. Across the Thames River, the London Eye observation wheel provides panoramic views of the South Bank cultural complex, and the entire city.
The Big Sleep (1978)
Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.