The Big Steal Filming Locations
Where was The Big Steal filmed? The Big Steal was filmed in 5 locations across Mexico and United States in the following places:
The Big Steal Filming Locations
Tehuacán is a city in central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. The baroque Tehuacán Cathedral overlooks leafy Juárez Park. In the 18th-century Ex-Convento del Carmen, the Tehuacán Valley Museum has exhibits on maize and pre-Hispanic tools. Southeast of the city, the ruins of Tehuacán Viejo include ancient temples and dwellings. The Site Museum has ceramics and basalt sculptures found at the archaeological site.
Veracruz, also known as Heroica Veracruz, is a Mexican port city on the Gulf of Mexico coast in the state of Veracruz. It's one of the country’s oldest and largest ports, founded in the 16th century by Spanish settlers. On an island overlooking the harbor is San Juan de Ulúa, a colonial fortress and former prison complex that's now a history museum.
Mexico City is the densely populated, high-altitude capital of Mexico. It's known for its Templo Mayor (a 13th-century Aztec temple), the baroque Catedral Metropolitana de México of the Spanish conquistadors and the Palacio Nacional, which houses historic murals by Diego Rivera. All of these are situated in and around the Plaza de la Constitución, the massive main square also known as the Zócalo.
The Big Steal (1949)
An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.