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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Metropolitan Water District - 1111 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Turning Point : trucking company building - since demolished

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Center Street and Banning Street, Los Angeles, California, USA ( trucking company building - since demolished )

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Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( street scenes )

Bunker Hill is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It is part of Downtown Los Angeles. Historically, Bunker Hill was a large hill that separated the Victorian-era Downtown from the western end of the city. The hill was tunneled through at Second Street in 1924, and at Third and Fourth Streets.

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400 block West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, California, USA ( staged holdup )

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West 1st Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA ( corner store )

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Los Angeles City Hall - 200 North Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Matt Conroy shown going up steps of the front entrance to get police records and copy them )

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Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Studio )

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Clay Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Turning Point (1952)

Runtime: 85 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Release year: 1952

IMDB: tt0045267

Plot summary

Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Film-Noir

Cast

William Holden

Edmond O'Brien

Alexis Smith

Tom Tully

Directors

William Dieterle

The Turning Point Filming Locations

The Turning Point Filming Locations

1: Sunshine Apartments - 421 West 3rd Street, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Mrs. Manzinates apartment building )

2: Gladden Apartments - 100 S. Olive Street, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( flop house )

3: Angels Flight Railway - 351 S Hill St, Los Angeles, California, USA ( funicular next to Mrs. Manzinates apartment building )

4: Hotel Belmont - 251 S Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA

5: San Fernando Building - 400 S Main St., Los Angeles, California, USA

6: Olympic Auditorium - 1801 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( boxing venue )

7: Los Angeles, California, USA

8: Metropolitan Water District - 1111 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA

9: Center Street and Banning Street, Los Angeles, California, USA ( trucking company building - since demolished )

10: Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( street scenes )

11: 400 block West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, California, USA ( staged holdup )

12: West 1st Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA ( corner store )

13: Los Angeles City Hall - 200 North Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Matt Conroy shown going up steps of the front entrance to get police records and copy them )

14: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Studio )

15: Clay Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Turning Point (1952)