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Follow Dirty Harry through the city

Follow Dirty Harry through 5 real places in San Francisco. Harry Callahan’s city is exposed through rooftops, civic monuments and long lines of surveillance.

Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

Visit from public space, follow posted opening information and keep entrances, homes and working businesses clear.

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Selected: 555 California Street
  1. 01
    Threat from above · 555 California

    Start at the tower used for the rooftop opening, where height establishes Scorpio’s surveillance of the city below.

    FILM LOCATION

    555 California Street

    555 California Street in Financial District
    Image credits
    Cookaa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The tower, then the Bank of America building, supplies the rooftop opening and establishes Scorpio’s high-angle threat over the city.

    Visit from public space, follow posted opening information and keep entrances, homes and working businesses clear.

  2. 02
    An empty public arena · Kezar

    Move to Kezar Stadium after dark in the film’s logic, where a sports bowl becomes an isolated site of coercion and violence.

    FILM LOCATION

    Kezar Stadium

    Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park
    Image credits
    Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain · Cropped location photograph

    Harry confronts Scorpio in the empty stadium, turning a public sports bowl into the film’s starkest nocturnal arena.

    Visit from public space, follow posted opening information and keep entrances, homes and working businesses clear.

  3. 03
    Ransom above the city · Mount Davidson

    Finish at the wooded summit and cross, whose distance from the street grid gives the exchange its exposed, ritual quality.

    FILM LOCATION

    Mount Davidson Cross

    Mount Davidson Cross in Mount Davidson
    Image credits
    Daniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The cross and wooded summit hold the ransom exchange, high above a city that feels unusually distant.

    Visit from public space, follow posted opening information and keep entrances, homes and working businesses clear.

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