since we touched on
This Gun For Hire in our discussion about the cornfield train yard footbridge, (
and it has been quite awhile since the last posting of screen caps from los angeles noir film location shots), here are screen captures from the movie
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake roll into town on the red eye from San Francisco
The Richfield Building gets a starring role as the headquarters for the Nitro Company. (
and there's our old friend the snow/southland hotel next to it like it should be, even though most of the image has been matted)
police converge on alan ladd down from broadway into the cornfield train yard
alan ladd scrambles up the hill towards broadway from the cornfield train yards
alan ladd fleeing north on broadway towards the cornfield train yard footbridge
alan ladd runs onto the footbridge from broadway
alan ladd runs past a woman carrying a baby on the footbridge
police yell at the woman from broadway to get out of the way so that they can shoot at alan ladd
alan ladd jumps from the footbridge onto a passing freight train
police shooting at alan ladd from the footbridge
robert preston on the roof of the richfield building
robert preston getting on a window washing rig on the side of the richfield building
robert preston on the window washing rig on the side of the richfield building
what great movie!