Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-334) and index.
Postwar location shooting, the semi-documentary, and dark passage -- The cine-tourist city : from Cinerama to The Lineup and Vertigo -- "Sick Tales of a Healthy Land" : Blake Edwards in San Francisco -- Countercultural capital : Hollywood chases The Summer of Love -- The Manhattanization of San Francisco : Dirty Harry and The Streets of San Francisco -- Hollywood North / Hollywood Resurgence : The Conversation and The Towering Inferno -- Conclusion: Hollywood's San Francisco -- Appendix. Films set and/or shot in San Francisco between 1945 and 1975