Point Lobos was filmed to look like the rugged cliffs of Monte Carlo. Crews reportedly did damage to some trees during filming, and locals thought they got what they deserved when they all got infected with poison oak.

The "all-American" Santa Rosa is a cozy setting for the dark Shadow of a Doubt. Charlie Newton’s uncle is actually the "Merry Widow" serial killer, and Newton's house and the Santa Rosa train station are featured in the movie.

The granddaddy of all Hitchcock movies in SF is definitely Vertigo. As our previous map of Vertigo scenes shows, the movie is a veritable love letter to the city by the bay. The film's locations (and the tracking thereof) have nurtured a cult following among tourists.

The climactic scene of Madeleine's death was filmed at the old Mission San Juan Bautista. Kim Novak's character claims to recall a ghostly memory of visiting the old stables on the plaza, and then plunges to her death from the church's bell tower. The real tower came down in 1949 after suffering damage in a storm, so Hitchcock collaged a fake version into the film.

The scene where Scottie visits Madeleine's grave was filmed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, a cemetery located in Colma.

The movie starts with a short sequence shot in Union Square. Fun fact: to avoid attracting unwanted attention during filming, the camera was hidden in a studio truck disguised as a furniture van.

In Hitchcock’s last movie, Bruce Dern climbs the old front steps of Grace Cathedral and asks to see the bishop of “Saint Anselm’s Cathedral” as a disguised couple drug and abduct the bishop. There are also scenes filmed at the Fairmont Hotel.