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Palos Verdes Peninsula
landform and a geographic sub-region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
🇺🇸 United States · 33.7587, -118.3458
Palos Verdes Peninsula is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Palos Verdes Peninsula, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 3 more.
“Other locations included a cliffside on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, used for the entrance to the vampire cave, and a valley in Santa Clarita near Magic Mountain, where introductory shots were filmed for the scene where Michael and the Lost Boys hang from a railway bridge.”
Movies filmed in Palos Verdes Peninsula
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Palos Verdes Peninsula as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- The Lost Boys 1987
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
“Filming locations included Palos Verdes and Monterey, California.” Wikipedia
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The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
“The film's brief exterior prologue showing Kerr's arrival to the castle was filmed on the Palos Verdes coast.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Long Beach
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Ambassador Hotel
🇺🇸 United States
defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States
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University of Southern California
🇺🇸 United States
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Bovard Administration Building
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building on the campus of the University of Southern California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Palos Verdes Peninsula?
4 productions are recorded as filmed in Palos Verdes Peninsula, including Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), The Lost Boys (1987) and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Palos Verdes Peninsula?
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), covered by 84 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Palos Verdes Peninsula?
Palos Verdes Peninsula is in the United States, at 33.7587, -118.3458.
What other filming locations are near Palos Verdes Peninsula?
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Bryanwake at English Wikipedia, Public domain.