Movies in Monterey
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Films Shot in Monterey County

 

Harry and the Hendersons, 1987

John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche and David Suchet; directed by William Dear; story about a Seattle family who adopts Bigfoot in a deriviative of "E.T."; co-produced by Steven Spielberg; Oscar nominee for makeup; background scenes filmed at familiar Peninsula locations.

He Was Her Man, 1934

James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory, Frank Craven and Harold Huber; directed by Lloyd Bacon; Warner Bros.; comedy-drama about a safecracker who went straight in order to get even with old rivals; scenes filmed at Point Lobos.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, 1977

Dean Jones and Don Knotts; directed by Vencent McEveety; Disney; second sequel to The Love Bug; comedy about a Volkswagon car with a mind if its own who enters a race and routs a gang of car thieves; scenes filmed at Laguna Seca Raceway.

Hotel Del Monte, 1897

Thomas Edison Co.; short film; may have been among the earliest films ever available for public showing; released in October 1897 along with another Peninsula-made film, "Surf at Monterey."

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Our thanks to Joe Graziano of the Monterey County Herald for providing this information.

* - Indicates that Peninsula footage ended up on cutting room floor.

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