The Girl with a Pistol (1968) filming locations
- Documented locations
- 40
- Year
- 1968
- Directed by
- Mario Monicelli
- Original title
- La ragazza con la pistola
- Cities
- Polignano a Mare, Santeramo in Colle, Edinburgh, Bath, Sheffield, Rotherham, Bristol, Uxbridge, London, Eastbourne, Brighton, Ancona, Newhaven
Polignano a Mare, Italy
The scene : 2 min — The first images of Assunta's hometown: a white alley that the film portrays as Sicily.
Polignano a Mare, Italy
The scene : 2 min — Assunta goes down to buy some aspirin at the pharmacy, flanked by her mother and her cousin Concetta. Behind them, Vincenzo's friends are right on their heels.
Polignano a Mare, Italy
The scene : 3 min — A car of men speeds past Assunta, her mother, and Conchetta. The film returns to this street twice in its last half hour, when Assunta, on the plane from London, imagines her return to her homeland and the fate that awaits her there.
Polignano a Mare, Italy
The scene : 4 min — This is where Vincenzo's friends abduct Assunta.
Santeramo in Colle, Italy
The scene : 4 min — The farm where the kidnappers take Assunta after the abduction.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Waverley is the only railway station in the United Kingdom to bear the name of a novel, that of Walter Scott.
The scene : 15 min — Assunta arrives in Scotland. The shot captures the travelers disembarking from the train, British Rail Mk.1 blue and gray cars whose roof panels still announce King's Cross – Edinburgh, and the station's skylight viewed from Princes Street.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Built in 1842 in the Gothic Revival style, this church on the Royal Mile known as Tolbooth Kirk is classified as a Category A monument; the building currently serves as an event space.
The scene : 17 min — Posted in front of the church, Assunta watches the restaurant where Vincenzo is supposed to have found work.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The scene : 23 min — Assunta watches from a distance the Italian trattoria where her fugitive is supposed to be employed. IMDb identifies the address as that of the Capri Restaurant from the film.
Bath, United Kingdom
Listed residential building of Grade II.
The scene : 23 min — The wait stretches on in front of the Italian restaurant: Vincenzo does not come.
Sheffield, United Kingdom
The scene : 31 min — John takes Assunta in his Jaguar to search for Vincenzo.
Rotherham, United Kingdom
The scene : 31 min — Vincenzo's pursuit takes him through the steelworks landscape of the Don valley.
Sheffield, United Kingdom
The scene : 38 min — John takes Assunta back to her home and then shows her from the walkway where he lives.
Rotherham, United Kingdom
The scene : 43 min — Eleven cafés later, Assunta is still waiting for Vincenzo at the neighboring café by the power plant. It's John who comes to pick her up, driving his tow truck.
Bristol, United Kingdom
The scene : 46 min — The hot dog vendor takes Assunta to the hospital where Vincenzo is supposed to be an ambulance driver; the route passes over the suspension bridge.
Bath, United Kingdom
The scene : 46 min — The route to the hospital bypasses the Georgian Circle of Bath.
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
The scene : 46 min — Assunta pushes the door of the hospital to look for Vincenzo, who would have been hired there as an ambulance driver.
Bath, United Kingdom
The scene : 57 min — On the banks of the Avon, Frank proposes to Assunta and immediately takes her to meet his mother.
Bath, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 1 min — Assunta comes to ask Professor Osborne to be their witness at the wedding. He knows too much about the groom and withdraws.
London, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 3 min — Osborne brings Assunta into this bar to introduce her to the man for whom Frank had wanted to take his own life.
Bath, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 7 min — While walking through the city, Assunta spots Vincenzo sitting at the restaurant with another woman.
Bath, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 7 min — In front of the Circus restaurant, Assunta sees the couple get up and leave, then she rushes after them down the street.
Bath, United Kingdom
Monumental arch of thirty Georgian houses designed by John Wood the Younger in the 1770s, emblem of the city of Bath. This site is classified as a Grade I listed historic monument.
The scene : 1 hr 9 min — Assunta flees along the grand Georgian curve, convinced that she has killed Vincenzo.
Bath, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 10 min — Osborne joins the police station where Assunta has come to confess to a murder she did not commit.
Bristol, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 11 min — End of the journey: Osborne puts Assunta on the plane.
United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 11 min — On the road to the airport, Osborne's car crosses the bridge over the Severn.
London, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 18 min — Now a model, Assunta trains the professor in front of the billboard displaying her legs.
London, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 19 min — Osborne accompanies Assunta to her workplace. Filmovamista sees a pub, IMDb a restaurant.
London, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 20 min — The court where Osborne has his divorce pronounced: Assunta sees her ex-wife coming out, then leaves the place furious that he invites both of them to lunch.
London, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 23 min — Vincenzo calls Assunta to suggest they meet again.
Eastbourne, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 25 min — Assunta takes the road to Jersey to join Professor Osborne; the journey runs along the chalk cliffs above Eastbourne, with the Beachy Head lighthouse visible in the distance.
Brighton, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 25 min — Assunta arrives in Brighton, from where she plans to embark for Jersey.
Brighton, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 25 min — The sea is too rough: the departure is postponed and Assunta has to find herself a room for the night.
Brighton, United Kingdom
Seafront hotel built in 1864 to the designs of architect John Whichcord, listed as a Grade II monument.
The scene : 1 hr 27 min — The hotel where Assunta spends the night before the crossing.
Brighton, United Kingdom
Grade II listed building.
The scene : 1 hr 27 min — New purchase of aspirin, this time just a stone's throw away from the oriental palace of Brighton.
Brighton, United Kingdom
The scene : 1 hr 29 min — Under the arcades of the seafront, Assunta meets Vincenzo, who shares his future plans with her.
Ancona, Italy
The scene : 1 hr 35 min — On the quay, Vincenzo runs after the ferry that takes Assunta away, then watches it disappear.
London, United Kingdom
Concert hall opened in 1871, designed by Francis Fowke and Henry Young Darracott Scott in an Italianate style, and listed as a Grade I monument.
The scene : IMDb places the meeting between Assunta and Osborne on the steps of the Royal Albert Hall.
Rotherham, United Kingdom
The scene : IMDb points out Meadowhall Road among the streets of Rotherham featured in the film.
Sheffield, United Kingdom
The Neepsend station closed to passengers in 1940; at the time of filming, only the viaduct remained.
The scene : Railway Movie Database recognizes on screen the viaduct of the old Neepsend station, with no train in the frame.
Newhaven, United Kingdom
The scene : The port station appears in the background, with its signal cabin and British Rail containers.
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