Hollywood Homicide Filming Locations

At the start of this 2003 movie, Harrison Ford and Josh Harnett are called in to investigate a shooting at a place called "The Freeway Club". .

The rounded exterior we see was located at the northwest corner of Hollywood & Vine, at 1707 Vine Street.

That corner building housed two actual clubs in its final years: first a place called "Deep", and later a club called "Basque". But the building burned to the ground in April 2008, and as of 2010 all you'll find at that corner is an empty lot..

(In fact the corner of Hollywood & Vine has undergone a number of changes since the movie was filmed, including the construction of a major new hotel, the W Hollywood.)

When Josh is telling Harrison that he wants to be an actor "because it's my bliss... and I have to follow my bliss", they are getting into a car parked in a lot behind Musso & Frank Grill, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood (founded in 1919).

The address is 6667 Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood.

After Josh wakes up in bed with a pretty blonde (and surprises her by yelling "Stella!" just outside their room), we see him pull into the parking lot of a police station.

That is the very real L.A.P.D. Hollywood station, at 1358 N. Wilcox Ave. That's three blocks south of Hollywood Blvd, between Highland and Vine.

The very same police parking lot is used later for the scene where Josh tells Harrison about his father being killed in the line of duty. And it's also the setting for the scene where a handcuffed criminal (being brought in by the police) grabs a cop's gun and shoots up the parking lot, before he's tackled by Josh (who has miscounted the number of bullets left in the gun).

Harrison & Josh then go to "Sartain Records" to interview the company owner (Isaiah Washington). This building is supposed to be located at Hollywood & Vine, but it's not really. Those shots, taken in the elliptical-shaped glass lobby, and the scenes outside on the street, where Josh shoots at men stealing (repossessing) Harrison Ford's car - were actually filmed several blocks southwest of that famous corner, at the "6565 Sunset Building", located at 6565 Sunset Blvd, two blocks south of Hollywood Blvd, and five blocks west of Vine. (The 2002 AFI Fest was held at this building...).

Harrison meets a friendly madam ("Cleo", played by Lolita Davidovich) at a red patio cafe. He's there to get info about one of her girls who worked at Sartain Records and who learned about the killings. On the phone, he says it's at "Gower & Franklin". Close, but no cigar. It IS on Franklin, but it's a few blocks east of Gower, closer to Bronson & Franklin.

The scene was shot at "Birds Café" at 5925 Franklin Ave., in east Hollywood, about a mile northeast of Hollywood & Vine.)

Harrison then takes a meeting at a beautiful seaside restaurant where he
tries to finalize the sale of Martin Landau's ("Mr. Duran", the producer) home
to Master P ("Julius" ). But Harrison blows it, and Landau ends up storming off.
That restaurant is actually Geoffrey's, located at 27400 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
(The same restaurant was also seen in the movie "The Player", with Tim Robbins.)

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The photos on this page are stills from the DVD of "Hollywood Homicide"
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