Filming Locations
Scenes for the series were shot in and around Los Angeles, California.
The opening credits contain scenes that were shot on South Seaside Avenue in San Pedro, showing the gang running along a pier that is part of Terminal Island in the Port of Los Angeles. The same location was used in the first adventure for the scene where the kidnappers are holding the kidnapped boy on board a boat. The pier is located opposite Marine Sheet Metal Works. The pier itself is located at berth 259/260 of the Port of Los Angeles and next to the building of the Southern California Marine Institute. Coordinates: 33°44′9.22″N 118°16′13.79″W / 33.7358944°N 118.2704972°W / 33.7358944; -118.2704972.
Some of the outdoor scenes for the first adventure (5 episodes) were filmed in Venice, Los Angeles. During one scene, the character Frankie trails a female kidnapper along what is Windward Avenue, pausing at the intersection of Windward Avenue and Pacific Avenue outside a shop. The shop is now a cafe called Cafe Collage. Coordinates: 33°59′16.29″N 118°28′19.98″W / 33.9878583°N 118.4722167°W / 33.9878583; -118.4722167.
During the second adventure about a jewel heist. The fictional football player O.K. Oakins is kidnapped and replaced with a stooge, in order to steal a priceless diamond during a charily auction taking place in a hotel. The hotel used for filming is now the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena. At the time of the filming, the hotel was called the Wentworth Hotel, but uses the fictitious name, The Park Hotel, in the episode. Coordinates: 34°7′7.77″N 118°8′1.67″W / 34.1188250°N 118.1337972°W / 34.1188250; -118.1337972.
In the third adventure about a museum robbery, the street scenes are filmed on Clinton Street and North Norton Avenue in Hollywood. The rear of Raleigh Studios doubles as the entrance to the museum. This location is about one block from Melrose Avenue. Coordinates: 34°4′53.98″N 118°19′2.97″W / 34.0816611°N 118.3174917°W / 34.0816611; -118.3174917.
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