List of films shot in Riverside, California

The following is a list of films shot, at least in part, in Riverside, California.

The films shot at the Riverside International Raceway and at March Air Force Base are outside the Riverside city limits, but they have been included because both locations are closely associated with the city of Riverside. The Riverside International Raceway no longer exists, and March Air Force Base has been renamed the March Joint Air Reserve Base, now more closely associated with Moreno Valley, California.

Released Title Stars Location Notes
1915 The Vampire Olga Petrova
Vernon Steele 		Mission Inn[1][2]
1919 Boots Dorothy Gish Mission Inn[3]
1929 Redskin Richard Dix
Julie Carter 		Sherman Indian Institute[3]
1933 State Fair Janet Gaynor
Will Rogers 		Southern California Fair Grounds[4] The Fair Grounds, north of Fairmount Park, no longer exist.
1933 Today We Live Joan Crawford
Gary Cooper
Robert Young 		March Field The base was closed by General Douglas MacArthur to allow MGM crews to film there.[5]
1938 Test Pilot Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Lionel Barrymore 		March Field[4]
1939 Dark Victory Bette Davis
Humphrey Bogart
George Brent
Ronald Reagan 		Southern California Fair Grounds[4] The Fair Grounds, north of Fairmount Park, no longer exist.
1939 Idiot's Delight Norma Shearer
Clark Gable
Edward Arnold
Charles Coburn
Burgess Meredith 		Mission Inn[1][3][4]
1943 My Favorite Blonde Bob Hope March Field[4]
1951 The First Legion Charles Boyer Mission Inn Used as a monastery.
1957 Jet Pilot John Wayne
Janet Leigh 		March Air Force Base[4] Shot in 1949–50, but released later.
1959 On the Beach Gregory Peck
Ava Gardner
Fred Astaire
Anthony Perkins 		Riverside International Raceway Car race scene.[6]
1964 Strait-Jacket Joan Crawford
Diane Baker
Leif Erickson
Howard St. John
 One week shot on location in Riverside during July–August 1963.[7]
1964 The Killers Lee Marvin
Angie Dickinson
John Cassavetes
Ronald Reagan 		Riverside International Raceway Scheduled as first shoot on November 21, 1963, but delayed due to rain. The crew later returned for two days of filming in November–December 1963.[8]
1965 Two on a Guillotine Connie Stevens
Dean Jones
Cesar Romero 		Benedict Castle[3]
1965 Red Line 7000 James Caan
Laura Devon 		Riverside International Raceway[4]
1966 Grand Prix James Garner
Eva Marie Saint 		Riverside International Raceway[4]
1968 The Love Bug Dean Jones
Michele Lee
Buddy Hackett 		Riverside International Raceway[4]
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Robert Redford
Katharine Ross
Robert Blake 		Mission Inn[1][4]
1969 Winning Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Robert Wagner
Richard Thomas 		Riverside International Raceway[4]
1973 Genesis II Alex Cord
Mariette Hartley 		U.C. Riverside In this TV movie, a pilot for a television show by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, UCR provided the location for the futuristic city of Tyrania.[9]
1975 Bug Bradford Dillman
Joanna Miles 		U.C. Riverside[9]
1975 The Wild Party James Coco
Raquel Welch 		Mission Inn[1]
1977 Black Samurai Jim Kelly Mission Inn[1][3]
1981 Buddy Buddy Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau 		Mission Inn[1][3]
1982 The Sword and the Sorcerer Lee Horsley Mission Inn
1985 Real Genius Val Kilmer
Michelle Meyrink 		Mission Inn
March Air Force Base
Moreno Valley
1986 Body Slam Dirk Benedict
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Billy Barty
Captain Lou Albano
Ric Flair
Tanya Roberts
Sam Fatu 		Mission Inn
Raincross Square
Riverside Historic Courthouse
Riverside City Hall
1988 Vibes Jeff Goldblum
Cyndi Lauper 		Mission Inn[1]
1989 Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death Shannon Tweed
Bill Maher
Adrienne Barbeau 		U.C. Riverside
UCR Botanic Gardens 		UCR is the location of the fictional Spritzer College, and several of the jungle scenes were filmed in the UCR Botanic Gardens. Other jungle scenes were shot nearby, including behind the Bannockburn student apartments.[9]
1995 Nixon Anthony Hopkins
Joan Allen 		Mission Inn
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask (a.k.a. The Face of Alexandre Dumas: The Man in the Iron Mask) Edward Albert
Dana Barron
Timothy Bottoms 		Mission Inn[1][3]
1999 Blink 182: The Urethra Chronicles Mark Hoppus
Thomas DeLonge
Travis Barker 		Galleria at Tyler[3]
2000 Boys and Girls Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Claire Forlani
Jason Biggs
Amanda Detmer 		U.C. Riverside Set at University of California, Berkeley, but some scenes were filmed at UCR.[9]
2001 Cafe Tango Gloria Otero
Claudio Otero
Rebecca De Roche 		Sevilla Restaurant & Tapas Bar[3]
2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen? Martin Lawrence
Danny DeVito
John Leguizamo 		Riverside County Historic Courthouse,
Mission Inn[3]
2002 Slackers Jason Schwartzman
Devon Sawa
Jason Segel
Michael Maronna
Jaime King
Laura Prepon 		U.C. Riverside The fictional Holden University utilizes both the UCR campus and the nearby University of Redlands.[9]
2003 Neverland Deborah Quayle
Wil Wheaton 		Castle Park[3]
2008 Eagle Eye Shia LaBeouf
Michelle Monaghan
Rosario Dawson 		March Air Force Base
2009 Perfect Mismatch Nandana Sen
Anupam Kher
Boman Irani 		Fairmount Park

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Hotel History in Riverside, California - The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa". Historic Hotels of America. p. Film, TV and Media Connections. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "About Mission Inn Riverside". The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rice, Jerry. Riverside Magazine, June–July 2009, Page 20. Inland Custom Publishing Group
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Inland Empire Magazine, October 1985.
  5. ^ "AFI Catalog - Today We Live". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "On the Beach (1959) - Turner Classic Movies". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "AFI Catalog - Strait-Jacket". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  8. ^ "AFI Catalog - The Killers". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e Weber, Jessica (Summer 2023). "UCR on the Silver Screen". UCR Magazine. Retrieved August 30, 2024.