Live and Let Die

Corner of Dumaine Street in the French quarter of New Orleans.

Sharing the corner with Chartres Street. RJ.

This street intersects with Dumaine Street.

Chartres Street between Dumaine Street and Madison Street. RJ.

East 65th Street, New York.

East 65th Street at Madison Avenue to be precise. Taken by Chris Parr with our thanks to him

East 65th Street, New York.

Aargh, scaffolding (or is it?) plagues the big Apple as well as London Town. Shot by Chris Parr, our NY correspondent.

33 East 65th Street, New York.

And Chris is bang on the mark again. All last three shot by him.

2nd Avenue at 94th Street in New York. Paul Riddell points out the fake sign which suggests this is Lenox Street which is deeper into Harlem.

Paul captured the corner of 2nd Avenue and 94th Street explaining that the original building burnt down.

Sans Souci Resort, Ocho Rios, Jamaica or Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay.

Sans Souci Resort, Ocho Rios, Jamaica or Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay. Cottage 10, Half Moon Resort, which includes the Rose Hall villas, is the general consensus. Alterations have kept up the guesses.

Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, as above from another angle.

Gun Point Wharf, Montego Bay.

Between Tower Isle and Rio Nuevo Bay. Need to hire a boat.

Unknown.

The A1 just north of Lucea (pronounced Lucy).

Now. SJ.

The A1 just north of Lucea (pronounced Lucy).

Now. SJ.

Probably inland in the same area... Manuel Gurtner adds, "According to the Jamaican newspaper "The Gleaner", the chase between the bus and the police patrol car was staged in the Hanover Parish on the stretch of a new road at Johnson Town, which was closed during the filming. Unfortunately, the “low bridge” is no hint for the exact filming location, as it was specially built for this sequence, designed by Syd Cain as a kind of railway underpass, and finally removed again."

An additional still from Manuel to show that, "From above the bridge, there is actually no road or railway track. A customized AEC Regent III double-decker from 1947 was used for the spectacular stunt, driven by driving instructor Maurice Patchett. Repainted in the color of the fictional "San Monique Transport" and shipped to Jamaica, the top deck of the former London transport bus rested on a sliding mechanism and was pushed backwards and thrown off on impact.

And Manuel adds this too, "In hot pursuit right behind the bus, the patrol car has crashed into the top deck, so that the cop behind the wheel loses control and the 1973 Chevrolet Nova ends up in the water. Probably the double-decker is seen on the A1-road bridge across the Harvey River at Johnson Town."

Falmouth. The bus has travelled a long way from Lucea. The former double-decker runs down Harbour Lane, with the clock tower of Albert George Market from 1894 as the town's most prominent landmark.

Now. SJ.

Hampden Wharf Jetty, Falmouth.

Back to Dumaine Street, New Orleans. Spot the road sign?

Now. RJ.

Close by.

Very close, on the same block, Madison Street looking southeast towards Decatur. RJ.

Falmouth Swamp Safari as it was then known. Actually in Falmouth, Jamaica, not in Louisiana as the storyline would have one believe.

Now, well a few years ago. RJ.

Moore and Harris at the hut/laboratory.

Same hut in 2003. RJ.

Then it became J. Charles Swaby's Swamp Safari.

But when I visited in 2009, following my brother's footsteps it was closed and it looked permanent - just my luck. So, for now, here's a consolation. The location is at least locally celebrated, but the Swaby name has been obliterated. SJ. Update, by 2012 the safari was up and running again.

The retractable bridge to the small island.

Now more solid and an overgrown island. RJ.

Reverse point of view.

Meanwhile I'm stuck outside and this is a view of a crocodile achieved by climbing the wall and peering over. But that's as far as I'm prepared to go. SJ.

Moore stuck on the island as potential croc lunch.

RJ braving all for Reelstreets, taken by wife Alison.

A burning hut/laboratory.

Still there after all. RJ.

Crawdad Bridge, near Phoenix, Louisiana, just before the speedboat leap.

Miller's Bridge, Phoenix, Louisiana. A police block.

Ruins Restaurant, Ocho Rios.

Green Grotto Caves, Runaway Bay or a Pinewood set.

An added still from Manuel, "In the end, CIA Leiter (David Hedison) accompanies Solitaire (Jane Seymour) and Bond (Roger Moore) to the night train for New York City. But there is still Kananga's henchman Tee Hee (Julius Harris), who gets on board hidden in a mailbag. Filmed on the covered platform of New Orleans' Union Passenger Terminal, opened in 1954 and located at 1001 Loyola Avenue."