Patriot Games
Date: 1992
Director: Phillip Noyce
Production Company: Mace Neufeld Productions, Paramount Pictures
Stars: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Thora Birch, Patrick Bergin, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones
Location(s): London; Maryland, Virginia, California (USA)
Region(s): London O-Q, N. America
Storyline:
While on holiday, the hero of the Hunt for Red October foils an IRA assassination attempt and finds his wife and daughter to be at risk from bloody revenge.
Additional Information:
Stills by SJ
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- Capture 1
- 'Now' required
Ford's house, set in Maryland, but, with those cliffs, I'm thinking California... but this may well be located on the Peregrine Cliffs, North Beach, about 30 miles south of Annapolis MD on the Chesapeake Bay according to one source whereas another places it in Palos Verdes, CA
- Capture 2
- 13 Jul 2011
Rather a poor substitute for "Buck House" London: click the date to find out where it is.
It's the east gate of the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich SE10. Brother Robin on the case here.
- Capture 3
- 13 Jul 2011
Birch irritating hapless sentry outside Buckingham Palace.
Hmmm, was this an accident? RJ trigger happy.
- Capture 4
- 13 Jul 2011
Archer and Birch walk on an "ordinary" London street.
Now inside the old college with added bollards. RJ
- Capture 5
- 13 Jul 2011
More London street action.
Tremendously popular location now, with too many films to list but London Movie Guide does. RJ
- Capture 6
- 13 Jul 2011
Birch photographing Archer.
Still in SE10. RJ
- Capture 7
- 13 Jul 2011
Ford meeting his family after delivering his lecture.
Good column work. RJ
- Capture 8
- 13 Jul 2011
Terrorist attack.
Now. RJ
- Capture 9
- 13 Jul 2011
Ford and co take cover.
Hold the camera straight! RJ
- Capture 10
- 13 Jul 2011
Ford gears up for action.
And again. RJ
- Capture 11
- 13 Jul 2011
Bean gets nasty with Fox's car.
Now. RJ
- Capture 12
- 13 Jul 2011
Great dated grab showing 1 Canada Square all on its own in the Canary Wharf development across the Thames.
Great set, Robin, thanks.
- Capture 13
- 25 Oct 2023
HM Prison Southwark the sign says. The back of Tate Bankside in reality, London SE1
This has been off-limits for quite some time while the Switch House, now Balvatnik Building was rebuilt and extended to the west side of Tate Modern in the mid 2010s. SJ
- Capture 14
- 'Now' required
O'Dwyers, supposed to be in Northern Ireland. Bet it isn't... as does J.D. Thomas who recognised the Crooked Billet, Newlands Ln, Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames RG9 5PU.
- Capture 15
- 26 Aug 2014
A much loved location seen in 'Sweeney!', 'The Steal', 'Konga', 'Shooting Fish', 'Two Way Stretch', 'A Warm December . . . see London Movie Guide for further details. The PLA Building in Trinity Square, EC3, here posing as a criminal courthouse.
10 Trinity Square, soon to be an expensive hotel and apartments. (RL)
- Capture 16
- 'Now' required
Back at Ford's house in the USA.
- Capture 17
- 28 Apr 2013
Lovely sign, thank you, London W1. I think this is the Burlington Gardens end to the north rather than the south side from Piccadilly. The arcade features in 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger', '101 Dalmatians', 'The File of the Golden Goose' and 'The Best House in London'.
A more modest sign for Burlington Arcade now. SJ
- Capture 18
- 'Now' required
Best shot even though Bean's in the black maria. This is his rescue staged at Canary Wharf to the east of Canada Square, London E14.
- Capture 19
- 'Now' required
California (Palos Verdes) or Maryland or perhaps Delaware?
- Capture 20
- 'Now' required
As above.
- Capture 21
- 'Now' required
Ford leaving the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. This could be the Naval Chapel.
- Capture 22
- 'Now' required
Just outside the gate
- Capture 23
- 'Now' required
Ford passing Hanover Street, so he is walking south down Maryland Avenue. "Hanover Street" is also featured on RS.
- Capture 24
- 'Now' required
Ford arriving at CIA HQ, Langley, Virginia, USA.
- Capture 25
- 'Now' required
Northern Ireland? Or closer to Pinewood? Closer to Pinewood but still some way away, Sutton Way, London W10 says Stephen Smith. (RL) ... after a fruitless look, which corner, ne or nw or neither? (SJ)
- Capture 26
- 'Now' required
Yes, could be Morocco, for example, (depicted in the film as Libya), but there are many sand dunes in Southern California as well, which would be my guess.
- Capture 27
- 04 Jun 2016
Cooley is a character's name but this is Burlington Arcade, London W1.
This one has proved difficult to match: the ceiling is fine but it appears that the shop fronts were raised to meet the upper window sills. SJ
- Capture 28
- 27 Jun 2019
And there is Cooley himself (Alex Norton) making a run for it, ending up at Aldwych Underground station, a much celebrated geographical inconsistency as it's quite a way from the Arcade. The booking hall also appears in 'Postman's Knock', 'Rogue Male' and 'Their Finest'.
Jonathan G enjoyed a tour of the station and learned that his booking hall dates from the late 1980s. The original booking office was up the steps to the left but due to the low passenger numbers closed in 1922 with the lift operator then selling tickets from a small desk in the lift. (RL)