Film Year: 1969

THE BIG BOUNCE

Drama about an ex-GI with a criminal record who gets into trouble; Filmmakers, including starts from the movie, were in town for about a month from mid-July to mid-August of 1968; Scenes filmed at Point Lobos, Colton Hall, Monterey Boat Works and elsewhere around the Peninsula.

Ryan O’Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young & James Daly

Alex March, and Warner Bros Films

CHANGES

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Bartlett who grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and moved away to become a Hollywood filmmaker; Story about a young Hollywood actor (played by Lane) who doesn’t fit in either the older generation or the younger generation, hip generation, so he drops out of college and travels; Scenes filmed at Point Lobos and Carmel; With Bartlett during the filming was his wife, actress Rhonda Fleming.

Kent Lane, Michele Carey, & Marcia Strassman

Hal Bartlett Films

TOPAZ

A  French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; Scenes shot in Salinas.

Alfred Hitchcock Films