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Mendocino Movie and TV History
2022: River of Ghosts (Filmed mostly in Mendocino.) A psychological thriller about betrayal and memory loss.
2021: CRABS! (Filmed entirely in Mendocino and Ft. Bragg.) A campy and funny horror film about mutant crabs that invade a coastal city.
2020: Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate’s Cove (Filmed mostly in Mendocino and Ft. Bragg.) A good family film about kids, pirates, treasure and time travel!
2014: Need For Speed – (Mostly filmed in Mendocino County.) Based on a popular Electronic Arts video game about car races, it showcased the spectacular Mendocino coastline, Anderson Valley Wine Country, Point Arena Lighthouse, and some thrilling curvy roads!
John on location – Need For Speed
Need For Speed – Mendocino Beacon
2008 : Shark Swarm — a Hallmark TV movie with Darryl Hannah, John Schneider, and Armand Assante.
2001 : The Majestic – Dream Works – Jim Carrey
1994 : The Haunting of Sea Cliff Inn – TV – Ally Sheedy and Louise Fletcher
1993 : Pontiac Moon – Paramount – Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen
1992 : Forever Young – Warner Brothers – Mel Gibson
1990 : Dying Young – 20th Century Fox – Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott
1989 : Karate Kid III – Columbia Pictures – Pat Morita
1988 : Wired – (The John Belushi Story) Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey
1987 : Overboard – MGM – Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell
1986 : The Killing Time – Levy/Abrams Productions – Kiefer Sutherland
1986: Destination America – TV
1985: Dark Mansions – TV – Michael York
1984-89 : Murder She Wrote – TV Series (See below)
1983: Sutter’s Bay – TV – Granville Van Dusen, Linda Carlson
1983 : Racing with the Moon – Paramount – Sean Penn, Nicholas Cage
1982: Treasure – Videodisc – Dory Dean
1980 : Cujo – Sunn classic Films – Dee Wallace
1980 : Dead and Buried – Aspen Productions – James Farrentino
1979 : Humanoids from the Deep – Doug McClure
1978 : Strangers – TV – Universal – Bette Davis, Gena Rowlands – Emmy
1978 : Same Time, Next Year – Mirisch Brothers – Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn – Oscar
1977: The Boy Who Talks To Whales – TV – Byrd Baker, Andy Gordon
1976: Jeremiah of Jacob’s Neck – TV – Keenan Wynn
1973: The Runaway on the Rogue River – Educational – Slim Pickens
1973: God Bless Grandma & Grandpa – TV – Robert Walker
1973: Haunts – May Britt, Cameron Mitchell
1972: Slither – James Caan, Peter Boyle, Sally Kelleman, Louise Lasser
1972: The New Healers – TV – Robert Foxworth, Kate Jackson, Burgess Meredith
1971: The FBI-Bitter Harbor – TV – Stephen Brooks, Lynn Loring, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
1971: Young Goodman Brown – Educational.
1971: Glen & Randa – Steven Curry, Shelly Plimpton
1970: Is there a Doctor in the House? – TV – Rosemary Forsyth, William Windom
1970 : The Summer of ’42 – Warner Brothers – Jennifer O’Neil – Oscar
1969 : The Dunwich Horror – Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ralph Bellamy
1965 : The Russians Are Coming… – Mirisch Brothers – Alan Arkin – Oscar
1963 : Island of the Blue Dolphins – Universal Pictures
1954: The Strange Case of Dr. Mesmer – no details
1954 : East of Eden – Warner Brothers – James Dean – Oscar
Good article about the personalities of James Dean and other players
1947 : Johnny Belinda – Warner Brothers – Jane Wyman – Oscar
1943 : The Uninvited – Ray Milland (background shots only)
1943 : Frenchman’s Creek – Paramount – Joan Fontaine – Oscar
1925 : In Search of a Hero – Richard Holt
1923 : The Signal Tower – Wallace Beery and Rockcliff Fellows
1922 : Timberland Tales – Roy Stewart
1922 : Soul of the Beast – Noah Beery
1921 : Kindred of the Dust – Miriam Cooper
1920 : The Man Who Dared – William Russell
1919 : King Spruce – Mitchell Lewis
1916 : The Promise – Harold Lockwood
1904 : The Sequoia Sempervirens – filmed at Caspar Lumber Co.
Note: Murder She Wrote, 264 episodes, 1984 – 1996.
This famous series, starring Angela Lansbury, was filmed in Mendocino and nearby communities. The Blair House in Mendocino was Jessica Fletcher’s home, and Mendocino’s Hill House was the Hill House of Cabot Cove. In fact, Mendocino itself was the small town of Cabot Cove!
The scenes on the dock, however, were filmed at Noyo Harbor in nearby Ft. Bragg.
Filming Murder She Wrote in Mendocino brought over 2 million dollars to the local economy. The volunteer fire departments, the school district, and the local recreation area received substantial donations. Because the Mendocino High School band appeared in one of the episodes, it earned enough money to take a field trip!