Concord (Contra Costa County):
On August 3, after filming at KRE, the cast and crew headed to Buchanan Field in Concord to film the final scene where Curt boards the DC-7 that carries him out into the big beautiful world. Because the plane got a flat tire, a second-unit returned the following day to film the take-off. Incidentally, as the plane takes off in the final scene, a Drive-in Movie screen can be seen in the distance. This was the original screen at the Solano Drive-in at 1611 Solano Way. The second-unit crew returned once more on Monday, August 7, to capture an aerial shot of the white T-bird driving away from the airport. To fly close enough to the ground to get a clear shot, a small Cessna was used instead of the DC-7. This completed all the filming for the movie. |
