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Sudden Impact

Santa Cruz Boardwalk

Santa Cruz · United States  ·  San Paulo fairground finale

Sudden Impact filmed at Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz. The final confrontation plays out on this seaside boardwalk, which stands in for a fairground. On screen it's San Paulo fairground.

Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz

Where to go

36.964563, -122.015384

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Sudden Impact (1983)
On screen
San Paulo fairground
In real life
Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz
Can you visit?
Access not confirmed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Santa Cruz Boardwalk today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Sudden Impact film at Santa Cruz Boardwalk?
At 36.964563, -122.015384 in Santa Cruz. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Santa Cruz Boardwalk?
Access not confirmed.
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