Bonnie and Clyde (1967) – Filming Locations
Crime / Drama · Directed by Arthur Penn · Starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Where was Bonnie and Clyde filmed?
- Dallas, Texas, United States, Dallas – Opening scenes establishing the Barrow Gang in Texas; establishing shots of the criminal underworld. Dallas served as a primary location for establishing the gang's home territory and early criminal activities in their native Texas
- Saline County, Missouri, United States, Saline County – Bank robbery sequences and chase scenes through rural Missouri countryside. The agricultural landscape of rural Missouri provided authentic settings for the gang's robbery sprees and violent encounters with law enforcement
- Oklahoma, United States, Oklahoma – Chase sequences and scenes of the gang traveling and evading police across open country. Oklahoma's flat, open terrain and isolated highways authentically depicted the gang's desperate flight across the Great Plains
- Louisiana, United States, Louisiana – Final ambush and death of Bonnie and Clyde; scenes of the gang hiding in swampy terrain. The isolated back roads and swampy landscape of rural Louisiana provided the setting for the film's legendary climactic shootout scene