CREDITS WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, 1988 dir: Robert Zemeckis Bob Hoskins Christopher Lloyd Joanna Cassidy Kathleen Turner

“Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth, safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past.”

No, there is no question mark. Traditionalists consider it bad luck in a film title. No need to have worried here, though, with Zemeckis’ irresistible blend of animation and live action, set in 1947 LA, but – since the production was based at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire (where the Ink and Paint Club, the interior of Eddie’s office and the Terminal Bar sets were built) – locations are divided between California and the UK.

‘Maroon Cartoons’, home of Roger Rabbit, is the Ren-Mar Studios, 846 North Cahuenga Boulevard, north of Melrose Avenue, Hollywood (previously the Desilu Studios of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, where TV show I Love Lucy was taped).

Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Eddie Valiant's office: 1130 South Hope Street, downtown LA

Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) takes the old Pacific Electric ‘Red Car’ to his office on Hope Street, between 11th and 12th Streets, downtown LA, heavily disguised behind scads of period dressing. Much of the street has since been demolished but (in mid-2004) Eddie’s office still stands, at 1130 South Hope Street.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit: the Toontown Acme Factory: Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush

The ‘Acme Factory’, on the border of Toontown, where Marvin Acme is killed by the falling safe, and Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) finally gets his just desserts, can be seen in west London. It’s the Dimco Building, Wood Lane, opposite Macfarlane Road, between Shepherds Bush and White City, W12.

Back in the real LA, Eddie and Roger escape from Judge Doom at the ‘Terminal Bar’ and scoot off in the animated Yellow Cab down Hope Street, finally shaking off the pursuing weasels by leaping onto the Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct, on Hyperion Avenue-Glendale Boulevard, over I-5 and the Los Angeles River, in Los Feliz, way northeast of downtown.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Hiding out in the cinema: Grays State Theatre, Grays, Essex

The cinema, in which they hide out, is back in the UK. It’s the, now closed, 2,000 seat Gray’s State Theatre, George Street, Grays in Essex. The wonderful thirties movie palace was the largest single-screen auditorium still operating in Europe at the time, and has since been a nightclub but is currently closed.

The entrance to Toontown, at which Eddie finally overcomes his hatred of Toons and pours away the Wild Turkey, is the Griffith Park Tunnel, between Western Canyon Road and Vermont Canyon Road, north of the Observatory. The tunnel was also featured in WarGames and Robert Zemeckis’ first two Back to the Future movies.