The Sand Pebbles - Steve McQueen (1966) - Tolo Channel, Tai Po

The fact that we now know that the film crew made the effort to take the purpose built (but flat bottomed) boat San Pablo around the Sai Kung peninsula and into Tolo Channel - because that's the only way you can get to Three Fathoms Cove - means that it is highly likely some scenes were also filmed around the Tolo Channel area itself. And so it turns out to be because there is this shot showing the boat moving "down river" when it is in fact heading out to sea along the channel.

How do we know? Look in the distance (2nd and 3rd pictures) and you can see Port Island lying at the eastern entrance to Tolo Channel. The headland in the background is all part of Plover Cove Country Park.

 You can also see Port Island in background of this shot as McQueen comes out of the cabin.

Bruce Lee & I - Betty Ting Pei (1976) - Whitehead Point, Ma On Shan

A long time ago, before the current golf driving range and even before the area was turned into a Vietnamese refugee camp (one of many) there was a quarry at Whitehead Point which was used on many occasions for filming. Nearby is the site of what was the location for the finale of Drunken Master and I also previously posted about this being used in The Young Master.

Anyway, here we see Bruce accepting a challenge from some dude he met in bar and he proceeds to knock seven bells out of the guys and his axe-wielding buddies. As a result we get some really good shots of the Tolo Harbour and Channel areas, including the Plover Cove Reservoir Dam wall.

Above. Looking NW from Whitehead Point. The ridgeline in the background is Wong Leng, along the same ridge that eventually becomes Pat Sin Leng (off camera to the right).

Two views of the point of Ma On Shan in the previous pictures. Below we are looking north east and can see the dam wall. The most striking thing though is the clear air and green hills.

And a look further to the east.