Where was The General's Daughter filmed?

In one of the first scenes of The General’s Daughter, Paul Brenner has arrived in Georgia as part of an undercover investigation. While driving in at night he ends up with a flat tire and gets out to change it. This is when Elisabeth, the daughter of the base’s general, shows up. She notices Brenner and pulls over to help him change the tire. At first, she asks if he has run out of gas.

Brenner’s response is, “Yeah. That's why I'm looking at a flat tire with a pair of pliers in my hand instead of a lug wrench.”

However, when he sees that Elisabeth is a Captain he seems embarrassed by his comment. She tells him that the tire change, “looks like the work of 10 chimpanzees.”

Brenner says, “Well, you just missed the other 9. They got bored and went for a beer.”

Elisabeth then begins to help him replace the tire with a spare so he can go on his way. Once the tire has been changed, Brenner shows interest in finding a way to thank her.

He says, “Now, where would, if a fella got courageous and wanted to send you a 'thank you' notion of a bauble or basket of fruit, where might one find you?” She tells him that she works as a teacher at Psychological Operations.

This opening scene was filmed in Savannah, Georgia on Highway 404 near the Highway 25 interchange. You can reach this area by private vehicle or public transportation. Or you could call a taxi or use a rideshare app.

The day after Brenner meets Elisabeth he discovers that she has been murdered. He is called to the crime scene, along with Sara Sunhill. However, it is not clear why she would be killed. Sunhill asks Brenner why someone would murder Elisabeth.

Brenner tells her, “Well, possible motives for murder are profit, revenge, jealousy, to conceal a crime, to avoid humiliation & disgrace, or plain old homicidal mania. Right there in the manual.”

General Campbell is at the crime scene as well, and this leads Brenner to recount the time he met the general. It seems clear in his words that he admires the man.

Brenner tells him, “Sir. When I enlisted I was underage. They - They sent me straight to Vietnam, and you were my commander. You were a captain, and I - I was so scared. And one day when I was on watch, you came by and... And - And you saw the fear. You... You said, um, 'Well, where you from? And I said, 'Boston'. And you said, 'Did you know that last night the Boston Red Sox won against the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth game of the series? And you just walked away. Well, I knew - I knew then that, I was gonna get through it.”

He then promises the general that they are going to, “find the son of a b*tch.”

The crime scene shots were filmed in Savannah, Georgia at Savannah State University. You can still visit the site at Hill Hall where this scene was filmed. It is easy to reach with public transportation or by driving yourself. You can also take a taxi or use a rideshare service.

The search to find Elisabeth’s murderer leads Brenner and Sunhill to the woman’s house. They were told they could not investigate there, as it did not fall under the base’s jurisdiction. However, Brenner is certain that searching her house can help them, so he and Sunhill break in.

“Well, she wasn't a hypochondriac. She didn't dye her hair, she didn't have oily skin, and she keeps her method of birth control somewhere else,” Sunhill says as they look through her bathroom.

Brenner responds with, “Well, or perhaps she required her men to wear condoms. Maybe you've heard that condoms are in fashion again because of disease. Nowadays you have to boil people before you can sleep with them. Care for a bath?”

As the two continue to search they come across a room that just holds BDSM equipment and filming gear. There are also videos, but someone breaks in attacks Brenner and steals the tapes.

You can visit this movie scene location at the Savannah State University campus. Although you will not be able to visit the actual apartment, you can visit the campus. To get here, you can take private or public transportation, a rideshare service, or a taxi.

Sunhill goes back to the crime scene and while there she gets attacked. This is done as a way to scare her and Brenner and get them to back off with the investigation. However, she recognizes one of the men as Jake Elby, another captain on the base. After a struggle Sunhill is holding Elby at gunpoint, demanding that he reveals what he knows about the murder. He claims that Elisabeth had sex with several men on the base as an attack on her father. Around the same time that this is going on, another scene shows that Brenner is questioning Moore and has found out that Moore and Elisabeth were quite close.

Brenner tells him, “Ok, so look, it's obvious you were very close to her. I'm just trying to find out what 'very' means.”

Moore responds with, “It means... Very. I was Liz's mentor. There was a trust... she was, yes, a passionate young woman, as well as she should have been, but had I ever taken advantage of that... I would've lost the trust. So, did I kill her? Of course not. Did I love her? I loved her very much. Make of that what you will.” Moore ends up getting arrested due to how he acts when Brenner is questioning him.

These shots were filmed in Savannah like most of the movie. It was filmed at the Wormsloe Plantation. This is a historic site in a public state park so you can visit the filming location during business hours. You can reach the park by private car, rideshare service, taxicab, or several different public transport options.

Moore is eventually released from jail, but he has to stay confined in his own home while the investigation continues. Brenner and Sunhill decide to go by Moore’s house in hopes of finding out more information, but they find him dead. It is clear he has been shot, and while a lot of the other cadets and officers believe it to be a suicide, Brenner is not convinced.

It is believed Moore killed himself because of guilt, pointing to him as Elisabeth’s killer. Brenner and Sunhill continue looking into it, believing that Moore was killed to cover up the crime. It is not long after finding out about Moore’s death that Brenner is able to get help from his lawyer, Goodson. Goodson provides Elisabeth’s medical records to Brenner to help in the investigation, believing Moore would have wanted him to.

Brenner wants to know if Moore asked him to do this, but Goodson says, “Well, not in so many words... but I think I knew his wishes. You know, anything that might help Elisabeth. I'm sure you know how much he loved her.”

This scene was shot near the Wormsloe Plantation at Moore’s house on Fallowfield Drive in Savannah, Georgia. Although you cannot go inside the house, you can certainly drive by and see where the shot was filmed. It is just a few minutes from Wormsloe Plantation so you can get there by public transport, rideshare app, taxi, or private vehicle.

Kent, another cadet, reveals himself as the killer toward the end of the movie. Sunhill and Brenner end up at the crime scene with him where he goes through the entire story of what happened to Elisabeth. Elisabeth had been attacked by several cadets years earlier, something her father actively covered up.

He threatened Elisabeth over the men she slept with on the base, and so she restaged the attack as a way to scare him. Elisabeth threatened to reveal the truth of the attack, but Campbell was not phased. He left her alone that night and Kent stumbled upon her. He was obsessed with the woman, and after exchanging a few words he ended up strangling her to death. Upon hearing this, Brenner tries to talk Kent into going back to his office.

Kent tells him, “I've always been an outdoorsy kind of guy. Why don't we talk here? That is if we have anything really important to talk about. I thought you'd do your job. Pin it on Moore and move the f*ck on.”

In the same scene, Kent steps on a land mine in order to kill himself. This was all filmed at the Wormsloe Plantation on Skidaway Road in Savannah, Georgia. You can visit the plantation during business hours Sunday through Friday. You will have to pay for admission but it is certainly worth it to see this historic site.