Editing Tehachapi, California (section)

===Film productions===
Tehachapi has been host to productions by both [[Cinema of the United States#Rise of Hollywood|Hollywood]] and [[independent film]]makers, as well as being frequently mentioned, particularly during the [[film noir|noir]] era.<ref name="filmarticle">{{cite news |last=Jepson |first=Eric W |date=April 2005 |title=Hollywood goes to prison |newspaper=[[Tehachapi News]]}}</ref>

Perhaps the first movie to be filmed in Tehachapi was ''[[The Lady of the Dugout]]'' (1918), which starred former outlaws [[Al Jennings|Al and Frank Jennings]] playing themselves. The brother outlaws were well known to Americans of the time.<ref name="filmarticle" />

Referencing [[California Correctional Institution#History|the local women's prison]] was a common manner in which Tehachapi received mention in noir film, including [[James M. Cain]] adaptations ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]'' and ''[[Double Indemnity]]'', in which [[Fred MacMurray]]'s character tells of one woman who killed her husband: "All she collected was a three-to-ten stretch in Tehachapi (neither of Cain's novels mention Tehachapi)."<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', [[Sam Spade]] (played by [[Humphrey Bogart]]) tells a female criminal and [[love interest]], "Well, if you get a good break, you'll be out of Tehachapi in twenty years and you can come back to me then." In [[The Maltese Falcon (novel)|the book]], the reference was not to Tehachapi but to [[San Quentin]].<ref name="filmarticle" />

''[[Nocturne (1946 film)|Nocturne]]'' (1946) featured a housemaid mysteriously referred to as the "Tehachapi Debutante," and 1948's ''The Hunted'' has a heroine fresh out of Tehachapi after four years for jewelry theft.<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[The Story of Molly X]]'' (1949), Molly X is the leader of a San Francisco gang sent to Tehachapi for her role in a burglary attempt instead of San Quentin for execution. Most of the film then takes place at the prison, as Molly goes from being trouble to a model prisoner.<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[1001 Rabbit Tales]]'', [[Bugs Bunny]] tells the sultan's son that [[Hansel and Gretel]]'s witch was sent to Tehachapi.<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' (1994), actors [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[William Shatner]] appear in a scene filmed in the Tehachapi mountains.<ref name="filmarticle" />

The [[Christina Applegate]] vehicle originally titled ''Tehachapi'' sends her character to Tehachapi because her lover is in prison here. The movie was eventually released under the title ''Across the Moon'' (1995).<ref name="filmarticle" />

The fourth season of the teen-geared television series, ''[[Endurance (TV series)#Season 4 - Endurance: Tehachapi (2005–06)|Endurance]]'' produced by the [[Discovery Kids Network]] was filmed in Tehachapi and aired from 2005 to 2006.

In ''[[Mac and Me]]'' (1988), after the characters state they have to "drive to [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]]'s in [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]]" the next shot shows them driving up a dirt road through a Tehachapi [[wind farm]]. Similarly, ''[[Terminal Velocity (film)|Terminal Velocity]]'' (1994) has a fight sequence filmed on top of a hill in one of the farms.

''[[Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'' (2005) shot a sequence at a wind farm and on Oak Creek Road, which winds through several farms.

Tehachapi was featured in several episodes of the [[Animal Planet]] reality show ''[[Pit Bulls and Parolees]]''. The show focuses on the [[Villalobos Rescue Center]] and the pit bulls cared for by the center; in 2011, the rescue's application to use property owned in Tehachapi to expand rescue operations was denied by the Kern County Planning Department.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enovijas|first=Carin|date=April 13, 2011|title=Pit Bulls & Parolees reality rescuer won't move here|url=https://www.tehachapinews.com/news/pit-bulls-parolees-reality-rescuer-won-t-move-here/article_9ce7b8f3-e805-5224-8840-413f42fff102.html|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=Tehachapi News|language=en}}</ref>

Other movies filmed in Tehachapi include ''Face to Face'' (2001), ''Fault'' (2002), ''Batman: Revenge'' (2003){{citation needed|date=January 2021}}, ''The Gentleman Don La Mancha'' (2004), ''I.F.O. (Identified Flying Object)'' (1985), ''Motor Mansions'' (2005), ''[[The Legend of Bloody Mary]]'' (2008), ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1940, featuring the scene at [[Keene, California|Keene Ranch]]), and ''[[The Hangover Part III]]'' (2013).