The printed APB has a date in 1953, yet later that same day the TV news anchor talks about death row prisoners who kidnapped someone in 1954.
The narrator says the dispatch about Gene was ready to go out at a time that was six minutes BEFORE the time printed on the teletype.
The front license plate on the villains' car disappears and reappears between scenes throughout the film. For instance, when Gene and the villains leave the bar and Gene's narration specifically points out the villains made sure he didn't see their license plate (They made him wear taped glasses.) as they walk past the front of the car, there is no license plate on the car, but moments later at the railroad crossing, it's there again.
When John Cassavetes is twirling the revolver, Jack Kelly asks Cassavetes about the revolver having a hair trigger, which Cassavetes affirms. Kelly then remarks that the safety is off.
While a revolver may have a moderately light trigger pull if in single-action mode (the hammer being manually cocked), the firearm clearly is in double-action mode (hammer down).
In such a configuration it would take several pounds of pull to cause the firearm to go through the cocking and firing cycle. This further is demonstrated by the fact that twirling the revolver results in no discharge.
More erroneously, revolvers do not have a 'safety.' The hammer being at rest on the frame (in double-action mode) is the only (and effective) guard against an accidental discharge.
While a revolver may have a moderately light trigger pull if in single-action mode (the hammer being manually cocked), the firearm clearly is in double-action mode (hammer down).
In such a configuration it would take several pounds of pull to cause the firearm to go through the cocking and firing cycle. This further is demonstrated by the fact that twirling the revolver results in no discharge.
More erroneously, revolvers do not have a 'safety.' The hammer being at rest on the frame (in double-action mode) is the only (and effective) guard against an accidental discharge.
As the four are driving to the house, they have to stop at a railroad crossing. The sound of the bell stops long before the train passes through the crossing, but the lights continue flashing.
In the extended scene where Robert Batsford is in a telephone booth inside the Thrifty Drug Store, a member of the camera crew's reflection can be seen on the glass side throughout.
When Gene goads Doris into the bedroom, a reflection of the boom mic is visible in the window behind them.
Reflected in the car window when they're returning after five minutes to see if the police were called.
Reflected in the glass house.