Goofs

Joe Gurney stands by a car door talking to the writer. The wing window is sometimes open and sometimes closed.

When Joe gives Slick a "hotfoot", you can see that Joe puts two wooden matchsticks in Slick's shoe. When Joe is shown lighting the matches, the close-up shot shows three paper matches, like the ones found in a matchbook.

Long passed as White, the lovely Kay Francis was in fact Jewish of African-American descent.

At the end, when Dr. Carole Nelson (Kay) ushers her projected boyfriend---Bill the writer---into the first room straight up the stairs, when they are followed by Bogie and his gat, she clearly slams the door (pushes it and lets go) but no slamming sound is made, although there is constant audio.

As the film progresses, it seems the main reason why Carole (Kay Francis) wants revenge on Joe (Humphrey Bogart), the death of her husband, is completely forgotten. Instead, the focus becomes Carole saving her new love interest Bill from Joe and the gang.

Initial motivations often evolve in movies (as in life itself); this type of change does not constitute a Goof.

The first time Carole is taken to the hideout, she's blindfolded. But when she returns on her own, nobody asks how she found her way there. --- Actually, when she is brought back by Gurney's men, she looks outside the window: one is returning to his car, and no blindfold was in his bad guy's hands. It is presumed that, by now, Joe Gurney trusts her because she has helped him twice, and he has taken a liking to her, as he said so himself. Therefore, she saw the way from his house while she was brought back from it.

When the cops are rushing to Gurney's hideout, it's clearly a day-for-night filter: dimmed lighting around the vehicles, yet obviously sunny with shadows of trees on the passing cars. Right after the sheriff says "sharp turn to the left, when we get over this bridge", the filter is abruptly dropped for a second, and the darkened day (or movie "night") is instantly illuminated with very bright afternoon sunshine. The next frame, when their antique car turns into Joe Gurney's driveway, it is now pitch-black night.

With her silly "firecracker" hair, Kay Francis rather resembles Betty Boop, another character who, just like the actress, was mislabeled as White.

The police know Carol (Kay Francis) and Bill (James Stephenson) are in the house, but that doesn't stop them from blasting it with everything but a Sherman tank.

Stilted acting: Joe Gurney (Bogart) constantly tells the doctor not to be scared of him, each time she is brought to him. However, Kay Francis does nothing with her character to show any fear whatsoever. Quite the contrary, she acts rather brash and brazen.

Equally, when Bogart's wrist is being re-bandaged, and the doctor claims it got infected, Bogie doesn't wince once (unlike the first time) nor does his face reflect any pain whatsoever. He just carries on talking to her (Kay) as if nothing were the matter.