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When Liam Neeson sees Jessica Lange at the club before the big shoot out it is sunny and daylight, but when he is about to enter the club it is suddenly dark outside and after he emerges from the shoot out about 30 minutes laters it is bright and sunny again.

After Liam Neeson's Marlowe is knocked unconscious by the thugs, he tells Ian Hart's police detective that the thugs took his .38 caliber pistol when it was a .45 automatic in the previous scene. Hart hands Marlowe what he calls "another .38," which is a .32 caliber revolver.

Amanda wears a prosthetic over her eye that looks like a bloody socket. That type of graphic make-up would never have been permitted under the Production Code.

Marlowe's and most of the male characters' hairstyles are anachronistic to the late 1930s.

In the 100s of centuries males have worn hair, every conceivable hairstyle has been tried. No such thing as "anachronistic to the late 1930s".

The film opens in 1939. the movie poster in the opening sequence is from 'Mexican Spitfire' a film which did not come out until the following year.

"Of the period". "It's entertainment not documentary".

While Marlowe and Hendricks are riding together in the car you can see the neon signs reflected in the windshield. However, they are readable and not reversed.

Also, they drove past the "Excelsior" at least twice.

When Marlowe is following Clare Cavendish in the car, looking through the back windows, you can see that his car is turning several times, but he is not moving the steering wheel at all.

A title at the beginning of the film says it is set in the fictitious Bay City, California. However, characters repeatedly mention being in Los Angeles.

In the film, Marlowe's office is situated in the wrong side of Hollywood Blvd. It should be the opposite, on 6389, the Cahuenga Building.