Dudley Smith: I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whiskey in Ireland.
When Bud White pulls into the driveway at Pierce Patchett's house to question him about Susan Leffert's murder, the wind is causing a tree top (top center of the frame) to sway. Before Bud opens the car door, you can see the tree come to a sudden stop in a position different than that of the last frame. See more...
The film has eighty speaking parts. See more...
Directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe (add more)
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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When Bud White meets Buzz Meeks he rips his (Meeks') wallet from his hip pocket. Later, when he finds Meeks' dead body he retrieves the wallet from the inside pocket of Meeks' suitcoat. Plausible, but unlikely that Meeks changed his habit. [If it's plausible, then it's possible, and therefore not a mistake.]
Corrected by STP
When Bud visits Lynn (The scene where he punches her), as he walks up to her house, you can see a sunny area behind him, even though it is raining heavily. [Rain and sunshine may happen at the same time.]
The 1952-set movie is based around the premiere of the classic sci-fi movie, When Worlds Collide. Which is fine, except that the movie premiered in 1951. [The film it was based around the release of was released in 1951. It was premiered as Matt and the girl were arrested for possesion, and then later in the film Matt is out of prison, making it likely that the year would be 1952. thus making the date the film was set correct.]
License plate numbers are incorrect. In the 1950s, there were 5 digit plates, but in the film, there are 6 or 7, like nowadays. [Six-digit license plates were used in California as early as 1917, and were used regularly throughout the 1930's and 1940's. The scheme shown on the cars in the 1952-based movie is consistent with the usage at the time. See http://www.davesclp.com/california.htm for examples.]
When Bud is talking to Lynn about Susan Lefferts, Lynn says something to the effect that Susan "came on a bus with dreams of Hollywood, and this is how they turned out." But Bud later visits Susan Lefferts's mother, who lives in Elysian Park. That leaves three possibilities: One, Susan's mother originally lived somewhere other than Hollywood, and then moved there at some point. Two, Susan lived with someone other than her mother before coming to Hollywood. Three, the bus Lynn was referring to was a city bus - which would have travelled about six miles. [Lynn is using a cliché. "Arriving on the bus" is still used for hopeful actors arriving in Hollywood, and even for political hopefuls to some extent. The mayor even uses it, and Bud turns it around on him later.]
Corrected by Grumpy Scot
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