When Gil pours Judge Tolliver a whiskey he tosses aside the cork which falls down the back of the chest. When he replaces the bottle the cork is beside it.
On the honeymoon evening: Billy throws his brother out one side of the tent, but from the outside, that flap is tied shut and his brother falls out the other side.
When Gil pours the judge the drink, his hand changes position on the bottle between shots, the hat on the bed also changes from old and having a dent to being in mint condition.
When the movie starts with the race between the camel and the horses, the camel has a clear lead by more than a length. Then in the next frames, the dark brown horse to the camel's right barely trails, then clearly catches and starts to pass the camel. But in the next frames, that horse's head is struggling to keep pace with the camel's hips.
The first night by the creek with Elsa, Heck's position with/behind her changes with each camera angle.... And just before the kiss, his hand reaches her twice; between shots.
Returning to Elsa's farm at the end of the movie and looking down at it from the hill, a set of dual tire tracks can be seen in the dirt.
Near the beginning, Randolph Scott claims to have been the Oregon Kid, who tamed Witchita among other cities. It should have been Wichita.
The "snow" shown on the ground in a number of scenes in the mining camp is obviously foam. This is clear from, for example, the scene when Billy Hammond (James Drury) throws his brother Jimmy (John Davis Chandler) out of the "honeymoon" tent onto his back. The "snow" splatters like foam, not snow.
When Elsa is cleaning the barn, she has two shadows even though it's daylight and no lanterns in the barn are lit.
Joel McCrae, when a riding horse with heavy leather riding gloves on, opened a pocket knife. This is impossible unless it was handed to him partially opened.
(at around 14 mins) In the restaurant fight, the wall moves when one of the fighters bounces off of it.
It is supposed to be night at the farm, but the sun is shining.
The many 34-star flags, all on flagpoles, at the opening of the movie do not match the Bobby helmets, open automobiles, and electric wiring over the streets. The 34-star U.S. flag was in use only from 1861-1863.
There is, however, also an inconsistent 45-star flag strung across the street. That design, in use from 1896-1908, does match the movie's time period.
There is, however, also an inconsistent 45-star flag strung across the street. That design, in use from 1896-1908, does match the movie's time period.
There are a number of indications that this film is set no later than the late 1890s or early 1900s - for example, the date of Elsa's mother death on her tombstone and the open automobile (characteristic of early twentieth century models). The heavily-worn dime that Judd (Joel McCrea) bets in the booth run by Westrum (Randolph Scott) in the opening scenes, however, is a so-called "Mercury" (Winged Liberty) dime, first minted in 1916. The dime is severely worn, however, a mint state that could not have been achieve without having been in circulation for decades.
The character played by Warren Oates repeatedly rapid fires his carbine rifle without injecting a new shell by either lever action or pump action. Such an automatic carbine was not available until World War II.
As Steve Judd, Gil Westrum, Heck Longtree, and Elsa first ride into the mining camp, there is a modern tire track visible in the snow from the camera vehicle, at the lower left corner of the scene, .