When Harry Angel fills Epiphany's glass in the hotel, he puts less than half a glass of whatever is they're drinking. In the next shot, her glass is full.
When Harry Angel impersonates an official (Harry Conroy) from the National Institute of Health at the private hospital just outside Poughkeepsie, at the end of his conversation with the nurse, his glasses disappear between the penultimate and final shots of the scene.
His glasses disappear at the last frame (0:14:30) for a split second. The decision was made to keep that tiny, insignificant glitch instead of re-shooting.
His glasses disappear at the last frame (0:14:30) for a split second. The decision was made to keep that tiny, insignificant glitch instead of re-shooting.
About a half-hour in, when Harry and Connie are in bed, after meeting at the bar, Harry unfastens the garter straps from the front of Connie's stockings. When Harry helps Connie take off her skirt, both garters are unfastened. But in the next shot, when Connie throws her skirt aside, both garters are fastened.
After Harry finds Dr. Fowler dead, he lights a cigarette and the camera shows a close up of the gun in Dr. Fowler's hand, not fully grasped, pointing towards the left side of his body. In the next shot Harry goes to grab the Bible with the ammunition inside, and the gun is now pointing up towards Dr. Fowler.
When Harry mets Margaret she ask him if he would like a tea. He accepts and puts the cup on the edge of the table near him. When he gets up the cup vanishes.
When Angel discovers Margaret Krusemark's body, a pulse in her neck is visible.
After Angel's first meeting with Cyphre, when he's driving the car, he turns the steering to the right, but the car is seen turning to the left
The head is superimposed on the body of the little boy in the shot where he's pointing at Harry Angel with glowing eyes.
In the last scene showing the closeup of Dr. Fowler's body he breathes, causing the photo on his chest to rise.
Harry's tape recording says "January 3rd, 1955," but this scene follows the scene in the bar, where Kid Gavilan is fighting Gil Turner. (The boxing announcer says, 'Turner weighs a hundred forty-four and a half.") Gavilan and Turner fought on July 7, 1952, not in January 1955. Gavilan did not fight in January '55.
During Angel's first meeting with Cyphre, Cyphre's cane switches from being in his hand to not being in his hand when the camera angles changes.
Part of the time, it was leaning on his lap and out of shot.
Part of the time, it was leaning on his lap and out of shot.
The credit for "Extras Casting" is misspelled without the first T as "Exras Casting".
Credits and titles are outsourced and aren't part of film makers job.
Credits and titles are outsourced and aren't part of film makers job.
At the end of the film, it is implied that Harry Angel was executed for his murder of Epiphany Proudfoot. There were no executions of this nature (white on black hate crime racial murders) in the United States until the 1980s. There were also no convictions of any white men in a 1950s Louisiana state court for the rape and murder of a black woman.
When Harry tries to avoid Ethan Krusemark's two goons by buying oysters he ends up on the floor being attacked by their dog. If you look carefully you will see that the oyster sellers hat appears and disappears off his head from one brief shot to another.
Brief indeed. About 1/2 second at 01:14:40. Keeping the barely noticeable, inconsequential glitch instead of re-shooting the whole action scene was the director's decision.
Brief indeed. About 1/2 second at 01:14:40. Keeping the barely noticeable, inconsequential glitch instead of re-shooting the whole action scene was the director's decision.
In New Orleans, there is a daybill ad for a drive-in movie theater posted on a mailbox, which advertises a showing of Cast a Giant Shadow (1966), released 11 years after the setting. The poster also features the Elvis film "Double Trouble" and the Waylon Jennings film "Nashville Rebel", both from the late 60s.
Harry direct dials a seven-digit phone number from a payphone. This wouldn't have been possible in the 1950s.
Supposedly set during 1955, modern day traffic signals can be seen in New Orleans.
When Harry Angel makes his tape recording, he gives the date as 3 January 1955. Later he quotes from the television program, The Mickey Mouse Club (1955) which did not premiere until 3 October 1955.
When Angel enters the Catholic Church where vespers are happening, there is a low altar in front of the high alter and communion rail. Low altars did not exist until the late 1960's.
When Harry is running from the goons chasing him, he interrupts a street procession. As he knocks a few people to the ground, you can see that they're wearing knee pads, especially the woman in the skirt. As this woman lifts herself off the ground, you can see her black knee pads.
When the two goons and the dog are attacking Harry and have him on his back, the bulge of a knee pad can be seen under his right pants leg.
Cyphre has trouble peeling his egg. At 0:27:50 the shell doesn't come off cleanly and takes chunks out of the egg. At 0:27:59, he gets a new egg and starts again but the shell also doesn't come off cleanly. At 0:28:23, he gets yet another new egg finally successfully peeled.