The top mistakes in Murder in the First http://www.moviemistakes.com/film2871 en Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:55:13 +0000 19080 Throughout the film they show exterior shots of Alcatraz. If you pay attention you can clearly see that the Warden's house is destroyed and all that remains is a shell. Also there is only 1 guard tower. Alcatraz had many guard towers but they were destroyed in the seventies by fire. The movie takes place in the late thirties.