Best crime movie factual errors of 1967

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In the Heat of the Night picture

Factual error: In the scene where the escaped prisoner climbs onto the bridge, he's still in Mississippi. The road sign reads "Arkansas 49."

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Bonnie and Clyde picture

Factual error: When Bonnie and Clyde are killed he is lying on the ground in front of the car, and she is in the driver seat. In real life they were both killed in the car. He was in the driver seat, and she was lying up against him. (01:44:20)

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre picture

Factual error: The narrator near the beginning says Al Capone was born in Italy. He was actually born in Brooklyn NY.

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In Cold Blood picture

Factual error: In the scene when the two criminals are in the hardware store, two vehicles are parked outside that are clearly late 1960's automobiles, despite the film being set in 1959. (00:15:25)

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Cool Hand Luke picture

Factual error: "Lucille" is listening to a transistor radio when she washes the car - clear from the size and because the music starts as soon as she turns it on. The first transistor radio wasn't available until 1954, and this movie is set in the very early 50s.

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Suggested correction: Another correction points out that this film takes place post-Korean War, so after 1953. The radio fits the timeline.

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Wait Until Dark picture

Factual error: When Susy reads the phone number in Braille, what is written on the paper is gibberish. Not only is it not a number, it says "shchsting."

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Robbery picture

Factual error: When the ambulance arrives the policeman, at the crash scene, is wearing a City of London Police helmet (different from the Met) yet he is in a Metropolitan Police area.

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