Directed by: Roman Polanski
Starring: Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Faye Dunaway
Revealing mistake: When Gittes visits the orange grove and crashes into the tree, you can see that a steel plate has been placed around the tree to protect it.
Visible crew/equipment: When Gittes goes to Evelyn's house before she tells him the truth about her and Katherine, one of her servants opens the door and you can see in that precise moment the shadow of the camera on the door jamb on the left and on the wall next to the stairs while approaching to the actors. (01:47:23)
Continuity mistake: At 1972 Canyon Drive before Jake meets Katherine Cross, the dried flowers in the vase behind the sofa have been rearranged since we saw them at the beginning of the scene. (01:53:20)
Noah Cross: 'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
Trivia: The homage Roman Polanski pays is subtle but there are many similarities to Sam Spade in the Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston. Ida Sessions in beginning of the movie trying to put one over on Jake, the guys removing Hollis Mulwray's name from the door of the office after he dies, and Jake's interrogation of Evelyn Mulwray at 1972 Canyon Drive.
