Directed by: Tay Garnett
Starring: Hume Cronyn, Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
Revealing mistake: When John Garfield is trying to stop Lana Turner from calling the District Attorney, Garfield holds the receiver up in the air off the hook. Then the phone rings. But a phone cannot ring when it is off the hook.
Revealing mistake: When Cora's lawyer comes to the diner to tell her that townspeople are talking about Frank and her living together, Frank is holding a serving tray with glasses on it. The tray is tilted at an impossible angle yet the glasses still stay on the tray.
Continuity mistake: When Frank, the DA and the policeman are discussing the accident, the policeman notices the electrocuted cat and it is shown next to the ladder. In the subsequent wide shot the cat is lying between the beams of the ladder. (00:42:50 - 00:43:35)
Frank Chambers: You know, there's something about this that's like, well it's like you're expecting a letter that you're just crazy to get, and you're hanging around the front door for fear you might not hear him ring. You never realise that he always rings twice.
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