Other mistake: When Burke & Hare chop down the tree to stop the coach, they hit the tree with their axes at chest height. When the coach approaches they have hardly made a dent in the tree and when they push to tip the tree over, it doesn't break at chest height, but the entire tree falls, arguably still fully intact.
Burke and Hare (2010)
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Directed by: John Landis
Starring: Tim Curry, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Bailey, Michael Smiley
Factual error: The Lyceum Theatre, referenced in the film, did not exist in 1828 as it was not built until 1834.
Doctor Monro: And your new students, are they enjoying your lectures?
Doctor Robert Knox: Er, not as much as I understand they're enjoying your wife, sir.
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