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Dead Reckoning (1947) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: Carla mentions it has been two days since she last saw Johnny. Night comes. People sleep. Day comes. Carla says it has been two days since she last saw Johnny. Should be three now.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Krause pushes the "unconscious" Murdock into a chair, Murdock takes a step, while falling backward, to keep his balance.
  
  
• Continuity: Inside the hotel room, after the waiter goes out carrying the folding table, Murdock takes the cigarette from his mouth with his left hand. The next shot shows him holding the cigarette with his right hand.
  
  

• Continuity: When Murdock is listening Coral to sing, he leans his left elbow on the table and puts his hand to his face. In the next shot, before she stands up, his left hand is on the table.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Murdock finds 'Morgue' in the phone book, the listing is shown beneath 'Municipal Laboratory' when it should be above it..
  
  
• Errors in geography: In one scene, Martinelli asks Murdock if he's been around, and Murdock says, "East St. Louis is around enough." Several other times, Murdock talks about his pre-war job, owning a string of taxis in St. Louis. East St. Louis and St. Louis are two different cities; East St. Louis is in Illinois, St. Louis in Missouri. Why would Murdock answer that he's "been around" in East St. Louis if his cabs were in St. Louis?
  
  

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