Goofs for
The Two Jakes (1990) More at IMDbPro »

• Anachronisms: Set in 1948, Jake strolls past an automatic teller machine.
  
  
• Continuity: A frightened Det. Lt. Loach relieves himself on the floor of the police room with his trousers on. In all subsequent shots his trousers are dry.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The stamp on the letter wasn't issued until 1949.
  
  

• Anachronisms: On the homes under construction in the B&B subdivision, the mottled texture of the sheathing indicates it to be Oriented Strand Board (OSB) and not plywood. OSB did not appear in construction until the Late 1970s and early 1980s.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: "For Redheads Only" is backwards on the door in the salon when Gittes enters, revealing the use of a mirror image.
  
  
• Continuity: On the gold course Gittes tosses away his cigarette to drive he ball. When he is shown standing by to watch Berman tee off, he takes a drag on a cigarette that he not only did not have time to light, but did not have time to smoke it down to its current length.
  
  

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