In the elevator during the first robbery, Carl puts on his left glove three times. Whenever the camera angle switches back to him from the hostages, he's putting that same glove on his hand.
Police with the insurance agent discuss five men walking in off the street to do the robbery. Although there are five men total, only four enter the bank, and at that time a driver was not known.
During the infamous chess game, an overview of the board is shown as Vicki Anderson moves her bishop forward that shows that Crown has already castled, but it is not until later in the game that he actually performs the move.
When the detective's secretary is reading out the "take" of the money stolen, she says: 16,240 $20 bills, 19,871 $10 bills, 34,465 $5 bills and 129,000 $1 bills. This totals $824,835.00. Yet several minutes later an insurance check is paid to the bank in the amount of $2,660,527.62. In addition, all those bills would weigh 199,576 grams, or about 440 pounds. Yet, the sacks look like they are just filled with crumpled newspaper and are thrown around as such.
When Erwin (Jack Weston) enters the hotel room, the door is unlocked as he comes in, and when he closes the door, he steps inside and the lights come on. The door chain is shown as set or engaged although Erwin is not seen or heard touching it. When he leaves, he doesn't seem to touch it either in the darkness, but it is already disengaged as he opens the door.
The PA system at the polo game announced the "end of the first period". The divisions of a polo match are called "chukkers".
During the robbery several revolvers have silencers. A Silencer will not work on a revolver of that time (except for the M1895 Nagant revolver.)
The aircraft shown on touchdown in Geneva is a Swissair Convair 990 Coronado. The airline did not operate on any North Atlantic routes with this type.
Driving over environmentally sensitive dune grass on the beach shows very poor judgment by the actors and filmmakers. Even in the 1960s this would have run counter to laws in Massachusetts and ordinances in coastal towns.
Poor judgment by producers, filmmakers, or actors does not constitute a Goof in the movie, and driving on sand dunes in Massachusetts is allowed in certain areas.
Poor judgment by producers, filmmakers, or actors does not constitute a Goof in the movie, and driving on sand dunes in Massachusetts is allowed in certain areas.
About eight minutes in, the first thief, Abe, checks the payphone he is at by phoning for the time. The word "Telephone" and a sign above are reversed. The shot was flipped to fit the visual aesthetic being arranged on the split screen.
When the bank of phone booths is first shown it is in the mirror at the back of a barber shop. While the reversed "Telephone" is shown, an out of focus view of a man being groomed by the barber is in the foreground. When talking to Thomas on the phone a direct view of the phone booth is shown.
During the first getaway, the driver is seen driving westbound on the Massachusetts Turnpike a mile or so into the highway from downtown Boston. He's then seen entering the Pike from I-93, which would have happened prior to already being on that road. Subsequently, he's seen further down the Pike, once again somehow traveling westbound on it as he was before.
Per IMDb Guidelines, this is called "creative geography" and is not considered a Goof. ("... things that only a local would spot, but that don't alter the "reality" of the movie, are excluded.")
Per IMDb Guidelines, this is called "creative geography" and is not considered a Goof. ("... things that only a local would spot, but that don't alter the "reality" of the movie, are excluded.")
(at around 10 mins) Carl goes to a payphone and attempts to put money in it, but it reads "Out Of Service". Everyone else waits for a payphone to ring, so why was he attempting to make a call?
It's possible he was trying to make it look as if he's making a call in case he was being observed; it would draw less attention as most people use payphones to call someone.
It's possible he was trying to make it look as if he's making a call in case he was being observed; it would draw less attention as most people use payphones to call someone.
The telegram that Thomas Crown sends to Vicki at the end of the movie essentially contains a confession to involvement in the second bank robbery. Unless he is fleeing to a country that does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S., the telegram would almost certainly be enough evidence to bring him back to trial, so he didn't really get away in the end, despite the implication in the film.
A telegram unsigned with no fingerprints is not evidence.
A telegram unsigned with no fingerprints is not evidence.
Thomas sneaks out of his apartment and sneaks up on the detective watching from the sidewalk. Thomas knocks the detective out, drags him to his car, pours booze on him, and takes the car out of gear, which allows it to roll into a tree. The crash breaks the radiator and steam comes out of the hood. However, the engine had not been running for quite a while, hence, there would have been no heat to make steam.
Thomas Crown's secretary is credited as "Miss Sullivan," played by Carol Corbett. Steve McQueen frequently calls her Carol.
As people who have taken a sauna knows, one does not wear jewelry in the sauna as the metal will heat up and can burn the body.
When insurance investigator Vicki Anderson hears that Thomas Crown earns money in arbitrage, she is ignorant of the term and asks its meaning. This seems scarcely credible, given her line of work and its level of sophistication.
At the beginning of the movie, when Crown is closing a deal to buy some property, he is instructed to "sign on the top line"; but there's only one signature line on the page.