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• Anachronisms: Although the film is set in 1971, signs on various shop doors seen in the film advertise that credit cards "Visa" and "Mastercard" are accepted. The name "Visa" was not used for the charge card before 1977 (replacing Barclaycard in the UK); "Mastercard" was "Master Charge" until 1979.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The white police car (jaguar) has orange stripes down the side. These were not introduced until the late 1970s.
  
  
• Anachronisms: Paddington station is shown as restored with new British Rail signs. In 1971, the station would have been rather dirty from the steam days and many of the main signs would have still been original. Also, the train carriage is of 1973 vintage.
  
  

• Anachronisms: The underground train used in the film would have only been used on the newly opened Victoria Line and would have looked brand new in 1971. In 1971, Both the Northern Line and Bakerloo line would have had red underground trains possibly dating from the 1930s to the 1950s.
  
  
• Factual errors: On the end credits, the characters are grouped into categories. The category "VILLAINS" is misspelled as "VILLIANS".
  
  
• Anachronisms: The reel-to-reel tape recorder that the ham radio operator uses to record the radio conversation of the bank robbers is a Revox B77. This model was introduced in 1978. The movie is supposed to play in 1971 so it is impossible that this type of recorder could be used.
  
  
• Anachronisms: While at the cocktail party Anthony Johnson's Gunshot is playing in the background, this song didn't exist until 1981.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Though Michael X is from Trinidad he speaks with a Jamaican accent.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The window of "Le Sac", the bag store rented by the robbers, has labels on the door advertising VISA cards. During the early '70s, the credit card was known as BARCLAYCARD in Great Britain. This VISA logo is seen a few times in the film.
  
  
• Factual errors: When they look for the name of the police officer in the newspaper it has "Sargeant" which is not the correct spelling of "Sergeant"
  
  
• Anachronisms: The two tone police sirens as heard on the film have a distinct Gallic note, and are not the familiar two tone siren used by the Metropolitan Police in the '70s and '80s.
  
  
• Continuity: When Martine goes to the pub she orders four packets of cigarettes and eight packets of crisps. The bar man is seen (and heard) placing the crisps on the bar but Martine walks away without picking them up.
  
  
• Continuity: Martin's coat goes from buttoned to unbuttoned several times while they are talking in the warehouse.
  
  
• Anachronisms: During the movie's opening sequence the T-Rex song "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" is playing, and the subtitle "The Caribbean - 1970" is displayed. The song was not actually released until September 1971.
  
  
• Continuity: When Martine is recruiting Terry for the job, he is holding his drink with his left hand (complete with wedding band), then, without changing hands, sets it on the table with his right.
  
  

• Factual errors: SPOILER: Towards the end of the film where one of the robbers is suffocated to death with a plastic bag, in the light blue Mercedes, the car's registration plate ends in 'L'. The 'L' series is 1972/1973 plate, the newest registration plates at the time the film was set would have been 'K' and even in September 1971, that would have just come out.
  
  

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