While Malloy and Reed are driving by the liquor store, a car following close behind can be seen through the rear window. When the shot cuts to a side view, the car is not there, but when they return to the front view, the car is back.
When investigating the car-crushing victim, the Coroner's Assistant says he'll know more about how long the victim was under the car after the autopsy.
However, the man was alive when brought out from under the car by Malloy and Reed. An autopsy would reveal when the man died, but not how long he was trapped.
However, the man was alive when brought out from under the car by Malloy and Reed. An autopsy would reveal when the man died, but not how long he was trapped.
When pulling the man trapped under the car, they should have grabbed and pulled on his coveralls. Raising and pulling on his arms only aggravated his ribs and abdomen causing more pain.
When Reed and Malloy are changing the tire, although it appears that Reed is turning the lug nuts the "wrong" way to loosen them, many Mopar cars in the 60s/70s had reverse lug nuts on the drivers' side.
The refrigerator the boy was in has the then-modern magnetic rubber door gasket that didn't require an old-style mechanical latch. This was to prevent what is depicted here. He could have pushed opened it himself from the inside.
When Malloy is jacking up the car you can see a jack stand under the door towards the rear. Clearly they're for safety and to keep the car off the actor under the car. When scene cuts back to Malloy and the guy under the car tells him that he stole the car, the scene cuts back to the side view and the jack is now hidden by a tool box.
Prior to the ambush car shooting at Adam 12, Reed gives their location on the radio as Adventure and Riverside. According to the street sign, they are actually at Ventura Blvd. and Carpenter Street.