Goofs

When Gator is trying out the 1971 Ford Galaxie he was given by the federal agents, you see him working a manual gear shift on the floor. Throughout the scene Gator up-shifts and downshifts. However, when he arrives at his parents' home, you see him place the car in park on the steering wheel, which is likely an automatic transmission.

When the cops are chasing Gator you can see that there is no rear widow in his car, but when he jumps it onto the barge the car now has a rear window.

Window glass is sometimes removed so there will be no glare or reflections. They were different cars, shot at different times. They certainly didn't replace the glass in the totaled vehicle.

During a car chase between the police and Gator, a large gold ring on the right ring-finger of Gator appears and disappears several times during scene changes.

When the sheriff jumps his car into the river, it can be seen to have no windshield or rear window.

When the feds give Gator his brown '71 custom, they are driving a silver '71 Ford LTD with a black vinyl roof and the small lug cover hub caps. This same car is used when Roy drives Dude's wife to the funeral.

Burt says "429 dual carburetors," when there is clearly only one on the intake manifold.

When Gator tears out of the home for unwed mothers, he spins his tires and they squeal as if on blacktop. He's on gravel.

Diane Ladd's last name is misspelled "Lad" in the opening and closing credits.

It's not misspelled. She's changed her name a few times, from her birth name of Ladner to Ladd, and to Lad in two films released in 1973, this one and The Devil's Daughter (1973).

Both of Gator's parents, as seen in the close up on their porch when he went to visit, have blue eyes. Gator has brown eyes. The odds of this are about one in 1.1 million; less than 0.0000001%.

So either Gator falls into that category of one in 1.1 million, or it's possible those are not his birth parents.

When Gator is talking to one of the young mothers about what happened to Donny, smoke drifts into frame when the girl is talking. Most likely from something the camera crew was smoking. She has no cigarette.

There is no smoke. Possibly the selective focus (background blurred) made it look like smoke during the shot with a lighter background.

When Roy Boone's Mercury is first seen, there is damage on the left side of the strip below the bumper. When Roy goes on the moonshine run with Gator as his blocker, the strip is intact.

When driving dirty, do only one illegal thing at a time. Bumper damage can trigger a traffic stop, so he fixed it before he left.

The rear projection footage of traffic in Gator's rear window doesn't move while the two sisters holding onto his car door are slowly walking to keep up with the car moving.

The traffic wasn't moving because he was crawling slowly along while flirting. Somebody honked at him and then finally moved into the lane.

The police car chasing Gator (while blocking for Roy), has a rearview mirror in some shots, not in others.

During the first chase scene when Gator is tearing through town, one can see dozens of spectators at various location in anticipation of the staged pursuit.

There are several shots of Gator's '71 Ford that show a stock front clip. Then there are some that show the left headlights covered in tape and a steel bracket that runs along the front bumper.

In several scenes dialogue heard does not match mouth movements. This may be due to ADR work done to replace strong language used in the initial filming.

After Gator confronts J.C. Conner with Dude in the passenger seat, the antenna can be seen for the wireless mics. It has a red tip and is seen in front of Dude most likely on the floorboard.

As the warden walks over to Gator as he is digging a trench, there is a cord along with a taped mic visible going up the right side of warden's back as it is seen through the warden's yellow collared shirt.