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ballistics

posted 10 years ago by bpress54
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OK, even though Hollywood portrayed cops as idiots back then, I'm sure the plan to fire a few bullets through the window wouldn't have flushed with even the dumbest of cops. If dude shot himself at his desk, the bullets fired through the window would not line up with the bullets in the victim's body so even a neophyte would have been able to figure out that something was rotten in Denmark. Mind you I'm writing this before having seen the entire movie, but I had to vent because the premise is so ridiculously stupid.

[–] hellogoodbye67-613-902347 10 years ago

Just watching this for the first time and I agree, but that was Hollywood back in 1949.

[–] bpress54 10 years ago

True, but they could have made it a bit more realistic. Now here's another *beep* up; dude goes home after dumping the gun in the ocean and discovers something on his hands and hat. He goes into the garage and washes his hands and hat, but doesn't bother to wipe off the steering wheel of his car, which (theoretically) must have the same stuff on it since whatever was on him was on his fingers

[–] kjackson106 10 years ago

He did wipe off the stearing wheel

[–] bpress54 10 years ago

Oops, missed that part. Thanks. Funny dude's son saw Mr. Hearne in the den with his father, then finds his old man dead when he comes home and doesn't tell the cops? I can't watch any more.

[–] MystMoonstruck 10 years ago

The boss made up the plan, so I'd doubt he would think along those lines. Obviously, neither man did. I doubt either one knew about police procedure, as we do now thanks to hundreds of programs, let alone all of those "Columbo" episodes. I imagine they would be naïve enough to think this would work.

I imagine that, only if you read crime magazines that were available back then, you wouldn't think of it. Likely even those "true crime" pulps wouldn't be very detailed.

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