Some Came Running goofs

Although the film is set in 1948, several cars dating from as late as the mid-1950s can be spotted in the background of certain scenes.

Apart from the older cars, there were no notable visual cues — in hairstyles, wardrobe or the like — used to indicate the story was set in 1948 rather than the late fifties when it was shot.

Although period cars were used, the Greyhound coach Dave rides into town on is definitely c. mid-to-late '50s. The windows give it away.

When Ginnie tidies Bama's house, a 1954 edition of Life magazine is visible on the coffee table, although the film is set in 1948.

Although 'The Portable Steinbeck' was originally published in 1946, the paperback edition Dave is seen holding was first printed in 1957. The film is set in 1948.

After Dave drives Bama home from hospital, he gets out of the car and Bama slides across into the driver's seat. Dave asks whether he'll be all right driving with one hand, and Bama takes the wheel with his injured arm rather than his right arm.

The doctor asserts that alcohol puts substantial amounts of sugar into the bloodstream. In reality, alcohol lowers blood glucose concentrations by inhibiting gluconeogenesis.

At the end, Ginnie says she wants to return and fetch her pillow, but they never get as far as her house. Yet in the final shot at the funfair the pillow is visible.

At Smitty's bar, Ginnie's hamburger never diminishes in size; however many mouthfuls she takes, it even grows larger.

At Frank Hirsch's house, when Dave Hirsch meets Professor French, they clasp hands and lower their arms; in the following shot they are seen shaking hands once more.

When Bama is in hospital, he starts dealing a game of patience. He turns over the first few cards from the top before the doctor arrives. By the time the camera zooms in on Bama and he tells the doctor "Bring me my trousers", all of the top cards have already been turned. When the shot pulls back to the view of the room, Bama goes on to flip over the next card on the top of the pile.

When Frank and Edith emerge from Frank's shop after he discovered her working late, the sky is dark enough for the neon signs of nearby shops to be clearly visible. Yet as they drive along the river there remains a fair amount of twilight in the sky.

Towards the film's conclusion, a Coors beer can is visible on the table in the motel room. Until 1976, Coors was sold exclusively in eleven western states.

Although Dave Hirsh's uniform appears to "lack rank insignia", he is most likely portrayed as a Private. During the Second World War a Private wore no rank insignia; a single chevron denoted Private First Class until 1968. Additionally, in the Second World War enlisted men did not wear collar branch insignia on Class B khaki uniforms until shortly before the Korean War. Hirsh is evidently serving in the infantry, as indicated by the Combat Infantryman's Badge worn above his left breast pocket.

Frank Sinatra was experiencing hair loss in 1958. To disguise a bald patch, a glossy make-up was applied to the back of his head, which in a number of scenes caught and reflected the lighting.

The film features a death scene in which the person presumed dead shows a visible pulse at the neck and is clearly breathing.

As Dave and Bama are driving, Dave brings the car to a halt and applies the handbrake; the rear-projection background, however, keeps moving until he opens the car door.