Directed by: George Roy Hill
Starring: Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, Robert Shaw, Dana Elcar, Robert Earl Jones
Visible crew/equipment: Towards the end of the film, as Snyder hustles Lonnegan out of the room (Spoiler alert!), believing that Hooker and Gondorf have been killed, an extra in a pale grey suit with a red tie stands with his hands up. The shadow of a Sennheiser microphone shows up clear as day on his costume.
Visible crew/equipment: When Robert Redford is being chased by Lt. Snyder, he jumps from a high place to the ground. One can easily tell it's not Redford but a stunt double.
Factual error: When Hooker comes out of the diner there is a billboard advertisement to the right. It is for Ezra Brooks bourbon. Ezra Brooks brand wasn't created until 1957.
Henry Gondorff: Pleased to meet you, kid. You're a real horse's ass.
Trivia: Producer Julia Phillips (died 2002) became the first female producer to win an Oscar for "Best Picture" for this film. The Oscar for "Best Picture" goes to the producers of the winning film since 1952. She shares the Oscar with fellow producers Tony Bill, and her then-husband Michael Phillips.
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Chosen answer: Snyder only knew that Erie was friends with Hooker, and he wasn't on Lonnegan's payroll, just a run-of-the-mill corrupt policeman, so he didn't know Erie was involved. The Courier barely saw Erie and so may not have been able to identify him as well as he did Hooker and Luther, so Erie was unknown to Lonnegan.