The car Joane Proctor drives up to the vegetable stand in is a 57 Dodge 4-door. The car that goes over the cliff is a 57 Dodge 2-door. It clearly has been mashed-in in the middle-front end and hood before going over the cliff, most likely they got it from a junkyard. It also has the fuel-filler door open for no apparent reason.
The sky is considerably brighter when the car goes over the cliff than it was just a few seconds before when the car drove away on its own from Mr. Kumagi's store.
The demonstration of the car controls exhibit is incorrect for two reasons: the '57 Dodge shown going over the cliff had a push-button automatic transmission. Even if it were a manual transmission, the gearshift lever would be on the right-hand side of the steering column, not on the left as shown. That would be where the turn signal lever is mounted.
Dr. Omstead stole the body of the murder victim to keep the police from performing an autopsy and determining the cause of death. Why, then, did Dr. Omstead eventually dump the body in the Pacific at the very spot where the police were looking for it?
He dumped it before the police were looking. Furthermore, they never say exactly where the body was found in the ocean. It could have been found at another location from where the car went over the cliff.
He dumped it before the police were looking. Furthermore, they never say exactly where the body was found in the ocean. It could have been found at another location from where the car went over the cliff.