Goofs

The Corregidor money that shows up at the beginning is identified by its serial number and is unburned. Mr. Blake from the Treasury Department states that all of the stolen money that has been appearing in circulation never got near the bonfire that was used to burn $10 million before the Japanese Army invaded. But by the time the trial starts, the stolen Corregidor money is now identified by being scorched on its edges implying that it was raked out of the fire before it could be burned.

The MP captain testified that the typist using the defendant's typewriter was a touch typist because of the equally strong key indentations left on the typewriter ribbon. This is untrue; a touch typist leaves fainter indentations with the outer keys because he is typing with his little fingers.

Perry obtains some military service records after asking Paul to requisition them from the FBI. Military service records are stored in the Military Personnel Records Center.

In an atmosphere of spit-and-polish, squared away soldiering, Major Lewis, Captain Kennedy and Sergeant McKnight all cite the time of past events using nonmilitary vocabulary (e.g., "10:15 p.m." instead of "22:15 hours").

At the beginning of the story, two sergeants are dismissed from an office by an officer sitting in a chair. In the U.S. Army, enlisted do not render a hand salute uncovered. And further, these men were indoors. When enlisted men are dismissed by an officer, they come to attention, render a salute, do an about-face, and leave. Hollywood gets this wrong all the time.

After Frank Lessing allegedly kills himself, the gun is still in his hand and the wound apparently did not bleed.

It's a mistake to think that Perry couldn't obtain the military records in this case. In the service a man records travel with him as moves from station to station. And since all the men involved were stationed at this base. Their records would have been in the records clerks office on base. No need to go to the FBI. Or, the Central Military Records Center. Actually Perry only requested that the fingerprints be verified by the FBI. Something they frequently do. And as the attorney representing a soldier in a courts martial he would be able to have access to any records associated with the case.

Captain Kennedy's memory proves insufficient when answering a question on the witness stand, and he resorts to a notebook he is carrying on his person. For the transcript, a comment to this effect should have been made by Kennedy or by an officer of the court-martial.

Harry Jackson is correctly billed as M Sgt William Smith as is Lee Torrence as Sgt 1st Class McKnight. Paul Picerni and Kevin Hagen are incorrectly billed with the rank of Sgt. Percerni wears the insignia of a Master Sergeant (M Sgt), while Hagen wears the insignia of a Staff Sergeant (S Sgt).

The victim was shot to death in his own home. Why the shot wasn't heard by his wife or any of his neighbors isn't explained. He was in fact shot in his office, not his home.

The uniforms are wrong, there are several little things. On the Staff Sargent his service ribbons are way off center. The collar brass is worn way too high. No one is wearing name plates.