As Malloy and Reed are starting to approach the burglary suspect, the gearshift is in Drive, but in the next shot it's in Neutral.
When Reed jumps out of the police cruiser to pursue the man with the pillowcase on foot, he leaves the front passenger side door of the cruiser open. When Malloy drives off in vehicle pursuit, that door is still open. In the next shot of the cruiser, that door is closed.
Mrs. Finley says her son's best friend is "Jimmy" without giving a last name. When Malloy walks up to Jimmy's house, he addresses the father as "Mr. White", even though he shouldn't know the name.
A cave constructed by children that collapsed once already would not be "safe" to enter at all.
There are two instances of ambulances driving away from the scene with a siren sounding. In both cases, the distinctive sound of the Super Chief siren can be heard. Neither ambulance has a Super Chief siren mounted on the outside, and the Super Chief siren is never mounted under the hood as it is too big.
The boys steal a TV set to furnish their cave hideout, but there is no possible way to power it so it could be used.
Malloy and Reed enter the cave which appears to have about an 8' ceiling.
The boys who dug the cave would have no reason to dig a cave that high, and the mound isn't tall enough to accommodate a cave that tall.
Further, since it's a freeway ramp under construction the dirt would have been moved there and dumped, and would be too loose to dig a cave.
The boys who dug the cave would have no reason to dig a cave that high, and the mound isn't tall enough to accommodate a cave that tall.
Further, since it's a freeway ramp under construction the dirt would have been moved there and dumped, and would be too loose to dig a cave.
Overpass abutments are not just "dirt hills" but are planned constructions reinforced with gravel, metal rods, pressed dirt, concrete, etc. and would not be easily dug into by children.
After the cave-in rescue, when Malloy and Reed enter the cave, there's no sign the cave had collapsed.