Lawless

The double-yellow line on the paved road in the opening scene.

There would hardly have been any pavement in rural Virginia, let alone stripes, at the time.

Telephone (utility) poles shown in several scenes include both telephone lines and cable TV lines, some of which include modern "expansion loops.

" Cable television wasn't introduced in the US until 1948.

When Jack and Cricket are driving with the truck full of moonshine, the amount of crates in the back of the truck changes several times.

During the shootout at the bridge, the sheriff shoots Agent Rakes, seemingly in the back of his left leg.

But when Rakes retreats to the bridge, there is no sign of a bullet-hole or blood anywhere on the back of his suit.

When Floyd Banner is arriving in his car and stopping to eliminate his competitor, you can hear the sound of tires screeching on pavement.

However he's driving on a dirt road.

There was a sign for Grapette soda but according to grapette.

Com, Grapette started in 1939.

The flowers at Cricket's funeral (ranunculus, wax flower, French anemones) would likely not have been available in the rural mountains of Virginia at the time.

They would have likely used wildflowers such as goldenrod and queen anne's lace.

Throughout the movie, Spanish moss is shown.

The movie was shot in Georgia, which has Spanish moss.

Franklin County, VA does not.

Heavy kudzu growth is visible in many scenes - this is an invasive plant species introduced to the United States in the early 20th century, and it's much more common in Georgia where the film was shot, than Appalachian Virginia where the film was set.

And it probably wouldn't have been in either of those areas at all in the 1930's.

Corrugated cardboard boxes of this durability, seen here when new, unused moonshine jars were unpacked, were not available and utilized until the 1950's.