Small Time Crooks

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• Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
• The film contains several references to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'The Red-Headed League,' including the plot to break into a bank through the basement of an adjacent storefront and Frenchy's attempt memorize the contents of the dictionary.
• The movie poster is based on an NYPD campaign from the 70s with the phrase "Never Give a Criminal an Even Break".
• Movie Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Shown the house where writer Henry James (whom her husband confuses with band leader Harry James once lived), the culture-challenged Frenchy announces that James was author of The Heiress (which she pronounces as "The Harris"). In reality, The Heiress was the title of the screen versions of James' novel - and a play based upon it - called Washington Square. James never wrote anything called The Heiress.