Toward the end of the movie, when the cops arrive to arrest Frankie, an ambulance arrives at the scene after the "incident" occurs (I won't recall what said incident was to avoid a spoiler). The total time it takes the ambulance to arrive has to be less than 30 seconds. For some reason, this kinda bothered me...
shareJust saw it last night and thought the exact same thing!! I would think a filmmaker of Otto Preminger's quality would've figured out SOMETHING different to do w/ that scene to make it a bit more believeable. I also found it pretty lame that the "EMT" was in scrubs, and not the work-clothes typical of EMT personnel. Maybe the EMTs/ambulance workers of 50 years ago wore scrubs to work, but somehow, I doubt it.
shareYeah, they needed to lengthen the scene to allow for the ambulance arrival. Maybe they could have had an ambulance responding to somebody overdosing (one of Louie's customers?), then have the attendents brought over to tend the dying Zosh....
shareIn response to your "not the work-clothes typical of EMT personnel" comment - back then, ambulance drivers were not "EMT's", they were hospital workers and wore doctor/hospital worker type of garb. That is also were "the men in white coats" expression came from, too.
sharethat happens all the time.
shareI thought that too!
Still, it doesn't detract from the film as a whole...
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I thought it said Police Van
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Back then ambulance drivers would park in the neighborhoods that brought the most action.
Zosh and Machine lived in the thick of skid row-bars,strip joints,illegal card games and drug houses..so,IMO it wasn't surprising the ambulance was there so quick.