911 anachronism in The Nice Guys
In the 2016 movie The Nice Guys, which is set in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, a character yells "call 9-1-1!" during an unexpected gunfight.
Did the 9-1-1 emergency number exist in Los Angeles in the 1970s? I associate it only with later time periods.
Best Answer
You're correct.
From IMDb Goofs, factual errors section
Ryan Gosling character yells for someone to call 911. It was 1977-78 and while 911 was an emergency system that was used as early as 1968 in Alabama, it was not formally introduced to Los Angeles until October 1, 1984.
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