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| 1 |
The Deadly Mantis |
At one point, the gigantic title character knocks over a city bus. For a moment, the word TONKA can be seen on the underside of the vehicle.
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Jailhouse Rock |
In one scene, Elvis Presley's prison uniform displays the number 6239, yet in another it becomes 6240.
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A King in New York |
First day in the hotel, the Ambassador sees Chaplin peeping. Chaplin's places both hands on his hips, a brusque cut follows and his right arm is up.
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Funny Face |
During the "How Long Has This Been Going On" number, Hepburn dances by a mirror - reflected in it are the camera crew, desperately trying to get out of the image.
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Desk Set |
When Richard Sumner and Miss Watson are standing in the rain about to enter her building, she calls him darling or Charlie (it's hard to tell). Either one would be an error since they are not chummy at this point and his name is Richard.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai |
When William Holden visits the Special Operations HQ for the first time a black vehicle is seen pulling in to the complex. The car is a 1948 Dodge or other Chrysler product which had not yet been manufactured.
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Gunfight at the OK Corral |
When Kirk Douglas 'appears' to pull a knife from his collar and throw it into Lee Van Cleef's chest, you can see Kirk pick the knife up from a trough in the front edge of the bar. The knife is already in his hand when he reaches to pull the knife from his collar.
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Old Yeller |
at the beginning of the movie Mr. Coates tells his wife that he will be gone "All of three months , maybe four". the first time we see Bud and Elizabeth Searcy she tells Travis that her dog is pregnant and that Old Yeller is the father we then see her dog (who does not look very pregnant)and the next time we see Elizabeth she presents Travis with one of the pups the problem is that the pup that was supposedly just born is about 4 months old.
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Just My Luck |
If Ashley kisses somebody, her good luck is passed on to them. However, Ashley kisses Chris Hemmington before she kisses Jake, so shouldn't Chris Hemmington have her luck?
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The Amazing Colossal Man |
In the film the scientists are discussing the growth rate at which Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is experiencing. The scientists explain that the heart is made up of just one cell, but this is not correct.
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Hell Drivers |
At the start of the film when Tom is doing his trial run, he is forced off the road to avoid crashing into two oncoming trucks, driven by Johnny and Red. His truck has the number thirteen number board on the front, which isn't on it during any other time during the trial run, although it's on the truck for the rest of the film.
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Paths of Glory |
According to one of the characters, the firing squad is drawn from the 3rd Battalion of the 701st Infantry Regiment, the same regiment as most of the other characters. However, all the members of the firing squad (except the officer and sergeant, who are credited characters seen elsewhere in the film) have "710" on their collar patches. This can be seen when the sergeant, who has "701" on his collar patches, is briefing them.
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Silk Stockings |
When Peggy Dainton arrives at the Paris airport, she's handed a bouquet of roses twice by the same man.
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The Monolith Monsters |
About seven minutes before the end, the geologist and company and a Highway Patrol car go to the edge of town to get a better view. As the Highway Patrol car skids to a stop look on the road and there is already a longer skid mark. I'm guessing that in the first take the car skidded too far.
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3:10 To Yuma (1957) |
In the scene where Glen Ford shoots the stagecoach driver dead, the body falls to the ground. Glen Ford gives the order to put the "dead" man on the saddle of a horse. When the men lift him up, the "dead" man puts his right hand up onto the shoulder of one of the men.
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Hellcats of the Navy |
As the movie opens, the submarine is dispatching frogmen to acquire Japanese mines that are sonar-proof. The problem with this is that in order to locate mines by sonar, either the mines must make noises to be picked up by passive hydrophones, or the submarine has to start pinging with active sonar. Doing this makes the submarine vulnerable to any enemy listening in. I can't imagine a submarine venturing into a mined strait, announcing to one and all, "Here I am"..
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| 17 |
The Enemy Below |
When the U-Boat first appears on the U.S.S. Haynes' radar screen, operator Andrews turns his head to the screen a split-second before the blip actually appears. The swiftness of his reaction indicates that he is reacting to the radar signal, not that he has his face turned to the screen by chance; the actor simply made his move too early.
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison |
Allison is wounded by a grenade fragment while disabling the Japanese 105's. But when his bloody shoulder is first seen, the blood stain is visibly too bright for real blood.
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| 19 |
12 Angry Men |
When Juror 8 is approaching Juror 4 following the revelation of the witness across the street's eyesight being put under question, as the camera moves in, its shadow is seen moving across the back of Juror 3.
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The Spirit of St. Louis |
The visual of St. John's, Newfoundland shows a modern high-voltage power line across the hillside which probably didn't exist in 1927.
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| 21 |
An Affair to Remember |
An open water shot of the Constitution shows the wake from the camera boat.
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