The Great Silence

The Great Silence (1968)

6 mistakes - chronological order

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Revealing mistake: At the beginning of the opening title sequence if you look behind Silence as he rides through the snow covered forest you can see what looks like a couple of skiers whizz by. (00:05:34)

Jack Vaughan

Factual error: When Pauline is burying her husband in the cemetery there is a shot of a mountain with vultures swarming around it and an antenna mast is visible on top of the mountain. (00:24:18)

Jack Vaughan

Continuity mistake: Throughout the stagecoach scene (when Silence meets the Sheriff and Loco) the number of horses attached to the back of the coach changes a number of times. Sometimes there is one horse, sometimes two. (00:25:44)

Jack Vaughan

Revealing mistake: When Loco is tying up the hands of one of his dead bounties (as the stagecoach with Sheriff and Silence turns up to collect them) you can see the breath of the other "dead" man in the cold air. (00:28:38)

Jack Vaughan

Continuity mistake: When Loco punches Silence at the bar his hat falls off, however cut to Silence lying on the floor and his hat is still on his head. (00:57:55)

Jack Vaughan

Continuity mistake: Throughout the Snow Hill town scenes the amount of snow falling changes frequently from shot to shot, often most noticeable from wide to close-up shots.

Jack Vaughan

Tigrero, a.k.a. Loco: Can't a man provide for his old age?
Sheriff Burnett: I don't think you're gonna make it.

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