Continuity mistake: Bart's coat gets covered with dust during the fistfight in the cabin. But in the next shot, he runs outside and the coat is completely clean again. (00:47:00)
Jean G
16th Jan 2014
Maverick (1957)
16th Jan 2014
Maverick (1957)
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, rear-screen projection footage behind the stagecoach shows a landscape covered with trees. When Crippen points out the mountains, we see an expanse of completely treeless desert. In the next shot, the trees have returned.
12th Jan 2014
The Virginian (1962)
Continuity mistake: When Trampas and Bob meet Mr. Coulter on the road, their horses are close enough to touch flanks. In the reverse-angle shot, however, they're several feet apart.
26th Dec 2013
Maverick (1957)
The Town That Wasn't There - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: John Astin, playing a homely sheep farmer, wears a large fake nose throughout the episode. But in the saloon meeting scene, where Beau introduces him to the townsfolk, the nose is conspicuously missing.
20th Dec 2013
Maverick (1957)
The Resurrection of Joe November - S3-E24
Continuity mistake: The confetti and ribbons that fall on the coffin change their configuration with each new camera angle.
10th Dec 2013
The Virginian (1962)
Continuity mistake: The miniature train used in all the night shots (it passes the same artificial mountainside several times), is pulling three passenger cars and no baggage car. When the full size train arrives at the station the next day, it has a baggage car and only one passenger car.
9th Nov 2013
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Continuity mistake: The windows in Miss Brody's classroom seem to have minds of their own. The one she admonishes a student to lower to six inches closes itself completely a few shots later. Another, in a later scene, reduces the amount it is open by several inches between takes.
23rd Oct 2013
Mod Squad (1968)
Continuity mistake: When the load of lumber is dropped on Captain Greer's 1968 Ford Galaxy 500, the car turns into a beat-up 1960 Oldsmobile just before it is squashed.
24th Sep 2013
Operation Pacific (1951)
Continuity mistake: As Japanese planes strafe the U.S.S. Thunderfish, the insertion of a brief piece of sub-being-struck-by-gunfire stock footage changes the American submarine into a German U-boat. (01:30:00)
18th Sep 2013
Bat Masterson (1958)
Continuity mistake: The placement of the money protruding from Masterson's bag changes completely between shots when he enters the bank. (00:01:45)
9th Sep 2013
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: Because episodes were not aired in production order, both Lynda Day George (whose character is said to be on a prolonged assignment in Europe) and Greg Morris' mustache appear, disappear and re-appear throughout the seventh season.
8th Sep 2013
Bat Masterson (1958)
Continuity mistake: During the street fight, Gene Barry's stunt double wears a shaggy wig that gets badly disheveled in the brawl. In the intercut close-ups of "Bat" throwing punches, however, Barry's hair is short and neatly groomed. (00:06:00)
8th Sep 2013
The Virginian (1962)
Continuity mistake: After Frank locks him in the jail cell, the Virginian stands with his hands holding the bars in full shots, but in close-ups, his arms are extended through the bars in a completely different position.
29th Aug 2013
Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Hollywood Headshrinker? - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: Peter's shirt collar is buttoned up when he and Burke hear the crash in the kitchen. In the next shot, as they run in, Peter's collar is unbuttoned and open. (00:45:45)
29th Aug 2013
Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Hollywood Headshrinker? - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: Dressed as Catwoman, Ingrid cartwheels into Peter, knocking him over. When they hit the ground in full shot, she's upside down with her legs on his shoulders. When the shot cuts to a closer angle, her position has shifted 180 degrees and she's face-to-face with him, her hands on his shoulders. (00:28:50)
28th Aug 2013
Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the King of the Country Club? - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Burke questions him on the golf course, Conrad Hill is completely in shadow for all the frontal shots, but in full sunlight in the over-the-shoulder reverse angles. (00:14:00)
24th Aug 2013
Switch (1975)
Continuity mistake: The package containing the camera changes size and shape between the opening scene, where Barnes drops it into a mailbox, and the scene where it arrives at Auden's office.
24th Aug 2013
Switch (1975)
Continuity mistake: During the car chase, Ryan pursues the kidnappers up a hill past two parked VW vans. When the camera angle reverses, one of the two vans has disappeared. (00:12:15)
21st Aug 2013
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: Channing turns off the tape recorder. But in the next shot, as he walks away, we can see the recorder's reels still turning. (00:18:00)
8th Aug 2013
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: The tape recorder giving Phelps his assignment has a clear plastic lid/cover that disappears and reappears repeatedly. The amount of tape on the reels also changes several times. (00:04:10)
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