Continuity mistake: The dwarf Butler climbs in to pilot the helicopter - but when the aircraft actually takes off, it's obvious that the pilot is a full-sized person.
Jean G
14th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
13th Nov 2007
The High Chaparral (1967)
Continuity mistake: At the end, despite an earlier emphasis on the necessity of wearing one's hat in the desert, John rides out of town without his. Victoria, who wore John's hat when they crossed the desert, isn't wearing it either. And of course, the "lost" hat reappears on John's head in the next episode. (00:39:20)
13th Nov 2007
The High Chaparral (1967)
Continuity mistake: When the bad guys arrive in Nevermore, they prejudicially assume that Victoria is Manolito's wife. No one disabuses them of this notion, yet John later tells one of them that he was right about Victoria being his wife. (00:30:30)
13th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: In the opening scenes, Number 6 steps onto the elevator with a beard, but arrives on the lower level clean-shaven.
13th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: The council members' signs keep changing during the "Dem Bones" sequence. "Entertainment" becomes "Anarchists" and several others switch places between cuts.
12th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: Number 6 pushes the dead body out into the surf. In close-ups, the body is still very near the shore. But in long shots, it is much further out. (00:28:30)
12th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: When Number 6 falls on the beach, the sand under him is wet. In the next shot, it is obviously dry.
12th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: At the end, the computer produces a print-out with two lines of type at the bottom, then pauses. In the next shot, when it starts printing again, the two lines have disappeared.
12th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: Mrs. Butterworth has a sandwich plate in her left hand and her cigarette in her right - until the shot cuts, at which point the cigarette and the sandwiches have instantly changed to the opposite hands.
11th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: Nadia and Number 6 go together to the Green Dome (Number 2's residence). While they stand at the entrance, the door knocker changes to one of a completely different design between one shot and the next.
11th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: Nadia's number badge is upside down when she serves Number 6 breakfast. It's turned itself right-side up when she leaves, though.
11th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: In long shots of the truck transporting Number 6 and Nadia, the crate they're supposed to be hidden in disappears from the truck bed.
10th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: When Number 6 jumps from the gunrunners' boat, he's on the starboard (right) side. In the next shot, though, the bad guy shoots at him from the boat's port (left) side. (00:20:30)
10th Nov 2007
The High Chaparral (1967)
To Stand for Something More - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: Much fuss is made throughout this episode about Blue being left in charge of the High Chaparral "for the first time." But it isn't the first time. He was left in charge once before, in the previous season, and no one made a big deal of it in that episode at all.
10th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: Driving his Lotus through London, Number 6 passes a hearse. But when the shot cuts to a wider angle, the hearse disappears.
7th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: When Number 6 first wakes up in his new house in the Village, there's an ornately carved wood panel covering the window. When he stands, it has disappeared.
7th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: While the prisoner is packing for his trip (in the opening title sequence), a beach photo placed in his travel bag rotates itself into a different position between shots.
7th Nov 2007
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Makes A Friend - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: At the end, Monk points a gun at Hal. But between takes, the weapon shifts instantly from his right hand to his left and back again.
7th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: During the opening sequence, a white car parked outside the prisoner's London flat disappears between shots as he drives up in the yellow Lotus and walks to the front door.
5th Nov 2007
The High Chaparral (1967)
A Time to Laugh, a Time to Cry - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: Manolito rushes into Don Sebastian's study, passing two large, open doors. When the shot cuts, he passes the same doors again.
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