Revealing mistake: When we see a wagon with a woman and several children in it, the horses get spooked and run. A woman is seen desperately trying to stop the runaway horses. In the next scene you can see the children are not real and the woman is a man dressed in a woman's dress, obviously a stunt man used for that scene.
keiko
30th Sep 2015
Dodge City (1939)
23rd Oct 2012
The Black Knight (1954)
Continuity mistake: In the scene set during the King Arthur and the Round Table era we see the end of a battle scene. The camera pans in on some dead enemy and we see a man in a helmet face down. The scene then changes but comes straight back to the dead enemy. The man in the helmet has turned away as if to survey the scene before him. Within a second he turns his head back to the original "dead" position. (01:19:30)
8th Oct 2012
Pursued (1947)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Jeb shoots Prentice, we see Prentice with his right hand covering the wound just below the right rib cage. When Jeb carries him inside, Prentice's right hand is now covering the left side rib cage. (01:05:55 - 01:06:35)
30th Jul 2012
3:10 To Yuma (1957)
Continuity mistake: 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.
30th Jul 2012
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Gerald Tetley confronts Major Tetley (his father)and talks about how his father gave the order for three innocent men to be hanged. His father listens till Gerald finishes then walks to a door feeling guilty, opens it and goes inside the room. The shot is focused on the door. A shot rings out and the Major has killed himself. Meanwhile we still see the door, then it opens and within a second the shot goes back to Gerald. (01:10:10)
24th Jul 2012
The Naked Prey (1966)
Revealing mistake: In the scene immediately after Cornel Wilde throws a spear at antelopes and misses, we get a close up shot of Cornel. In the background amongst the bushes a white vehicle moves along, obviously on a roadway. The scene is set in the wilderness of Africa sometime during the 19th century.
7th Oct 2011
Seven Were Saved (1947)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where we see two pilots in the cockpit of a aircraft, the co-pilot has a fake moustache. The top lip appears to be coloured black.
4th May 2011
Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Continuity mistake: In this scene we see Tarzan holding the prison guard in a neck hold. Before rendering the guard unconscious, the guard manages to throw the keys to the cell which falls near a wall. In the next long shot of the gaol we see the keys have moved closer to the guard.
1st May 2011
Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where a plane drops a canister of mail by parachute, look at the parachute as it comes down. There is a black wire to the right attached to the chute to bring it down faster.
25th Apr 2011
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Continuity mistake: In this scene we see Tarzan and Boy standing at the end of a cliff. The background shot of the sky is a stage prop. There are 15 or more arching lines in the sky scene.
25th Apr 2011
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Other mistake: In this scene we see two scenes used twice in the film. Tarzan and Sandra are climbing up the rocky terrain and a few minutes later we see the same scene of them climbing up.
23rd Apr 2011
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Continuity mistake: In this scene we see Sandra being helped to escape by one of her village friends. We see a long shot of them climbing up the rocky terrain but wait, look closely, the villager is Tarzan and you see the distinctive black loin cloth. The villager had white clothing on.
19th Apr 2011
Three Came Home (1950)
Revealing mistake: In this scene we see Claudette Colbert and her husband talking. In the background it's obvious the ocean scene is a stage prop, the waves in the sea don't move at all.
13th Apr 2011
Python (2000)
Continuity mistake: In one scene we see a police officer investigating his colleague's disappearance. In the long shot we see him walking towards the other police car and it can be seen that the number plate is a fake. A fake paper number plate has been placed over the original number plate. When the wind blows you can see the side of the paper blowing in the wind. (01:16:05)
9th Apr 2011
Avatar (2009)
Continuity mistake: (Extended Edition) In the scene we see Tsu'tey badly injured on the ground, he asks Jake to finish him off in the "Navi way". Tsu'tey reaches out for Jake's dagger and Jake assists him in taking the dagger out of the scabbard. In the next shot the dagger is back in Jake's scabbard and a moment later in the third shot the dagger is now out of the scabbard and in Jake's hand. (01:07:05)
20th Mar 2011
Assault on a Queen (1966)
Revealing mistake: In this scene we see Frank Sinatra in a diving suit and helmet being lowered into the sea to look for a sunken submarine. As he is being lowered you can see the sun's reflection on the walls of a tank, meaning it was filmed in a large tank of water.
10th Mar 2011
7 Seconds (2005)
Continuity mistake: In this scene during the police car chase, we see the silver-coloured car driven by Wesley Snipes has the right side mirror damaged and hanging on loosely. When the police car and Snipes' car collide side-on, the mirror falls off and is shattered to pieces. The car chase continues and the mirror is mysteriously back on Snipes' car.
10th Mar 2011
7 Seconds (2005)
Continuity mistake: In this scene we see the police car chasing Wesley Snipes' car. During the chase we see that Snipes' car has sustained heavy damage to both front doors, then when the car finally comes to a stop after the chase, it has repaired itself. The doors are repaired with only slight damage to the right front.
27th Feb 2011
Green Berets (1968)
Continuity mistake: In this scene we see Muldoon giving a talk to the press. As he empties the ammo box on the desk where the press are seated we see John Wayne and another soldier in the background standing a meter apart. We then get a close up shot of Wayne and the other soldier and they are shoulder to shoulder. In the next long shot we see they are standing a meter apart.
27th Oct 2010
Malta Story (1953)
Continuity mistake: In this scene we see Jack Hawkins in his office talking to a soldier before Alec Guinness enters the office. In the background is a book shelf. On the top shelf there are four books to the left of the shelf which are standing side by side. Then there are several spaces then other books leaning against each other. After Alec Guinness has been briefed he leaves and we get another look at the book shelf. This time the top shelf has five books on the left and where the spaces were one book lies flat on it's side.
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