Best comedy movie mistakes of 1965

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The Great Race picture

Continuity mistake: When the Leslie Special is rolled out to be presented to the Great Leslie the red carpet in the front view starts at the building alignment. The aerial shot as seen from Professor Fate shows a wide gap between the building alignment and the red carpet.

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The Tenth Victim picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ursula Andress confronts Marcello Mastroianni, he reaches into an ice bucket where you see a very small pistol (PPK). When he points it at her, it changes into (I think) a Colt 45. It then, in another angle changes again into (I think) a Mauser Parabellum... Mistakes can be made if filming covers many days on the same scene, but when the dialogue mentions how he can hide a tiny pistol in the ice bucket.....

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Help! picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where the Beatles are in bed sleeping, and Ringo is getting pulled out of bed by the ring, he falls out of bed, and brings the blankets with him. In the next shot however, the bed clothes are back on his bed.

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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines picture

Factual error: Terry-Thomas's plane gets stuck between the carriages of a Paris-bound train (in fact filmed on the single-line track between Bedford and Hitchin). Just before the train plus plane goes into a tunnel you can see the cooling towers of Bedford's Goldington Power Station (circa 1960) behind TT's head. (01:58:20)

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What's New Pussycat picture

Audio problem: In the scene when Carole catches Ms. Lefavre in Michael's apartment, she (Ms. Lefavre) tries to cover by pretending to be Michael's maid. As she moves about, cleaning various items, she talks about all the work she has to do, etc., etc. However, throughout this entire sequence her mouth never moves or so much as opens.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas picture

Continuity mistake: Charlie Brown's Christmas tree is never the same. When we first see it, it has three branches. Later, when he's carrying it, it has four branches. Then, when he tries to decorate it and it flops over, it has six branches.

wizard_of_gore

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The Eye Creatures picture

Continuity mistake: In the film the Eye Creatures have landed their spaceship in a field during the night and the Army has been called in to survey the spaceship. A soldier gets on top of the space ship and starts using a welding unit to try and open it and it's bright and clear out. The temperature of the welding ignites a fuse on the spaceship which causes the ship to explode. When the scene shows the spaceship blowing up it's now pitch black outside.

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Village of the Giants picture

Revealing mistake: When the gang tries the growth formula in the theatre, they quickly grow out of all their clothes until they are naked. But the scrunchy in Jean's pony tail is still in place and shows no signs of being stretched, even if the pony tail now is 20 times bigger.

Twotall

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Girl Happy picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Rusty is trying to keep Dana and Valerie from seeing each other, it is supposed to be night time. But, when Rusty opens to curtains to usher Valerie out the door, you can see that the sky is much too light to be night time.

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Do Not Disturb picture

Continuity mistake: During Janet's musical performance in the French cafe, she is wearing cymbals on her knees in one scene; in the next, they are missing.

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The Hallelujah Trail picture

Audio problem: When the band is marching with the Massingale rally one can hear flutes and many band instruments, but the band consists of only a few brass instruments.

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Cat Ballou picture

Revealing mistake: In the scene at the end of the movie where Lee Marvin is running interference during the escape by shooting in the air, horses pulling a beer wagon get startled and run into the street where the wagon turns over. At the beginning of the shot, when the horses begin to bolt, you can see the stuntman driving the wagon. He is sitting low behind the wooden front of the wagon (which has holes cut in it so he can see out).

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The Big Job picture

Continuity mistake: When the crooks are climbing over the wall into the police station yard, when they are on the pavement, the ladder dosen't reach the top of the wall. But when seen from inside the police station yard, it reaches above the wall and looks like a different ladder.

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We Give Pink Stamps picture

Continuity mistake: When the janitor is sweeping litter, he stops when he hears the Pink Panther driving the car and there is some litter in front of him. But when we return to the janitor later on, the litter has disappeared.

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That Darn Cat picture

Other mistake: FBI Agent Kelso believes a cat may be able to lead him to the location of a kidnapped bank teller. He has four other men trying to follow the cat. When Agent Cahill reports that he is stationed "west of Whittier Street," Kelso sticks an identifying pin on a large map but he puts the pin in a location east of Whittier Street.

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The Loved One picture

Continuity mistake: In the animal mortuary, Robert Morse opens a refrigerator with two dogs in it as he reads from a book. When he returns to that same refrigerator seconds later, the dogs are gone, replaced by a crumpled white cloth and a cat. (01:01:30)

Dennis Thayer

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Un Grand seigneur: Les bons vivants picture

Continuity mistake: When the prostitute is reflected in the mirror, her kimono bares one of the shoulders. She turns, and both shoulders are covered. (00:08:55)

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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini picture

Continuity mistake: During the second solitary visit that the Native Girl pays to doctor Bwana, she has to hold him steady after he drank the torpedo juice. Her right hand is in a completely different position in the various shots, and she lets Buster Keaton go once but is still holding him after the cut.

Sammo

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