Best comedy movie continuity 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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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.

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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines picture

Continuity mistake: When the German colonel crash lands in the Channel, he first hangs directly under his upside-down plane before he has to let go, and the plane zooms in a straight line away from him. But as he resurfaces in the foreground, the plane comes in from the background's left before landing in the water.

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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

Continuity mistake: When one of the kids break into the laboratory, everyone else is partying in the garden. In the outside shots, it is dark, but in all the shots from inside the lab you can see through the windows that it is daylight outside.

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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 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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The Hallelujah Trail picture

Continuity mistake: When Oracle Jones is first sought out by the miners he drinks whiskey from a glass. As his visions grow he reaches for the whole bottle, and grabs the top to remove the cork; but the cork has already been removed.

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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)

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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.

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That Darn Cat picture

Continuity mistake: The streets and alleys are wet from a recent rain. Patty and Agent Kelso are following a cat. When Patty's boyfriend comes near, Patty lies on the ground next to a bush to avoid being seen. When she stands up, her clothes are completely dry.

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We Give Pink Stamps picture

Continuity mistake: When the janitor sweeps the floor litter into the tiger-skin rug, the Pink Panther ejects the litter and you can see that the janitor's sweeping brush and litter are by the rug when he runs off to fetch a gun. But when the janitor returns with a gun, the litter and sweeping brush have disappeared.

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