Revealing mistake: Towards the beginning of the film, when Hannay has been arrested for the murder of Scudder he is being interviewed by Chief Superintendent Lomas. Hannay removed the bullets from Scudder's pistol whilst he was staying in his apartment, and Lomas is shown putting them on the table. One of the bullet casings has a hole drilled through the center of it, a typical method used to identify inert rounds as being safe to handle.
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Don Sharp
Starring: David Warner, Robert Powell, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice
Other mistake: This takes place in 1914. While the Prussian agents drive away with Hannay, after kidnapping him from police custody, on the road you can see a modern marker for a car parking space, near the corner. (00:25:10)
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