Continuity mistake: When Fred Astaire leaves the cab he doesn't have anything in his hand with the box, but as he walks to the hotel he has a small bunch of flowers which he takes into the hotel with him. But they are never seen again. He does not give them to his date, nor does have a flower in his buttonhole.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
21 continuity mistakes
Directed by: John Guillermin
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, O.J. Simpson, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, William Holden
Revealing mistake: Watch carefully as the statue falls on the bartender. It barely touches his chest and rests on his left thigh. As the bartender slumps dead you can see a wide open gap between his whole upper body and the statue. Even if it crushed his thigh it would not have killed him so quickly. When the bartender slumps down the statue rocks freely as he brushes against it; obviously a styrofoam replica.
Doug Roberts: I don't know. Maybe they just oughta leave it the way it is. Kind of a shrine to all the bullshit in the world.
Trivia: At Steve McQueen's request, both he and Paul Newman had the same number of lines.
Question: Where does Fred Astaire get his briefcase from, as he did not walk in with it? He walked in only carrying his suit and a bunch of flowers.
Answer: This is most likely a continuity error. The briefcase was accidentally left out of the arrival scene.
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Answer: The briefcase arrived the same time the golf clubs did.