Revealing mistake: After the trailer explodes on the bridge, towards the end the truck swerves to the left. As it drives off the bridge there is no tail shaft between the gearbox and front diff - the truck falling off the bridge is just a shell.
Convoy (1978)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Kris Kristofferson, Burt Young, Ali MacGraw
Continuity mistake: When Pig Pen crashes his truck into the jail to get Spider Mike, the windshield of his truck is cracked (shot of Ali in the back shows the crack), but when they are heading to Mexico, his windshield is no longer cracked (when the food is thrown at his truck after the ice cream truck wreck.).
Melissa: Why do they call you the Duck?
Rubber Duck: Because it rhymes with "luck." See, my daddy always told me to be just like a duck. Stay smooth on the surface and paddle like the devil underneath.
Question: Where was the opening filmed? It looks like somewhere with snow, but must be a desert?
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Answer: White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.
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