Character mistake: When Sammy, the postman, arrives on the scene, he rushes up and attempts to take Vera's pulse in her neck. Unfortunately, Sammy's fingers are nowhere near the carotid artery, so he couldn't take her pulse.
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
1 character mistake
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt
Continuity mistake: When Selena is leaving on the ferry near the end, and Detective John Mackey pulls up and watches her drifting away, as he gets out of the car the windsheild wipers stop moving. In the next behind shot of him standing at the dock edge, watching, they are back on again. (01:43:05)
Vera Donovan: Don't we have a hair across our ass this morning, Dolores Claiborne?