Visible crew/equipment: When Kananga and Bond are fighting a cable protrudes under Kananga's jacket, it even lifts up his clothes. Seemingly the mic cable. (01:54:27)
Revealing mistake: When Rosie pokes a gun through the door at the Bond's bungalow, Bond uses his cigar to burn her hand, and then throws her onto the bed. You can see that the person being thrown is not Gloria Hendry, but a male stunt double. (00:35:05)
Continuity mistake: The scene where Bond leaves the voodoo shop to tail the car. He hails a cab. As the cab draws up, we briefly see the cabbie in the front, who does not have long sideburns/mutton chops. However, shortly afterwards when the cabbie starts talking to Bond, and we see him more, it is a different actor (Arnold Williams), who has noticeably long sideburns. The driver has changed. (00:20:40)
Revealing mistake: When Hamilton is watching the Fillet of Soul restaurant at the beginning of the movie, he is stabbed and killed. When the coffin is brought over to him, you can see the 'dead' Hamilton breathing. (00:03:15)
Continuity mistake: When Bond and Solitaire are on the lift where they were put by Mr. Big, look carefully at Bond's watch. The face is concave with the crystal over it. When he uses the cutting function, the whole face is now rounded like a dome. (01:52:50 - 01:53:55)
Factual error: At the climax, Baron Samedi falls into a coffin crawling with snakes, which promptly bite him to death. But a closer look shows they're mostly harmless species—boas, pythons, racers, and green tree snakes. None of these are venomous; boas and pythons kill by constriction, and the others are basically harmless. The scene tries to sell a terrifying venomous death, but the reality is he just got dropped into a reptile house full of non-killers. (01:47:34)
Factual error: At the opening voodoo ritual, a large green snake is used to kill a man. The species is visually identifiable as a Green Tree Python, a non-venomous constrictor from New Guinea and northern Australia. It would never be found in the Caribbean, where the film is set, and despite being shown as lethal with a bite, in reality, it can't deliver venom. At worst, it could constrict small prey, not instantly kill a human. (00:04:15 - 00:04:55)
Deliberate mistake: The snake that "attacks" Bond in the bathroom can be visually identified as a mere kingsnake. Apparently just a black kingsnake or a California kingsnake. It is in no way venomous or dangerous but is presented in the film as such. This was done to keep Roger Moore safe by using a tame non-venomous snake. However, this breed is easily identifiable, being a kingsnake and safe, a harmless constrictor. (00:32:35 - 00:34:35)
Revealing mistake: There are two different shots of two red explosives being placed on the ground next to a bamboo stalk, with the explosives being in a different position in each shot. However, you can see that it is the exact same location filmed for both explosives: the same stalk, the same leaves, and the same dirt pattern. They just stuck a bomb in the same spot and filmed it twice to make it look like two different bombs placed. (01:43:45)
Continuity mistake: After James lands with his hang glider on the island, he turns his jacket inside-out. There are no lapels. When he sits in Solitaire's chair, there are big lapels. (00:49:05)
Continuity mistake: On the beach, when Bond shows the card to Rosie, the way he holds it differs between shots: his fingers stand out or not, depending on the shot. (00:40:20)
Continuity mistake: Before Bond and Solitaire are submerged with the sharks, the stuff on the operator's table changes positions between shots. (01:54:10)
Revealing mistake: When Bond is giving Mrs Bell her flying lesson at the airport, the wings are torn off the plane. When Bond says, "Same time tomorrow, Mrs Bell?" the reaction shot of Mrs Bell shows the left wing to be intact. It is her same reaction shot when Bond climbed into the plane. (01:07:00)
Continuity mistake: When Bond is secured to the chair just before Kananga reveals himself, Teehee has his claw hand at a 90 degree angle in the shot of them both from the side. The very next shot in front, focused more on Bond, has Teehee's arm down by his side. (01:11:45)
Continuity mistake: After Bond has killed the snake with the aerosol can in his hotel bathroom, he puts down the cigar he is smoking next to the sink. When he hears the door opening, he walks into the bedroom and the cigar is back in his mouth again. (00:34:40)
Suggested correction: Watch the scene a bit closer. After he sets the cigar down, he puts aftershave on his hand and rubs it on his face, then sets the can back down. As he starts to walk, you can see him reach towards the sink again. This is where he would have picked the cigar up off screen. Then, just as he is placing his hand on the light switch, watch closely in the next shot, and the cigar is in his other hand where he picked it up. He shoves it in his mouth before acting on the silhouette on the door.
Audio problem: When one of Mr Big's henchmen points his gun at Bond when he is in Mr Big's apartment, he says "Mr Big's gonna take care of you in a minute." but viewed from behind, his lips aren't moving when he says it. (00:23:35)
Continuity mistake: When Bond is playing with Solitaire's cards at her house, the position of the cards changes between shots. (00:49:15)
Other mistake: The Oh Voodoo shop in NY and the underground car park exit are both one level below street level. JB walks out of the back of the shop and finds Whisper's Corvette pimp mobile on the same level. So why does the Cadillac limo have to leave the car park using a vehicle lift? (00:20:20)
Suggested correction: I've watched this scene over and over trying to figure out what the mistake here supposedly is. I can't see anything wrong with this. Was this intended as a question for the site and not a mistake? If not, and this is actually a mistake, it needs to be worded more clearly, as this doesn't really make sense. At least I'm not seeing it.
Continuity mistake: When the first British MI6 agent (Dawes) is killed by killer waves sent through his earphones at the United Nations, he has his fingers closed when the waves go through, but the next shot shows him with his fingers wide apart. (00:01:50)
Continuity mistake: When Tee Hee is about to bend the barrel of Bond's Walther PPK, he has his index finger on the trigger guard of the gun, but the next shot shows him holding the gun with all his fingers around the handle. (00:24:45)
