Corrected entry: When Jackie Robinson is leaving the train station the US Flag has 50 stars, however that was 1947. Hawaii and Alaska were not granted statehood until 1959.
42 (2013)
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Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Harrison Ford, Christopher Meloni, Chadwick Boseman, Nicole Beharie, T.R. Knight
Continuity mistake: In the bathroom after she feels sick, Jackie's wife is at the sink. After a brief conversation, another woman tells her she might be pregnant. She looks at the mirror with her mouth open as she thinks. It cuts to showing the mirror and her reflection shows her mouth closed.
Leo Durocher: If Robinson can help us win, then he is gonna play on this ball club.
Trivia: This is the first theatrical movie in which Harrison Ford has played a real person.
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Correction: No, the flag only has 48 stars. On 50-star flags, the rows are off set and rows alternate between 6 stars and 5 stars. The flag seen at the station had the rows all lined up.
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