Revealing mistake: When "Selden" falls down the stairs it is obvious that it's a stunt double.
mirtom
22nd Jan 2012
The Twilight Zone (1959)
22nd Jan 2012
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: The jeep driver is standing behind Lt. Decker's aircraft during the initial conversation between Decker and Maj Wilson. His hands are behind the fuselage in the initial shot. When the shot changes to a close up of Decker, the driver's hands are now on top of the fuselage.
22nd Jan 2012
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: When Decker first exits the aircraft, there is a jeep immediately behind it, a service truck behind the jeep, and a USAF F-100 Super Sabre jet in the background. However, when Maj Wilson escorts him away from the plane, the service truck is gone and the F-100 has been replaced with a large transport aircraft.
25th Jan 2011
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Mr. Garrity and the Graves - S5-E32
Revealing mistake: When the town's people are waiting for Garrity's arrival at midnight, we hear an old clock informing everybody it is midnight and they all turn around to see. But look at the time on the clock - you can quite clearly see that it is actually five minutes till 6 o'clock.
27th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: Right after the phone conversation, everybody starts going towards the door. As they do, if you look at the couch on left you can very briefly see a shadow of something moving across it. It couldn't be any of the actors since they were all either outside or on the other side of couch.
27th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
I Shot an Arrow into the Air - S1-E15
Revealing mistake: Right after their friend dies and the commander talks about going into the mountains to search for any life signs, you can very briefly see Corry looking straight into the camera.
27th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Factual error: In his opening narration, Rod Serling says that he is quoting Shakespeare's play Richard the Third. His quotation is actually from Richard the Second, also written by William Shakespeare.
26th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Revealing mistake: When Lanser goes below deck frantically trying to find people and tell them to leave the ship, when he opens the door at end of the corridor, it's a bit too obvious that the hallway behind that door is nothing more then just a painting.
26th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: When Cadwallader puts a seal on the Escape Clause paper, he presses so hard that he manages to lift the whole document with seal. You can see that there is absolutely nothing except for a seal mark on the paper, yet when he drops the paper to the floor some typed text appears on it. Also in the same scene, the seal pattern is square in the first shot, but when the paper drops to the floor the seal mark is round.
26th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Revealing mistake: When Lanser drops the cup, you can quite see that he is drinking from an empty cup, since the steward never poured him any and yet he manages to get some of it on his suit.
22nd Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: When Sport and Jab jump into the pool for last time, Sport is seen wearing a shirt. But,when she comes out at Aunt T's house she is wearing a swimsuit.
22nd Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
A Most Unusual Camera - S2-E10
Plot hole: How did the brother know where his sister and her husband were located after he escaped and jimmied open their door? The couple was staying in a hotel and they acted like they hadn't seen him in quite a while when he appeared on the picture of him walking in the room. They said he couldn't possibly walk through the door because he's been in prison for a year already.
22nd Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
From Agnes - With Love - S5-E20
Character mistake: Using a Texas Instruments TI-89 Titanium, the seventeenth root of 9,000,355,126,606 is 5.781163783, which means the first prime number greater is seven.
21st Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Revealing mistake: When all of the neighborhood children push Bevis's car for him, one of them looks directly into the camera.
21st Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Stopover in a Quiet Town - S5-E30
Visible crew/equipment: When the camera pans to Rod Serling for his opening narration, you can very briefly see several crewmembers and some backstage equipment.
20th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: When Helen pushes Seldon to his death, his body was facing to the right, but in next shot he is facing to the left.
20th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: When Jackie pulls the wardrobe from the wall and spins it around, The Mirror briefly reflects an area beyond where the set ends.
20th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
A Nice Place to Visit - S1-E28
Revealing mistake: When Rocky evicts three women from the room and slams the door behind them, you can quite clearly see the entire wall shaking.
20th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
And When the Sky Was Opened - S1-E11
Revealing mistake: After his flashbacks in his hospital room, Forbes looks at himself in The Mirror and he cannot see his reflection. But you can still see his arm in mirror.
20th Jun 2010
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: After Nan sees Hitch-Hiker for first time and she starts speeding away, she has clear road both in front and behind her. But just seconds ago, a mechanic told her to follow him to his shop so he could change her tire. Where did he go?
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