Revealing mistake: During the warehouse fight scene, Rollin's stunt double's face is visible in several shots. (00:32:30)
Jean G
24th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
24th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Briggs finishes listening to his assignment tape and gets up, the tape recorder is on the very front edge of the seat. Next shot, as he walks away, it's moved itself to the back of the seat. (00:03:00)
24th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Diamond - S1-E19
Character mistake: Durvard has just flown Briggs' group to his compound, yet somehow fails to notice that Cinnamon wasn't on the plane. He tells Briggs he has accommodations for her and seems surprised when Rollin says she's not there. (00:39:10)
24th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Legacy - S1-E15
Factual error: Reel-to-reel tape recorders were threaded left-to-right and pulled the tape in a L-R direction. The machine playing Briggs' assignment in the opening sequence, however, is running backwards. It also changes to a different reel and a different machine when he removes the finished tape from the wrong side of the recorder. (00:02:00)
24th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Legacy - S1-E15
Factual error: For supposedly being Hitler's heirs, the three conspirators are pretty lousy Nazis. None of them notices that on their copy of their idol's book, Mein Kampf, Der Fuhrer's name is prominently misspelled "Adolph" instead of "Adolf." (00:13:00)
24th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Legacy - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Rollin is struck and falls onto the bed, he knocks over the table lamp and crushes the shade. When the shot cuts, not only is the lampshade in a different position, it's completely undamaged. (00:34:30)
17th Aug 2010
Bullitt (1968)
Continuity mistake: During the chase, Bullitt's Mustang skids off the road and kicks up a huge cloud of brown dust that engulfs the car. It should now be coated with dust, but in the next shot of it speeding away, the Mustang is sparkling clean again. (01:14:05)
10th Aug 2010
Bullitt (1968)
Continuity mistake: When Bullitt leans over to read the piping chart, the coat he has draped over his shoulder changes from neatly pressed and folded to wrinkled (and folded differently) between full shots and close-ups. (00:18:30)
10th Aug 2010
The Name of the Game (1968)
Continuity mistake: Season 2, "Good-bye, Harry": In Vancouver, while Greg and Sam stand on the street talking, Greg puts a coin into a gumball machine. He's still touching the dispenser when the shot cuts, but then he's abruptly several feet away from it. (00:47:50)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Briggs listens to the recording giving him his assignment, the tape isn't even threaded, so the machine shouldn't be playing anything. When he stops it, the tape is now threaded - but it's now a completely different tape reel on a completely different machine. (00:02:05)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Odds on Evil - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When he's talking to the arms dealer, Barney's right hand is free and gesturing until the shot cuts: then he's suddenly holding his drink in that hand. (00:12:20)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Revealing mistake: When the girls are fighting at the end, the "grass" underneath them develops visible wrinkles. It's artificial turf laid down over stunt mats. (00:41:20)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rollin leaps from the prison wall, the stunt man is apparent: he's shorter and more muscular and his hair is a different color. (00:26:10)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Revealing mistake: The circus act supposedly begins at 7 p.m. every evening. But the shadows reveal that the sun is directly overhead and that it's midday, not evening. (00:30:00)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: When Cinnamon visits Rollin in the prison, an equipment shadow is moving on the wall behind her. (00:39:30)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Revealing mistake: The Cardinal is being held in an Eastern European prison, yet the nearby carnival spectators all wear very American clothing. In fact, the same people wearing the exact same clothes are there watching for all four days of the circus' performances. (00:28:15)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: At the end, the wind-wing glass on the Rolls Royce briefly reflects part of the camera crew when the car door is opened. (00:47:40)
9th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Revealing mistake: When Briggs disguises himself as Rogosh's defense attorney, the glasses he puts on very obviously have no lenses in them. (00:26:05)
7th Aug 2010
West Point Story (1950)
Continuity mistake: During the rehearsal, Bixby throws a temper tantrum and kicks the piano. It slides straight toward the curtain, but in the next shot, it's spinning around. In the shot after that, it disappears altogether. (00:26:10)
25th Jul 2010
The Virginian (1962)
The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind - S4-E26
Continuity mistake: Randy walks into the blacksmith's barn with a guitar strapped to his back. When he steps inside in the very next shot, the guitar has disappeared. (00:03:20)
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