Continuity mistake: The blood Ashe smears on her face changes its pattern and consistency several times as the shots change. (00:36:00)
Jean G
21st Feb 2008
Brimstone (1998)
21st Feb 2008
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg - S2-E18
Continuity mistake: In the opening shot, Heyes and Curry sit outside the Bannerman office pretending to read a copy of the Denver Post. In full shot, they're holding/hiding behind a single unfolded paper. When we cut to a tighter two-shot, though, each of them holds a separate newspaper. (00:02:00)
21st Feb 2008
Danger Man (1960)
Audio problem: When Lita and Drake get out of the car, each of them closes just one door. But we can distinctly hear three car doors slamming shut. (00:15:00)
21st Feb 2008
Danger Man (1960)
Continuity mistake: Just after he shows Drake and Clare the diamonds, the Moukta's hands change positions on the jewel bag and in relation to the collar of his robe as soon as the camera angle changes. This goes back and forth several times between shots. (00:15:00)
21st Feb 2008
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
Rumpole and the Show Folk - S2-E3
Visible crew/equipment: As Rumpole examines photographs of the actors backstage with the manager, he approaches a round, photo-covered pillar. As he does, an equipment shadow sweeps across the pillar from left to right. (00:15:40)
20th Feb 2008
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: While he's making his graduation speech and demanding to know why Number 6 resigned, Number 2 has a mortarboard tassel wardrobe malfunction: it keeps changing sides between shots.
20th Feb 2008
The Prisoner (1967)
The Girl Who Was Death - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Number 6 is trying to stop the rocket launch, the computer console in the center is emitting smoke in close-ups, but not in long shots.
20th Feb 2008
The Prisoner (1967)
Continuity mistake: During the interview, the Butler puts a coffee pitcher down beside Number 6. In the next shot, it has disappeared.
20th Feb 2008
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Continuity mistake: The Mexican police pull a submerged car from the water with a crane. In the full shot (stock footage), the car emerging is upright (rooftop above, wheels underneath). But in the very next shot of Diamond and the cops next to the retrieved car, it's suddenly upside down with its wheels in the air.
16th Feb 2008
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
Rumpole and the Man of God - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: At the end, Rumpole and his wife Hilda walk home from shopping. He's carrying the cloth grocery bag in his left hand - until the shot reverses angles, when it suddenly jumps to his right hand instead. (00:48:15)
16th Feb 2008
The Apartment (1960)
Factual error: Fran the elevator operator stops on the 19th floor and takes Baxter to the 27th floor. But when they arrive on 27 (and the entire time they're supposedly ascending to it), the light for the 19th floor on the elevator's control panel remains lit.
16th Feb 2008
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
Three Bells to Perdido - S1-E1
Visible crew/equipment: When Paladin talks to the ranchers, two equipment shadows are moving on the wall at the upper left of the screen. (00:03:00)
16th Feb 2008
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Factual error: The sheriff and his posse raise huge dust clouds as they gallop down the road. But the stagecoach they're chasing, with four horses and four wheels, is on the same road and isn't raising any dust at all.
16th Feb 2008
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap - S2-E17
Continuity mistake: Heyes and Curry are waiting at the granary at 10 p.m. at night when they hear the posse approaching. In the next two shots of the riders coming over the hill, they're under a blue sky in full daylight. (00:15:05)
16th Feb 2008
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Revealing mistake: When Sally is driving the blue station wagon full of singing kids, several light reflections on the side of the car never move at all, revealing that it's really a stationary mock-up sitting on a soundstage. (00:42:30)
16th Feb 2008
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Continuity mistake: McGarrett's left hand rests on the side of the large multi-line telephone as he makes his call. The camera angle reverses, and his hand instantly jumps to a different position, resting on top of the phone. (00:41:00)
16th Feb 2008
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
Revealing mistake: The ground on the dueling field at the end is not only unnaturally flat, there are concrete seams visible in some spots, showing through the artificial turf. (00:24:30)
16th Feb 2008
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
The Return of Roy Carter - S2-E32
Revealing mistake: When Maggie the saloon girl starts gathering the money from the floor, an equipment shadow intrudes at the left of the screen. (00:04:30)
11th Feb 2008
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Visible crew/equipment: When Gino crosses the room to put on a record, the boom shadow sweeps across the wall at the top right of the screen.
11th Feb 2008
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Snow Queen - S2-E21
Continuity mistake: Diamond's loose tie tightens itself between shots when the doorbell rings and he crosses the room to open the door. When he picks up the phone, the tie is loose again, but when he opens the door to leave, it's tightened. (00:42:15 - 00:45:00)
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