Revealing mistake: When Ransom and Hallie Stoddard are riding the train back to Washington at the end of the film, pay attention to the view out the window as Hallie responds to Ransom's suggestion of returning to Shinbone. When the conductor brings the spittoon and talks to them, the same exterior footage repeats from when Hallie started to speak. (02:01:30 - 02:02:15)
Jay Runkle
2nd Apr 2023
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
2nd Apr 2023
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Other mistake: While Ransom Stoddard and his wife are on the train back to Washington, the conductor tells them that the train will be able to maintain a speed of 25 mph throughout the journey. The film is set around 1900, by which time trains were regularly topping 65 mph, and the outside scenery is moving faster than it would for something traveling at 25 mph.
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