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Continuity mistake: Sakurai is having a steak dinner at home; in the close-up of the two steaks and fries, one of the men is holding a beer glass with their right hand, but it's not the case in the next shot. (00:07:40)

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12th Apr 2021

The Undefeated (1969)

Continuity mistake: Mr. Thad Benedict is in front of the Langdon residence asking if the property is for sale. As the widow answers, the position of his hand on the coach turns around, and the natural light changes as well. (00:10:00)

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11th Apr 2021

Dick Tracy (1945)

Continuity mistake: After the scene with Junior that busted him as the night kitchen raider, Dick is in his office. Pat Patton tells him about his findings going through the victim's belongings. He leans forward with his left arm, and Dick at the same time pulls his own arm back away from the desk. Next cut and Dick has both hands on the desk and Pat just his right arm on it. (00:12:35)

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Continuity mistake: Terry Thomas' name appears in the credits inside the green disc of the traffic lights. However, in this close-up the feet of the poor worker are absent. (00:04:50)

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Continuity mistake: Pauline is driving in the one-way street, of course the wrong way. There are several continuity errors between cuts; for instance when you see the 'boy' in the back seat laughing hysterically behind her, in the background you can see the red pick-up she nearly has a frontal with in the next shot. (00:05:00)

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Continuity mistake: Pearl is singing a song to mock her boss at the factory. She goes through the first lines about being too worn out "to play." With her feet on the work table, she puts her hand under her chin. In the background, a fellow seamstress is watching. In the next shot, her arms changed position, now crossed in contrast to the previous shot. (00:04:40)

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Continuity mistake: Doris picks up the phone and there's a cutaway shot on Johnny playing his guitar as he listens. The stockings Doris tossed at him are gone from the guitar head, but they are back when the phone call is over. (00:05:10)

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Continuity mistake: Bob Hope asks to take a peek at the execution chamber. He peeps from the hole, nudging away the lid with his forehead, and turns away. The lid came to a complete stop, but in the next shot when Ronnie walks away here's the lid swaying again as if he had moved his head from the window just that moment. (00:02:25)

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Continuity mistake: The postman hangs his bag to the hook on the wall. By the noise, he knows a split-second in advance that an explosion is about to happen, and ducks. The actor ducks out of view; we are not supposed to notice that once he disappears, film editing inserts the part when the background partially detonates. We however do, because the bag in the foreground changes position in the space of a single frame. (00:05:25)

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8th Apr 2021

Flight to Hell (2003)

Continuity mistake: Don and the others find the corpse lying face down into the money. The larger bloodstains are faithfully rendered from one shot to the next, but the bills and the actor's hand have changed position. (01:09:00)

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8th Apr 2021

Flight to Hell (2003)

Continuity mistake: After the alien attack, the hole on the rich guy's forehead changes size between shots. (01:08:35)

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5th Apr 2021

Flight to Hell (2003)

Continuity mistake: The rich guy keeps putting stacks of money inside the briefcase, but it never fills up, with gaps appearing at the cut in spots he previously filled. (01:08:25)

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5th Apr 2021

Flight to Hell (2003)

Continuity mistake: After being violated in bizarre fashion, Janet slumps to the floor. Her dead body rests on the floor in a different position (arm on chest) just after. (01:05:10)

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5th Apr 2021

Flight to Hell (2003)

Continuity mistake: Don whacks the alien crab on the roulette; the cards on the table are different between shots (there is a cluster of three cards that is on the left, then on the right of the dead beast, for instance). (01:03:50)

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5th Apr 2021

Flight to Hell (2003)

Continuity mistake: When Don probes the first planter with the golf club, the position of the various plants changes between shots. (01:03:40)

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5th Apr 2021

Flight to Hell (2003)

Continuity mistake: The barf puddle on the green changes in between shots, and Pat has her mouth open when Don pulls the alien out of her mouth, but closed in the shot that follows. (01:03:00)

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4th Apr 2021

Sleep, My Love (1948)

Continuity mistake: The protagonist wakes up screaming and runs away from her cabin. A conductor restrains her. During the scene, the shadows on the wall/poster and on the torso of the black helper heavily change depending on the camera angle used. (00:02:25)

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