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24th Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

Continuity mistake: Spence convinced Dennis to act as decoy as he places the bet. Dennis puts the money in Spence's hands, who is holding a wallet in his left hand. Cut, and now Ted Danson is holding just a wallet, and in his right hand. (00:21:30)

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24th Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Paul Sorvino is doing an odd re-enactment of Cinderella with Howie Mandel, the door of the Pazzo mansion is more damaged, with more bullet holes in it, than it was just before the police halted their fire. (01:17:40)

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24th Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

Continuity mistake: After the climactic car crash, the ladies rush to the car driven by the butler; Jennifer Edwards reaches the car a first time and is about to mount on it, but in the following view she is still running to it. (01:22:35)

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23rd Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

Continuity mistake: Spence and Dennis arrive at Dinkie's in the doorless car they stole from the villains. In the first shot there's no skater waiter in sight, in the second one darts by the right car door hole. (00:35:00)

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22nd Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

Continuity mistake: The police officer is checking out of the mugshots of Pazzo's henchmen. In the close-up, his hands have as background on the desk papers that are not matching what's on his desk at the moment. (01:04:55)

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22nd Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

Continuity mistake: Turnip is playing (and hamming) with a plush toy dog that didn't get in the car during the crash nor he is holding it in the wider shot. (00:28:00)

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22nd Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

A Fine Mess mistake picture

Continuity mistake: In the shot when the baddies crash through the toy stand, the hole in their radiator grill is patched up, unlike the rest of the scene. (00:27:55)

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22nd Oct 2019

A Fine Mess (1986)

Plot hole: The police never visited Dennis and he has no criminal record, so there is no reason why they should have his fingerprints on file. (01:04:30)

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