The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: When Poirot's castle collapses, the cards are all in perfect order, but become scattered after the cut to Japp. (00:35:40)
Continuity mistake: The level of sherry in Radnor's glass changes after Hastings smiles at him when Poirot is laying the trap. (00:38:40)
Continuity mistake: After reading the will of the deceased, the lawyer folds back the first page twice in two different shots. (00:26:05)
Revealing mistake: As he scolds Hastings for his pancreatic hullabaloo, Poirot drinks his tisane from an empty cup. (00:02:55)
Revealing mistake: The stuntman smashing through the window is quite obvious - he does not even have the hair styled like Hastings'. (00:31:30)
Factual error: Japp in this episode uses a Humber Snipe, a 1937 model. The story is set in 1935.
Continuity mistake: When Freddie holds the Mauser 1910 gun, Alison Sterling holds it in a very characteristic way (thumb and and pinky finger stick out) in the front views. It is held in a much more orthodox way in the views from behind. (00:43:50)
Continuity mistake: Starting the seance, Poirot ask everyone to hold their hands. Lazarus barely stifles a laughter. Between that shot and the previous, his hand goes from above the table to underneath it. (01:38:25)
Continuity mistake: Miss Lemon's ice cream quite literally melts between shots (and the actress ignores the dripping on her fingers). (00:51:15)
Continuity mistake: When Poirot shows Freddie the bullet, in the close-up his hand is right by the sugar bowl, but he was shown putting the cigarette holder at greater distance, closer to Freddie herself. (00:25:05)
Audio problem: Nick gets supposedly grazed by a bullet fired while the plane's noise has already diminished considerably, making quite unlikely that any gunshot could be drowned out by it. (00:06:50)
Continuity mistake: Poirot shows Hastings Nicki's hat; he holds it in a different way (using the thumb to pinch, or with the light brim tucked in between index and middle) between shots. (00:08:55)
Continuity mistake: Poirot and Hastings are eating after their first visit to End House. During the entire scene, natural light changes in intensity depending on the angle of filming. (00:20:15 - 00:21:10)
Continuity mistake: During the sentence when Hastings tells Poirot he's got "No imagination at all", the lady sitting behind the Belgian faces the other way between shots. (00:02:25)
Continuity mistake: When Japp talks to Poirot and Hastings about the gallery troubles, the peppermint rock candy he is waving is wrapped differently between shots. (01:13:40)
Continuity mistake: Poirot meets Hastings about to go play golf with a Stiffie. Hastings holds his hat by the brim, which turns into the crown in the reverse shot. (01:02:05)
Factual error: Jim Lazarus drives a Vauxhall DX (14/6 Light Six) Stratford Tourer, a 1936 model. This episode takes place in the summer of 1935. (00:46:20)
Continuity mistake: When Poirot stands as his employer sends him packing, the shadow projected on the back wall is taller than the cupboard by a good margin, roughly from the shoulders up. In the close-up that follows, Poirot is standing in the same spot when he replies "I shall not fail to do so", but the shadow is shortened considerably. (00:14:50)
Continuity mistake: As Poirot, holding the family picture, turns around to ask Mrs. Oglander about the kids in the portrait, he suddenly has his finger near the middle of the frame, much higher than before. It keeps going up and down during the conversation. (00:36:40)
Continuity mistake: Ralph Walton flubs the line and breaks character walking off set: he begins undoing his collar. He repeats the same action ('begins' to undo it) next time the camera is on him, and during a cut when he is in frame both shots, his hands jump off/on the collar. (00:04:35)
