Best movie continuity mistakes of 1955

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The Quatermass Experiment picture

Continuity mistake: When the bogus male nurse with Mrs. Carroon is outside in the rain, his coat and hair are soaking wet. But when they run to the staff entrance (a few seconds later), his hair and coat are bone dry.

wazz

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Pecos Pest picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is running away from Uncle Pecos, he runs into the house and slams the door. When he slams the door, you can see the little door at the top has nothing on it, but in the next shot a handle has suddenly appeared.

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The Dam Busters picture

Continuity mistake: Wallis is showing his idea to the doctor and draws on the sketch of the dam. Shortly after, he shows the doctor the same sketch again and the middle line we saw Wallis draw has now changed position. (00:06:40 - 00:07:50)

Mr Manchester

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Daddy Long Legs picture

Continuity mistake: When Jervis returns Julie to her suite after a night of dancing, he picks up a morning paper, reads some excerpts from it, then says goodnight to her. As she opens the door, all he has in his hands is his boater, no newspaper, and in the following long shot, no paper is visible anywhere.

goofyfoot

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Blackboard Jungle picture

Continuity mistake: In the climatic confrontation between Artie West and Mr. Dadier at the end of the movie, West cuts Dadier in the hand with his knife. The scene cuts to Dadier holding up his hand, and it's already covered in blood.

Mike Lynch

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Rabbit Rampage picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is horrified to realise that he was holding a picket sign, the yellow paint on his tail disappears briefly.

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Knight-Mare Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the book that Bugs is reading at the beginning of the cartoon, there are words on the front cover and spine. In the next shot, the words have gone.

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Lighthouse Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When Hippety Hopper breaks his crate apart on the rocks, you can see there are pieces of crate on the ground, but when we see Hippety in the next shot, the pieces have disappeared.

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Stock Car picture

Continuity mistake: During the fight in the garage when Larry is fighting the two thugs a calendar on the wall shows the month of August, the next day Turk has a poster for the next stock car meeting on the 14TH May 1955 the duration of this film is not that long.

eric 64

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Bearly Asleep picture

Continuity mistake: Park Ranger Donald is leading five bears to a cave, so they can hibernate for the winter. He finds a bear sleeping in a hammock and forces him to join the others. There should now be six bears but a seventh bear has appeared out of nowhere. Later in the cave, their number has grown to nine.

Steven Lee

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This Is a Life? picture

Continuity mistake: When the camera pans in on the audience after Elmer introduces the show, you can see a man wearing a blue suit and red bow-tie sitting in the seat next to Granny. When Daffy complains to Granny about Bugs being the guest of honour and not him, the seat next to her is now empty.

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Guided Muscle picture

Continuity mistake: When the coyote is about to eat a tin can at the start of the cartoon, the bottle of wine in front of him changes position between shots.

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Heir-Conditioned picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer slams the front door after being tricked by one of the cats, you can see that the door has a handle and lock on it. But when the cat dressed as a salesman leaves Elmer's house later on, look at the door and you can see that it has now changed to a door knob and keyhole.

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This Island Earth picture

Continuity mistake: Shortly after the movie starts, Cal's plane lands and they go into the lab. Cal looks through a scope at an experiment and his assistant is next to him without glasses. After the experiment flames out, they show the men again but now his assistant is wearing glasses. (00:08:50)

mrfrede

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Pests for Guests picture

Continuity mistake: When the gophers are looking at the chest of drawers at the antique shop, the wall is plain but in the next shot there are planks of wood on it.

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Smarty Cat picture

Continuity mistake: When Butch and the other cats tiptoe past Spike at the start of the cartoon, you can see that Spike's bone is next to his kennel, but when Jerry is thrown out of the house by the cats before the film begins, he lands in Spike's mouth and the bone is now next to Spike.

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Hyde and Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Dr Jekyll takes Bugs Bunny back to his new home, Bugs is holding a carrot in his left hand. But when he jumps onto Dr Jekyll and says "Carry me?" in the next shot, the carrot has disappeared.

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Ready.. Set.. Zoom! picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote attempts to capture the Road Runner for the first time, he is standing on a bare patch of pavement surrounded by the puddle of glue he is spreading. In the next shot, the Coyote is now standing on glue with no bare patch, and when he realises he is about to be hit by the truck, he is standing on bare pavement in middle of the glue puddle once again.

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Stork Naked picture

Continuity mistake: When the stork is standing by the wall of Daffy Duck's home after Daffy nearly shot him with a gun, you can see that there is nothing in the window next to him but in the next shot pink curtains have suddenly appeared.

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The Hole Idea picture

Continuity mistake: When Calvin Q. Calculus has invented the portable hole, he says "Eureka!" and you can that there is a beaker on the desk, but in the next shot the beaker has disappeared.

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