Best movie mistakes of 1958

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Hare-Way to the Stars picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is climbing up the ladder, you can see that he has a toothbrush in his right hand, but when he enters the rocket ship, the toothbrush has disappeared.

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Continuity mistake: Lucy storms out of Michael's car; the car has the hood (almost) entirely in direct sunlight, but when he opens the door to give chase to her it's mostly covered in foliage shadow. (00:06:40)

Sammo

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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness picture

Factual error: The movie's title "The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness" is the name of the mission station that Gladys Aylward/Ingrid Bergman sets up. In reality this was called "The Inn Of The Eighth Happiness." Numerology is popular in China, where eight is regarded as a particularly auspicious number. Apparently the film company thought "sixth" had a better ring to it than "eighth." In the movie it is explained that there are six levels of happiness. This is not a Chinese belief and seems to have been invented for the movie.

Rob Halliday

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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman picture

Continuity mistake: The sheriff's wagon the 30-foot man picks up is a 1958 Plymouth. But the car that is rolling after he drops it lands on the ground is a 1950s Chevrolet. When the sheriff tries to call for help, the smashed car is the 1958 Plymouth again.

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Knighty Knight Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When King Arthur says "A good idea, fool!", Bugs Bunny stops and you can see that behind him is a wall. In the next shot, Bugs is now in front of King's Arthur's chair, and when he says "Beheaded?" he is back in front of the wall again.

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The Old Man and the Sea picture

Continuity mistake: When the old man goes out fishing, after 84 days with no luck, one of his four lines catches a fish, but the fish drags the line out of the black ring, which it was tied to, but when the old man goes to the rod, the line is still there - which it shouldn't be.

kh1616

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The Adventures of Hal 5 picture

Continuity mistake: Ben kicks the tractor when he can't get it started, denting the grille, the next time we see the tractor the grille is straight.

eric 64

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