Continuity mistake: The little motor boat that G. Peck uses appears to have lost its windshield from the time he is driving it to when it is tied up.
Revealing mistake: When the blonde stripper slaps the brunette slapper, for calling her "leftovers," in the closeup of the brunette being slapped, the hand is that of a male; very rough and hairy, and not the blonde stripper's.
Continuity mistake: Approximately 46 minutes into the film, Robert Preston is testing a new bullwhip. The whip is in his left hand as he brings his arm back and cracks the whip. He brings the left arm back for a second crack, and the shot changes to a closer angle just as he brings the whip down, only now it is suddenly in his right hand and not the left. The editing, the sound effect, the arm swing all seem perfectly coordinated, except that the whip changed hands between camera set-ups.
Continuity mistake: During the close-up in the small boat when Elvis and his date go ashore at the plantation, his sailboat has been anchored a long distance from shore. In the aerial view, his sailboat is much closer to the dock.
Continuity mistake: Don Murray goes into the bathroom wearing a T-shirt under his shirt and tie (it clearly shows through the shirt). When he comes out he still has the shirt and tie on but the T-shirt has mysteriously disappeared.
Continuity mistake: Jane always pulls into her garage forward rear of car facing out. However, whenever Jane is seen pulling out of garage front of car is facing out.
Continuity mistake: At the end of the film when Leslie Phillips catches a lift from the lady in the sports car, the same silver Jaguar overtakes them twice in less than ten seconds.
Continuity mistake: During Mama Rose's last musical number, she rips one side of her dress to show her leg. However, when the musical number is completed, the rip is no longer in the dress.
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)
Continuity mistake: During the dinner scene with Bligh, Christian, Young and Fryer, watch the wedge of cheddar cheese magically change size.
Continuity mistake: As Harry stands at the side of the traffic-filled back road, shots of panicked people fleeing down the two lane highway are used to convey the desperation of folks' attempts to flee the coast, except the shots used show four lanes of an eight-lane freeway.
Continuity mistake: When Sam is going to the widow's house, he is carrying a box of chocolates and a bunch of flowers, but when he arrives at the door, the chocolates have disappeared and the flowers are completely different.
Visible crew/equipment: Just after the Castaways escape the hut by climbing down the cliff with the homemade rope, they are chased by the natives, also descending the rope. After the Castaways have set the rope on fire, a heavy safety harness is seen around one of the native's waist. As the rope burns upwards, an attached cable pulls him up.
Continuity mistake: When Sylvester Junior is turning the wheel to pump oxygen into his father's diving suit, he spots a worm and starts following it, walking away from the pump. But when Sylvester bangs on the tank glass telling him to start pumping, we cut back to Sylvester Junior and he is back near the pump again.
Other mistake: What appears to be a long hallway in the palace is actually a painted backdrop. When two guards lock Ulysses in the dungeon, they cast a shadow on the backdrop.
Other mistake: When the crooks are in the bank vault ,they hear another fire engine coming ,the fire engine seen driving through the streets isn't the same one that arrives at the fire.
Visible crew/equipment: Camera lights are reflected in the glass doors after Joyce Corby runs out of the flats, just before she gets hit by the car.
Revealing mistake: When a girl is shot in the back with an arrow she falls on her face. When she's turned face up, the long arrow is gone.
Continuity mistake: The egg that Daffy Duck picks up was not on the top when he approached the pile a few seconds earlier.