Best movie revealing mistakes of 1978

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The Cat from Outer Space picture

Revealing mistake: When Jake reactivates the old biplane at Daley's Airport and Wilson mounts it as it takes off to pursue Olympus, you can see the wires from which the skeletal plane is hanging. (01:29:20)

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! picture

Revealing mistake: In the opening scene, the tomato in the sink starts moving and as it comes up toward the rim, you can see a person's finger as they toss the tomato in, revealing the whole thing is run in reverse.

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The Boys from Brazil picture

Revealing mistake: When the neo-nazis burst into Kohler's apartment, they stab him and he slides down with his back against the wall. While Mengele picks up the phone, you can see the 'dead' Kohler blink in the background.

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Corvette Summer picture

Revealing mistake: The car has side-exit exhaust, or 'side pipes' as they are more commonly called. The characters also refer to them as 'Mercury tubes' several times throughout the movie. In the scene during the car chase out of Las Vegas, the Vette skids to a stop at the freeway dead-end sign. As the car accelerates away again, the actual functioning stock exhaust pipes can be seen exiting under the rear bumper and smoke can be seen coming out of them. The 'Mercury Tubes' aren't even hooked up.

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Convoy picture

Revealing mistake: After the trailer explodes on the bridge, towards the end the truck swerves to the left. As it drives off the bridge there is no tail shaft between the gearbox and front diff - the truck falling off the bridge is just a shell.

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Revenge of the Pink Panther picture

Revealing mistake: When Cato is riding the motor scooter he has taken from the ice cream seller down the cobbled street, four men jump out of his way. This shot is used twice; first as a close up then as a long shot.

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The Thirty Nine Steps picture

Revealing mistake: Towards the beginning of the film, when Hannay has been arrested for the murder of Scudder he is being interviewed by Chief Superintendent Lomas. Hannay removed the bullets from Scudder's pistol whilst he was staying in his apartment, and Lomas is shown putting them on the table. One of the bullet casings has a hole drilled through the center of it, a typical method used to identify inert rounds as being safe to handle.

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The Buddy Holly Story picture

Revealing mistake: During the sax player's solo (final concert), his fingers don't match the notes, and he stops moving his fingers before the solo is over. Also, the sax player in the blue jacket behind Buddy's right side often lags behind the sax player to his right. At times, it looked like the sax player was watching the sax player next to him to know when to play. Sometimes, he would put the reed in his mouth for a fraction of a section and just pretend to be playing. Near the end, both sax players seem lost and even laughing at themselves. (01:47:17)

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The Cheap Detective picture

Revealing mistake: Lou received Georgia's rather incriminating phone call. Only his bedside lamp is lit, supposedly, but when he opens the drawer of the nightstand the lamp is on, it casts a light on the wall above, revealing the presence of more sources of lights in the room. (00:07:00)

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Midnight Express picture

Revealing mistake: Watch carefully during the fight scene between Billy and Rifki, you can see the stuntmen a few times.

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Avalanche picture Avalanche mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Caroline (Mia Farrow) is hanging off the broken bridge railing, in the wide angles she is replaced by an obvious stunt. Furthermore, when David rescues her, the stunt woman is always acting calmed and natural, even helping David, as opposed to the close-ups of Farrow, nervous and trembling.

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The Son of the Sheik picture The Son of the Sheik mistake picture

Revealing mistake: During the final chase between the son of the Sheik and the evil oil company henchman, Tomas Milian is replaced on the speedboat by a stuntman wearing a bad wig in some shots, and in other shots by the cutest little puppet that rides the cutest little toy boat. (01:23:00)

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Piranha picture

Revealing mistake: At the beginning when the teens break into the waste water plant and start swimming, the boy gets attacked then killed by the unseen piranha, and a large blood pool spills out into the water. The girl is but 3 feet away, but somehow doesn't' see the blood as she calls out his name and scolds him for not responding.

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Death on the Nile picture

Revealing mistake: Jackie is so ecstatic at the idea that her boyfriend is going to work at her friend's estate that she kisses him without watching the road. Since she is not paying attention, the car nearly hits the hedge at one side of the road, and she does a last minute swerve ending up cutting through a lawn before she can get back on the road again. During this maneuver which should be spontaneous and unplanned, you can see dirt skidmarks on the asphalt in front of the car from previous takes and a clear pathway through the lawn. (00:07:30)

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