The Hill

Visible crew/equipment: When it is the just the Medical officer and the Sargent Major in the cell after Williams has sent them to the showers: the M.O walks from the door to sit on one of the beds, as he turns to sit down the shadow of the camera man is cast on him.

Visible crew/equipment: When the "weak" soldier finally breaks down and walks to and fro across his cell, there are lights visible in the ceiling.

Visible crew/equipment: As King is returning from his medical inspection to the line up: you can see on the ground in front of the soldiers a mat, possibly for the camera dolly to roll on. In the next shot, from a different angle, it has been removed.

Visible crew/equipment: When they are being taken for their first run on the hill by Williams the camera is positioned on top of the hill filming them 'doubling' round the bottom of the hill, as this is being shown you can briefly see the shadow of the camera crew on top of the hill.

Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning of the film the RSM tours the prison, walking toward the camera as it is pulled backwards. You can see tracks in the sand from the dolly that supports the camera.

Continuity mistake: When the commandant comes into the prison in his jeep just after the Sergeant Major says to King: "Then you can drill with these men and you can dance over that hill with them," he takes out his pocket watch from his LEFT breast pocket to check the time the commandant arrived Up to this point, and just before this shot, his pocket watch has always been in his RIGHT breast pocket, where it remains for the rest of the film.

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SSgt. Williams: Don't talk back, you different-coloured bastard.

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