Continuity mistake: Before Mollie brings the whiskey, there's a blanket on a chair, neatly folded. When she comes back with the bottle, it's now messily laid. Check the stripes on it.
Continuity mistake: When Ernest plays poker, he places the jewelry, watch, and card on the table. Their position keeps changing between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Mollie gets in the car, her hands are covering her ears or not, depending on the shot back and forth.
Continuity mistake: When Ernest is eating soup, he covers his mouth with his left hand. Shot changes and his arm is away.
Continuity mistake: When Ernest is given the book, he turns it around to face the cover properly. In the close-up, the book is misplaced, and he turns it around again.
Revealing mistake: When the oil starts gushing, one can see a rectangle on the ground with different coloured grass, where the pumping mechanism to achieve the effect was buried.
Continuity mistake: When the movie begins, the chief holds the pipe of peace with his hands extended upwards. A shot later, they're pointing forward.
Other mistake: In the cemetery scene, one of the tombstones is shaking due to the wind.