Revealing mistake: During the fight scene, when the young man pulls Gen. Besh's pistol and fires it, the pistol is shown close up and slow motion. The pistol doesn't cycle. (I.E. the slide doesn't recoil to load another round) This make it obvious that the pistol is loaded w/blanks and no blank adaptor.
Taps (1981)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Harold Becker
Starring: Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox
Genres: Drama
Continuity mistake: Shaving cream reappears - When Cadet Major Morelan is shaving in front of the mirror he shaves his right side of his face then shaves part of his left side of his face. The next shot is a closeup of him in the mirror and the left side of his face is unshaven and completely covered with shaving cream. He then begins to shave the left side of his face again.
J.C. Pierce: Dwyer, this is starting to be a real emergency situation here.
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