Revealing mistake: During the big underground fight scene, the solid rock wall moves as George pounds a Morlock's head against it.

The Time Machine (1960)
Trailers
Directed by: George Pal
Starring: Rod Taylor, Sebastian Cabot, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux
More trailers
More mistakes in The Time Machine More quotes from The Time Machine More trivia for The Time Machine More questions & answers from The Time Machine
George: What have you done? Thousands of years of building and rebuilding, creating and recreating so you can let it crumble to dust. A million years of sensitive men dying for their dreams... FOR what? So you can swim and dance and play.
Trivia: In the video documenting the making of The Time Machine, Rod Taylor states that if you count the number of rivets on the spinning disk on the back of the machine, there are 365 of them (one for each day of the year). That said, there are actually only 348 pegs.
Question: What was in the envelope he put on the mantel just before he left. It was already gone when his friend and maid ran to see him leave?





Answer: Earlier in the movie, Mrs. Watchit hands an envelope to Philby with a note inside to inform everyone that if George doesn't show up at 8:00, then they can start dinner without him. This is what he most likely left on the mantle before he started his journey through time.