Plot hole: When Dr Hubbard is speaking to Dr Andrews at the nuclear power plant, the bees invade the plant, which subsequently explodes. The explosion should have completely eliminated the swarm along with the plant.
The Swarm (1978)
1 plot hole - chronological order
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Starring: Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Katharine Ross
Continuity mistake: The burnout of Houston takes place at nighttime, but when the bees attack an ambulance driver who then crashes into a building, the scene changes briefly to broad daylight.
Brad Crane: Are you endowing these bees with human motives? Like saving their fellow bees from captivity, or seeking revenge on Mankind?
General Thalius Slater: I always credit my enemy, no matter what he may be, with equal intelligence.
Trivia: Irwin Allen was so disheartened by the amount of money he lost on this film that he forbade any of his employees to ever mention it again, and even cut short an interview when a question was asked about it.
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