Factual error: Elaine (the stewardess) is looking for a doctor. She finds Dr. Rumack who's wearing a stethoscope. He has it on backwards. The earpieces should point forward - his are pointing backward.
Airplane (1980)
1 factual error - chronological order
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Lorna Patterson
Revealing mistake: In the dance sequence, we see Elaine twirling Ted around and throwing him into the crowd. Watch the top-right-corner of your screen, as the stunt-double lands in the audience you can see Robert Hays (Ted Striker) in the top-right-corner waiting to pop out. (00:19:10)
Gunderson: He's all over the place! Nine hundred feet up to 1300 feet. What an asshole!
Trivia: One of the special thanks in the end credits is to the Argon Oil Company, a fictional company in another ZAZ movie, "Kentucky Fried Movie". Argon is actually an elemental gas. (01:26:50)
Question: Right after Ted is dumped by Elaine, was that Harrison Ford that played the religious zealot he punched out?
Answer: The man that was punched was Conrad Palmisano. He's credited as Religious Zealot #4.
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Answer: No, that was David Leisure, who was the Joe Izuzu Guy.
Pam-I-am
Actually, no it wasn't David Leisure, he plays one of the Krishnas.