Other mistake: Detectives Dundy and Polhaus visit Bogart at 3:40 in the middle of the night as we see the time on his alarm clock after they walk in. In the previous shot it's impossible to tell what time it is time because there are no hands on the clock. (00:11:10)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
1 other mistake
Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Gladys George
Continuity mistake: Kasper Gutman goes wild cutting the Maltese Falcon continuously with his knife, but in one of the inserted close-ups of him he's just standing there not doing anything. (01:28:40)
Tom: What is the Maltese Falcon made of, to make it so special?
Spade: The stuff that dreams are made of.
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