The Best Years of Our Lives

Revealing mistake: When Fred Derry gets on the B-17 at the end of the movie to exercise his demons, the nose section of the plane noticeably moves when he gets on and gets off, showing it's a studio prop.

Mike Lynch

Factual error: Fred would not have been a captain without prior college education. He was previously a soda jerk and would have been enlisted.

More mistakes in The Best Years of Our Lives

Marie Derry: Say, who is this Peggy Stephenson?
Fred Derry: She's a girl.
Marie Derry: I didn't think she was a kangaroo.

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