It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Factual error: When Ding Bell is passing the truck, his car downshifts then shifts into a higher gear after passing the truck. Ding never took his hands off the wheel. This is in a VW Bug. These all had manual transmissions when this was filmed. He would have had to manually shift the gears to have the car change gears, but he kept steering with two hands on the wheel. (00:33:00 - 00:33:25)

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Continuity mistake: In the wide-angle shots of the blue Willys (Jeep) wagon, the windshield is a 2-piece version with a vertical divider in the middle. The close-up shots don't have the divider.

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Sylvester Marcus: I'm coming. That's what I'm here for. That's why you had me, Mama, to save you.

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Trivia: Phil Silvers almost drowned whilst filming the scene when he drives his car into the river because he couldn't swim.

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