Continuity mistake: When the purser's safe falls through the ceiling, we get to see the safe come to a rest, and we can see the door to the safe is still perfectly in position and still closed. The next shot looking down on the safe now shows the safe with the door now fully opened.
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
1 continuity mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Starring: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Peter Boyle, Telly Savalas
Continuity mistake: When the purser's safe falls through the ceiling, we get to see the safe come to a rest, and we can see the door to the safe is still perfectly in position and still closed. The next shot looking down on the safe now shows the safe with the door now fully opened.
Captain Mike Turner: In times of real trouble, the one thing man can depend on is the sympathy of the bank.
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Answer: I just assumed that it was the plutonium on board. But I may be misremembering. It could have been uranium.
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