On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Continuity mistake: When Blofeld escapes riding the bobsleigh, there are several shots of him sliding way along the slope, then we see Bond firing the last shot and now the bobsleigh is right at the starting point.

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Continuity mistake: When Bond knocks out Che Che there's a rectangular piece of white furniture next to the bed. A shot later it has moved a meter to the left, pink slippers now visible, and is now on top of Che Che's leg.

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Continuity mistake: When Bond is ordering breakfast, the position of his hand on the phone changes between shots. Check his index finger.

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Continuity mistake: After Bond knocks out Che Che there's a close-up of him feeling dizzy and collapsing unconscious. Shot changes to a wide angle, and he repeats all previous movements.

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Continuity mistake: When Bond is in his room fighting against Che Che, a table leg lies on the couch, but disappears in further shots.

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Continuity mistake: At the beach, Bond lies down on the boat and kicks Raphael while aiming to sit up. A shot later he's lying down again.

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Continuity mistake: After Tracy's car passes Bond's, check the stones and constructions on the left side of the curb. Shot changes, we see the car speeding away, and then the shot cuts back to the previous place where the car was.

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Continuity mistake: When Bond started his escape on skis he has laced ski boots. When he throws the guy off the cliff and resumes skiing, he has buckled boots.

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene Tracy overtakes Bond's car on his left side. However, Bond's mirror shows Tracy passing on his right side.

Continuity mistake: At the casino Bond deals cards to a man on the left. This man's left arm swaps between raised to lowered depending on the shot.

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Continuity mistake: After the bobsleigh chase Bond falls on the snow and a dog approaches. The amount of snow on Bond's coat suddenly decreases between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During the ski chase it starts off with Blofield and five henchmen, after one gets killed by the snow plough they stop and there are now six henchmen when there should be four. Through out the chase all of the long shots only show six in total.

Continuity mistake: When Bond is fighting the villain on the beach in the pre-credits sequence, the two fight in the sea and Bond's hair gets wet in the process. But when Bond says "This never happened to the other fellow" his hair now appears to be completely dry.

Audio problem: In the opening scene, Bond sees Tracy in the ocean and drives his Aston Martin onto the beach to rescue her. When he stops, we hear screeching tyres, but he is driving on sand.

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Sir Hilary Bray: Our methods are very exacting. We never like to speak until we're absolutely certain that there can be no possibility of error on our side or... forgery on anyone else's.
James Bond: I hope I can live up to your high standards.

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Trivia: While Bond is meeting with Sir Hillary, the Bond family motto is briefly mentioned: "The World Is Not Enough".

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Answer: It's ambiguous. Most likely both were targeted to be killed.

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