Continuity mistake: When Major Pollock sits down at his table in the dining room, he takes the napkin's ring off and after it falls he places the ring on the table and the napkin on his lap, but when John says, "Good morning," the Major's napkin is rolled in its ring and back on the table, then it's gone again. (01:35:00)
Separate Tables (1958)
1 continuity mistake
Directed by: Delbert Mann
Starring: Burt Lancaster, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Wendy Hiller, Rita Hayworth
Visible crew/equipment: At the end, after Pollock tells Pat that he'll have lunch at the usual time, when it cuts to the wideshot the moving camera's reflection can be seen on the window panel, as the camera crane tracks out. (01:39:00)
Ann Shankland: I didn't mean any harm.
John Malcolm: That's when you do the most damage.
Ann Shankland: We all make mistakes.
John Malcolm: You specialize in them.
Trivia: David Niven won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role of Major Angus Pollock, even though he had only 16 minutes of screen time.
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