Visible crew/equipment: In the opening shot of the movie, several people (presumably the film crew) are reflected in the eye of the titular reptile. (00:00:15)
Alligator (1980)
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Starring: Robert Forster, Dean Jagger, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo
Continuity mistake: David asks for advice to the store owner. The man points at him with his hand turned in a different way between shots. (00:05:15)
Continuity mistake: David helps the coroner put away in the large plastic bag a chewed human arm. A policeman calls him; he places his right hand flat on the railing, gripping it, but in the reverse shot he's leaning the closed fist on it, and tilted at an angle. (00:05:55)
Mayor: And if they traced it back to the company.
Slade: You'd be out of a job, for one thing.
David Madison: It's his own fault.
Marisa Kendall: I understand how you must feel.
David Madison: Don't understand me so quick, 'kay? (01:07:20)
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