Continuity mistake: The ring taken from Hanley in the opening, mysteriously reappears on his finger later on.
Jean G
25th Mar 2011
Combat! (1962)
25th Mar 2011
Combat! (1962)
Continuity mistake: When he beds down for the night, Saunders removes his coat and covers the little dog with it. But he's wearing the coat again when he wakes up.
25th Mar 2011
Combat! (1962)
Continuity mistake: After he changes the tire, the truck driver climbs into the cab with Saunders. But in the next shot, Saunders is alone in the truck.
2nd Jan 2011
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: In the opening sequence, the tape giving Phelps his assignment is running backwards in some shots, isn't threaded properly in others, and in reverse angles, it's running twice as fast as it is in the previous shots. (00:02:30)
1st Jan 2011
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Continuity mistake: After Starling is beamed out of the limo, Rayne opens the door and escapes. The door is still standing open when the chauffeur starts the car. But in the reverse angle as he drives away, the door has closed itself. (00:20:10)
19th Dec 2010
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Continuity mistake: Edmond Dantes has just spent several years digging a tunnel through the rock walls of Chateau d'If. Yet when he washes up on the beach, a close-up of his hand shows us perfectly clean, manicured fingernails. Salt water may wash your hands clean, but it certainly won't trim, file and repair broken fingernails for you. (01:01:35)
7th Dec 2010
The High Chaparral (1967)
Continuity mistake: Victoria starts the ill-fated journey wearing culotte-style pants. When they get stranded without food, clothes or other provisions, the pants somehow turn into a skirt.
7th Dec 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Rollin sets the bed quilt on fire, the burned portion gets larger, then smaller, then larger again in alternating shots. (00:21:05)
7th Dec 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: The drink Cinnamon ultimately knocks off the edge of the pool table moves several inches between takes, and in one shot disappears altogether. (00:23:40)
7th Dec 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Hagar's wife opens the Mercedes' trunk, the deflated silver mat is wrinkled and covers the entire space. When she picks it up, it's less than half its original size and has no wrinkles in it at all. (00:47:50)
1st Dec 2010
Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
Continuity mistake: After he eats the entire box of fudge bars, Adam has chocolate smeared all over his face. The smudges change shape and intensity several times between takes. (00:39:00)
17th Nov 2010
The Great Race (1965)
Continuity mistake: Watch when Jack Lemmon falls into the giant cake at the beginning of the pie fight scene: he destroys all but a thin vertical pillar on the right side. During the fight, we see two other angles on it before the cake is fallen on again - in a shot from the exact same angle as before - but this time a large portion of it has somehow restored itself, and in a completely different configuration.
17th Nov 2010
The Crowd Roars (1932)
Continuity mistake: Joe shoves Lee's friend Ann out the door and twists the lock so she can't come back in. After he and Lee argue, he then storms out the same door, which somehow opens for him easily, even though he hasn't unlocked it again. (00:31:10)
17th Nov 2010
The Crowd Roars (1932)
Continuity mistake: In the final race, Joe's car has two drivers in all the close-ups, but in the long shots, only one. (01:05:45)
2nd Nov 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: The gray dye job on Rollin's hair varies noticeably (from lighter to darker and back) throughout the episode.
31st Oct 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: When the two baddies are counting out the money stolen from their latest victim, the piles of currency change positions on the table between takes.
31st Oct 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
31st Oct 2010
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Ko'olauloa - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When McGarrett chases the bad guys' Jeep, his Camaro skids through several huge dust clouds. Immediately after each cloud, however, the car is perfectly clean again. This is visible in several of the very rapid shots throughout the chase. After the chase ends, a coating of dirt and mud (which, incidentally, differs from the earlier shots) appears on the Camaro.
29th Oct 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: Roy is stalled in his truck at the railroad track. We see the mailboxes behind him burst open and all the mail comes flying out. Next shot, from inside the truck, the mailboxes are closed. Then another outside view shows them open again.
24th Oct 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: At the end, Rollin holds a rifle pointed straight at Stavak. When the shot cuts to a different angle, he's instantly holding the gun lengthwise and at a lower level. (00:46:35)
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