Continuity mistake: As Phelps receives his assignment, the amount of tape on the recorder changes several times between shots. So does the style/design of the plastic reels. (00:02:05)
Jean G
9th Apr 2011
Mission: Impossible (1966)
23rd Jan 2011
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: When Phelps is in the phone booth getting his assignment, the camera can be seen reflected in the booth's glass door. (00:01:10)
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)
2nd Jan 2011
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Revealing mistake: When Rollin and Barney are setting up the fake Kurzan, the "dummy's" eyes move several times. (00:42:45)
2nd Jan 2011
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Revealing mistake: The "microfilm" that Rollin and Barney steal from the safe isn't micro at all. It's a conventional single frame of 35mm movie film, not coincidentally the same film stock on which Mission: Impossible was shot. (00:36:05)
2nd Jan 2011
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: In the final scenes at the airport, the camera crew and lighting panels are reflected in both the limo door and the sides of the white panel truck. (00:48:20)
7th Dec 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: The fire on the bed is contained within a small space by a visible asbestos pad. (00:21:45)
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)
Visible crew/equipment: When Phelps and Barney shove Frank into the back seat of the car, the door captures a clear reflection of the camera crew. (00:36:20)
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)
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
Mission: Impossible (1966)
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)
23rd Oct 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: During the prison escape, as Phelps and Cole are stealing the car, a microphone can be seen above them, hanging more than a foot into the shot. (00:18:20)
1st Sep 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Traitor - S1-E27
Continuity mistake: Tina demonstrates her contortionist abilities by crawling through the cubicle shelves in Briggs' apartment. A large orange cat figurine on the upper left shelf is brightly lit when she's doing her demo. The moment she finishes, though, the cat is in shadow and its orange tones are muted to brown. (00:05:00)
30th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: During the prison corridor scene, Cinnamon is crying over her "dead" husband, and her hair changes from frazzled to neatly combed and back as the angles shift between full shot and close-up. (00:39:15)
30th Aug 2010
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Continuity mistake: Though Briggs hasn't touched the canvas to paint them over, the green brushstrokes that McMillan makes on the portrait disappear a few frames later. (00:41:50)
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