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Factual error: Admiral Motti tells General Tagge, "Dangerous to your star fleet, Commander," even though Tagge is an army general and could not command a star fleet.

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Continuity mistake: When we first see Colonel Dietrich, he, Belloq and Gobler are crossing Tanis on foot. The scene cuts out when the three of them arrive next to some wagons. However, seven minutes later (in movie time) they are shown again in exactly the same position as they were in the first shot, continuing their actions. This is also seen in the two soldiers in the background on a hill and in a soldier on horseback going from left to right. Even Indy’s team is visible in the first shot, when he is supposed to be in another place only with Sallah. (00:50:09 - 00:57:00)

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Plot hole: When the sergeant takes control of the truck, Dietrich directs him to approach to crush Indy between the staff car and the truck, which takes time and allows Indy to make his famous scene. However, Dietrich could easily have shot him and arrived in Cairo with the Ark in his possession. (01:27:40)

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Continuity mistake: When the sergeant throws Indy out of the truck window, the adventurer grabs the Mercedes logo with his left hand. After two shots, he is to have let go. However, in the next shot, Indy is grabbing it again. (01:27:25)

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Continuity mistake: As the Nazis are preparing to leave Tanis, a soldier fires a shot into the air, causing several Arabs to fall to the ground and land in the middle of a circle of soldiers. In the next shot, as Belloq heads for the car, all the downed Arabs, the sergeant and the circle of soldiers have disappeared, with only the soldiers who were loading the Ark onto the truck remaining. (01:26:55)

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Character mistake: When Gobler informs Dietrich about the preparation of the Flying Wing, the former calls the Colonel "Herr Major." (01:16:25)

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Continuity mistake: Just as Indy crashes Gobler's jeep for the second time, you can see that beside the desert road is a large forest. However, the jeep falls off a cliff that appears out of nowhere. (01:25:37)

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Continuity mistake: When Indy throws Terry Leonard out of the truck, the forest they were driving through disappears. Then Indy closes the truck's door and the forest reappears. (01:24:22)

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Continuity mistake: After Meade escapes from the warehouse, Anthony Lloyd runs to the wall and pulls out one of the planks. In the next shot, he repeats the same action. (00:37:15)

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Revealing mistake: During the fight in the warehouse, in the shot after Holmes turns on the light, one of Holmes' allies can be seen punching the air as he fights a Nazi, who reacts as if he has been hit. (00:36:46)

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Continuity mistake: As Indy's truck is getting closer, the camera focuses on Spalko. Behind her are the duck with Oxley and Mac inside and a damaged truck. But in the next shot, when Oxley says "Henry Jones Jr.", the truck is gone. (01:16:17)

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Trivia: In the original script, instead of all dying together in the infamous scene during the opening of the Ark, Belloq, Toht and Dietrich were to die at different points in the film: Toht was to die together with Gobler during the truck chase, Belloq would die during the opening of the Ark (which was shorter), and Dietrich was to die in the mine cart chase through Geheimhaven that took place after the closing of the Ark and was cut from the film.

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Continuity mistake: In Geheimhaven, Indy watches the submarine hidden behind some ropes. When Marion comes out of the submarine and the camera focuses on the back of Indy's head, the ropes disappear. (01:39:13)

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Continuity mistake: As the sergeant climbs to the truck's roof, Belloq turns his head to watch the scene. In that shot, the staff car is passing next to a group of plants. In the next shot, almost all the plants have disappeared. (01:26:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Indy runs over the sergeant, the background behind the truck changes between shots, going from the desert to a mountain. (01:28:45)

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Continuity mistake: Dietrich and Gobler walk forward to stand next to Belloq while he's saying, "Once again, Jones..." In the next shot, Gobler has disappeared (this can be spotted by the distance between Belloq and Gobler's foot in the first shot). (01:10:57)

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Continuity mistake: After Ron is eliminated by the white queen, Harry moves two squares back and stands next to the black bishop. However, after the shot switches to Hermione and again to Harry, the latter now finds himself just in front of the white king, well away from his previous place, at the moment he says 'Checkmate'. Just after this, the white queen can be seen lying next to Harry as the white king's sword falls to the ground; however, she is never heard to fall.

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Character mistake: The reporter speaking Spanish at the end of the movie spells the Spanish word for fire wrong. He says "inciendo" instead of the correct "incendio." (02:07:11)

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Trivia: Henry Daniell, who plays Sir Anthony Lloyd, played several characters in the Basil Rathbone saga, including Professor Moriarty.

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Plot hole: Although the Voice of Terror speaks in English and without any kind of accent, no one is able to recognise Sir Evan's voice, not even the members of the council, who have been working with him for several years.

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