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Continuity mistake: During Holmes and Moriarty's conversation at the latter's stronghold, while Holmes is saying that Moriarty wants to commit ordinary murder, the position of Moriarty's hands changes between shots. (01:00:38)

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the Truck Chase, when Billy Horrigan starts shooting at Indy, Reg Harding's right hand goes from grabbing the front passenger seat to grabbing the metal bar of the jeep between shots. (01:23:28)

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Continuity mistake: While Dovchenko is approaching Hangar 51's gate, there is a guard standing behind the STOP white sign written on the barrier. In the next shot, that guard has teleported next to the fuse box. (00:03:03)

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Visible crew/equipment: Just as Indy and Sallah walk near the table with the soldiers eating, on the dune in the background (near the Map Room), four crew members (not wearing German uniforms or Arabian tunics, but shirts and jeans) can be seen sitting, watching the scene. (00:54:46)

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Continuity mistake: In the canyon, in the shot of Toht, just before Belloq says "Do as you will", everyone in the background (Marion and her two guards, Dietrich, some soldiers) is gone (taking as reference the giant stone behind Belloq and the characters' positions in the previous and next shots). (01:43:49)

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Continuity mistake: Dietrich asks, "If we refuse?" Next to him stand four soldiers in a row, looking at Indy. In the next shot, the soldier who was holding a rifle is gone, and the two with machine guns are now giving their backs to Dietrich. (01:42:52)

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Revealing mistake: When Indy kicks Kazim's partner out of the speedboat, the man grabbing Indy's body from behind is not Kevork Malikyan. (00:39:15)

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Trivia: Before getting the role of Walter Donovan, Julian Glover had auditioned to play Colonel Vogel.

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Trivia: For the Berlin scene, Spielberg told the extras that every time they had to do the Nazi salute with their right hand, they could cross the fingers of their left hand behind their back to steady themselves.

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Trivia: Some characters in this film had other names during its development, before retaining the ones that appeared in the film. Some of these names were: - Rene Belloq's original name was Victor Lovar. - Toht's was Belzig. - Dietrich's was Schliemann. - the Imam's was Amir. Several characters were also deleted, such as Eric Davona, Calvin Stansbury, Tengtu Hok, Bang Chow, Buzz Kehoe, Stanton, Abu (not the Imam's apprentice), Jules Spencer and Petrovich.

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Trivia: The main ghost was played by receptionist Greta Hicks, made up and dressed in a white robe. She was suspended with wires and filmed flying away from the camera. The footage was reversed for the film (this can be spotted in the ghost's hair). For the Angel of Death, a life-size skeletal dummy dressed as Greta was filmed and superimposed on the film.

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Plot hole: In Archimedes' tomb, Teddy hides on top of a statue. Helena sees him and keeps eye contact for several seconds, but none of the Nazis notice it (the Nazi with the fedora is looking in exactly the same direction as Helena and Indy, to give an example). (01:53:34)

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Revealing mistake: When Hauke breaks the neck of one of the American soldiers in the plane, it is very obvious that he only rests his hands on the soldier's head without twisting his neck. (01:10:14)

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Question: Why does Dovchenko salute and address Spalko as if she were a superior officer if both have the same rank and are part of the same military company (in which Dovchenko would have more authority, being an army officer, while Spalko is simply a doctor)? A similar case to compare would be Jürgen Voller in Dial of Destiny's prologue, who seems to have almost no authority over soldiers with lower military ranks.

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Continuity mistake: After the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword members begin shooting, in the wide shot of the canyon gunfight (with Indy, Henry and Sallah in the right corner of the screen), Vogel is standing behind the tank, shooting at the Brotherhood with his Luger. In the next shot, he's suddenly running with two soldiers. (01:25:47)

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Continuity mistake: Indy asks for shotgun shells and a soldier drops some inside Dovchenko's cap (which is in Indy's left hand). In the next shot, they are suddenly in the same hand that held the cap, which is now in Indy's right hand. (00:10:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Dietrich and Toht look at the ghosts that pass behind them, the column of mist that is coming out of the Ark disappears.

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Continuity mistake: In the final cutscene of the Grail's Temple, Indy and Sallah are on their horses, laughing; then they move on. In the next shot, they have switched places.

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Question: Is it possible that this film had an alternate ending? In the audio of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record (released the same year, 1981), during the opening of the Ark, we can hear sounds, scenes, and screams that never appear in the final film (or in any deleted scenes). Examples of this are the sounds of the spirits, Dietrich's second scream, and Indy saying "You're all right, you're all right" to Marion (she answers "Yes...") after the Ark closes.

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, in the shot after Roscoe says "He's got our thing!", the lamp behind him and the lamp in front of Fedora disappear. Also, just after Roscoe says that line, immediately his voice is heard saying "Get him!", but his lips don't move. (00:04:44)

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