CLOSED *** Baker's Dozen: Classic goofs in movies. ***
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Every movie has some goofs. But some goofs have become so famous that they've become classics in their own right. Now, what constitutes a classic is a judgment that varies from person to person, so I'll accept ones I haven't heard of. Heck, what am I saying, I'll accept anything. But try to come up with some well known ones.
In order to make it easier for people to copy and paste the list while still being informative, give only a short description on your numbered line entry, then a longer description below it, as I have done here. Subsequent posters should copy the numbered entries, omit the prior long description, and add their own descriptions for their goofs. For example, the next poster should copy the line, "1. Double Indemnity ...," add his or her own #2 line below with a short description, then substitute a longer description for my paragraph which begins, "Walter Neff."
One other note -- I'm admittedly long-winded, so don't be put off by the length of my description. Just let us all know what the goof is.
1. Double Indemnity (1944) -- Fred's apartment door opens the wrong way.
Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), an insurance salesman, and Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) have murdered her husband in an insurance fraud scheme. Neff's boss, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) has dropped by Neff's apartment unexpectedly, where Neff and Dietrichson have rendezvoused. The three have got themselves into a bizarre and suspenseful situation. Neff and Keyes are standing in the hallway outside the apartment, with the door open, swung out into the hallway. Dietrichson is hiding on the other side of the door. If Keyes finds out the two know each other their scheme will be instantly busted. It's a well done scene, very effective. The problem is that residential doors open inward, not outward. If they opened outward, the hinges would be on the outside, and any half-wit burglar could gain entry simply by knocking off the hinges. (On the other hand, grocery stores and other large businesses have doors that open outward, so that crowds can escape easily in the event of a fire, but those are special, more expensive doors in which the hinges cannot be easily accessed.)