When Blake and Fenderbaum try to run the military car off
the road, the overhead shot of the accident shows them being cut off by a red/gray Dodge Daytona, not the solid red Corvette they were driving.
Right after Private Lyle is given the Congressional Medal of Honor, the limousine switches from an Imperial to a mid-1980s Cadillac Seville.
At the roadside fruit stand, Arnold's racing outfit has
a few watermelon stains on it even before Jackie breaks the melon, but his outfit is perfectly clean when he drags Jackie away at the end of the scene.
The second car to start the race after the Sheik is a dark blue Ferrari Dino. This same car is seen in the background a few seconds later when the Japanese team starts the race.
When the CHP Sergeant is chasing the military car driven by Captain Chaos, the nuns, and JJ McClure, the police car's top emergency lights change from yellow and red in up close shots, to red and blue in long shots. Also, the lights are switched on and strobing when seen in long shots, but not on in up close shots.
The cops wouldn't have missed seeing the Lamborghini even with the girls' driving beside the hearse, as the Lamborghini was positioned right near the back of the hearse, and so the Lamborghini would have been visible to the cop car when it was following at virtually any distance behind, even just a few yards back.
At the beginning the guy in the Mercedes Gull wing says that he now has a 383 Hemi in his car. Chrylser never made the Hemi in the 383 size. They were all Wedge engines.
Marilu Henner and Shirley MacLaine (the nuns) are wearing wedding bands in several shots.
Neither woman is an actual nun, they are both actresses posing as nuns, so it would not be incorrect for them to be wearing wedding bands. If J.J. and/or Victor notice(d) them, they would just make excuses for them as they did with other inconsistencies the men had questioned.
Neither woman is an actual nun, they are both actresses posing as nuns, so it would not be incorrect for them to be wearing wedding bands. If J.J. and/or Victor notice(d) them, they would just make excuses for them as they did with other inconsistencies the men had questioned.
When Blake is inside the hotel room and Fenderbaum is outside making a move to come in, Blake says "Don't come out, I'll come in." He then goes out.
This is a deliberate choice of words as it is a joke.
This is a deliberate choice of words as it is a joke.
When JJ and Victor are stopped by the sheriff, the badge on his hat reads "Deputy Sheriff". If he were the actual sheriff it would read as such. If he were a deputy he would have to correct them by stating he was a deputy.
Even if he was only a deputy, he is under no obligation to correct them.
Even if he was only a deputy, he is under no obligation to correct them.
At several times, the orangutan is referred to as both a chimp and a monkey. While this is factually incorrect, this is deliberate to demonstrate the general ignorance people have between apes and monkey, and the different types of great apes.
When the Mitsubishi uses the afterburner, the stunt man driving is visible, wearing a fire suit.
During the scene in which the two gangsters are attempting to pick up the Shiek's car in the helicopter, you can clearly see it is doubles used in the shot.
When the cop car does a 360, the stunt driver is visible. He has big sideburns, and the actor supposedly driving does not.
When JJ and Victor are stopped by the Sheriff, JJ, the General, has his CIB, Combat Infantrymans Badge over the right breast pocket on his jacket. It is worn over the left breast pocket.
Right after Jackie Chan/Richard Kiel's car is dropped out of the plane, they're chased by cops. To make them invisible, the car hovers above the ground. As the car is lowering, you can see the shadow of the crane on the ground, lowering it down.
In the fight scene at the Pinto Ranch near the end of the movie, when Arnold (Richard Kiel) throws Hymie (Telly Savalas) into the air, the harness and wires used to carry out the stunt are clearly visible.
Crewman visible in motorcycle's side mirror during the fight scene at the roadside fruit stand.
As Arnold throws Hymie over the building in the last fight seen, you can see the wires supporting him.