Goofs

In the Psycho (1960) scene when the bellboy finishes stabbing the doctor with the newspaper, he clearly drops the rolled paper on the floor next to him. The next shot shows the folded paper's ink running down the drain.

When Dr. Wentworth is trying to get out of his car, he first breaks off the window handle and drops it on the passenger side. Next, he breaks off the door handle, but the window handle is back in place.

External images of the aircraft landing in the beginning of the film are of a Boeing 747. The flight deck shots of what is supposed to be the same aircraft are of a Douglas DC-8 (note the center window).

In the Psycho (1960) scene, the showerhead adjustment knob projects straight up out of the top of the showerhead when viewed from outside the shower but is turned sideways when viewed from inside the shower.

When Thorndyke is talking to Montague, the pencil that Montague is holding changes position between shots.

At one point Nurse Diesel states that a negative has been on every front page in the region, and that anybody could blow it up. A newspaper photo from 1977 could not reveal greater detail in a blowup; it would simply show larger black spots.

At the bar of the hotel, the pianist asks Dr. Thorndyke if "B flat" is an okay key for him to sing the song "High Anxiety". The song then actually begins in the key of "A" and then modulates up ½ step to the key of "B flat" for the end of the song.

Boeing 747 cabin doors open outward, not vertically like those on the Lockheed 1011 TriStar.

Brophy's camera has no flash, yet every time he shoots a photograph a flash goes off.

After Nurse Diesel falls out the tower and tries to fly away on her broom, when they cut back to everyone in the tower, a broom is seen leaning against the wall. However, there are actually two brooms: a broom with a thick handle is clearly seen against a wall in the tower. Nurse Diesel has a broom with a thinner handle in her left hand as she enters the tower room, and it clearly remains in her grasp as she falls from the tower. The second broom with the thicker handle remains untouched against the wall of the room.

When Dr. Richard Thorndyke sees his former professor Dr. Lilloman right after first arriving at the institute, Dr. Lilloman quizzes him by asking "A patient comes into your office suffering from Belldon's Hysteria, and he has a seizure right in your office, what do you give him?" Dr. Thorndike responds "2 cc's of aqueous Thorazine coupled with Somadiozine". There is no such thing as Belldon's Hysteria, and while there is such a thing as Thorazine, used for bipolar depression, there is no aqueous Thorazine. There is also no such drug as Somadiozine.

Obviously, these are fictional maladies and treatments created for a comedy movie - this is not intended to be an actual depiction of psychiatry.

Towards the end of The Birds (1963) scene when Dr. Thorndyke is sitting in the gardener's shed being showered by the pigeons above him, one gob of the 'mayonnaise and spinach' mixture inexplicably enters the picture from the left and strikes him on his left shoulder.

At the beginning, when Dr. Thorndike exits the terminal building through sliding glass doors, he turns around and faces the glass doors, but his reflection is incorrect. Instead of seeing the front of him, he is seen from behind.

When Dr. Wentworth is expressing his desire to leave the institute to Nurse Diesel, the window from the inside is totally different than the outside, even more so when Nurse Diesel goes to the window to close it.

When Dr. Thorndyke is undressing for his shower, his boxer shorts can be seen when he removes his robe.

In the bondage scene, one of Dr. Charles Montague's handcuffs is not properly closed.

When singing High Anxiety, Thorndyke's mouth has fully closed during a long shot, yet the vocal continues for a few more seconds.

When Nurse Diesel and Dr. Montague are having coffee on the glass table, the camera is reflected in the silver tray.

When Thorndyke is leaving the institute to go to the seminar, a crew member is visible in the limo door window reflection.

A crewmember's shadow is visible on the ground in The Birds (1963) scene as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke runs for cover.

In the airport bathroom where Thorndyke gets flashed, the boom mic is visible for a few seconds.