Goofs

Leonora Penderton bends over and lights a roaring fire, but when she stands up the fire is out.

When Penderton is barely hanging on to the saddle as he is falling off the horse and then the horse abruptly comes to a stop; Penderton lands on the ground near the rear of the horse. However, in the next shot, Penderton is now in front of the horse.

When Leonora is writing invitations to a party in her house, the amount of drink in her glass decreases between shots.

When Major Penderton mounts Firebrand he has no open wounds or open scars on his face. However when the panicky horse runs wild; Penderton is now showing a bloody wound on his cheekbone and forehead although up to that point in the film nothing was shown to cause it. He did not yet hit a branch or brushed up against a tree or anything else. Additionally, there were no sounds of Penderton hitting any objects before you first see the blood.

When Penderton mounts Firebrand; the horse has no open cuts or wounds on its front right leg. However, after it panics and starts running wild; you now see flesh wounds on its right front leg although up to that point in the film there is nothing that happened to cause it like running into a branch or tree or a bush. Additionally, there were no sounds of the horse hitting any objects before you first see the blood. .

After Major Waldon Penderton instructs Private L.G. Williams on what yard work he wants done, he stands at attention and receives and returns a salute from Private Williams. Major Penderton is outside in the backyard and wearing no hat. He is, therefore, out of uniform, and any salute would have been inappropriate.

The marks showing on the panicked horse when it was running wild are supposed to be blood. However, it is obvious that it is paint or some kind of pink dye. Additionally, the texture and amount of cuts are not consistent throughout the sequence.

Although movie is set in 1940s, all of Elizabeth Taylor's hairstyles, makeup and wardrobe are of the mid-1960s.

Private Brian's fatigue uniform has no "U.S. Army" or name tapes above the shirt pockets.