Brother Rat poster

Movie · 1938

Brother Rat

Released 29 October 1938 More from 1938 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Olin Howland
as Slim
52
Henry O'Neill
as Colonel Ramm
47
Gordon Oliver
as Capt 'Lacedrawers' Rogers
28
Ronald Reagan
as Dan Crawford
27
Don DeFore
as Baseball Catcher
25
Wayne Morris
as Billy Randolph
24
Jane Wyman
as Claire Adams
21
William T. Orr
as Member of the Guard
21
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
31years between the oldest and youngest billed
52Olin Howland — oldest on the call sheet
21William T. Orr — youngest billed
31average age of the credited cast
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