The Riddle of the Sands poster

Movie · 1979

The Riddle of the Sands

Released 2 October 1979 More from 1979 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Olga Lowe
as Frau Dollmann
60
Alan Badel
as Dollmann
56
Hans Meyer
as Grimm
54
Michael York
as Charles Carruthers
37
Simon MacCorkindale
as Arthur Davies
27
Jürgen Andersen
as Von Brüning
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
33years between the oldest and youngest billed
60Olga Lowe — oldest on the call sheet
27Simon MacCorkindale — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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