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Movie · 1974

It's Good to Be Alive

Released 22 February 1974 More from 1974 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Joe De Santis
as Roy Campanella's Father
64
Ruby Dee
as Ruth Campanella
51
Ramon Bieri
as Walter O'Malley
44
Julian Burton
as Dr. Rusk
41
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Sam Brockington
37
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
27years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Joe De Santis — oldest on the call sheet
37Louis Gossett Jr. — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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