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Movie · 1963

Operation Bikini

Released 26 March 1963 More from 1963 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine sunken in a lagoon off Bikini Atoll before the Japanese are able to raise it and capture the advanced radar system on board.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Scott Brady
as Capt. Emmett Carey
38
Tab Hunter
as Lt. Morgan Hayes
31
Michael Dante
as Lt. William 'Bill' Fourtney
31
Marc Cavell
as Paul
23
Frankie Avalon
as Seaman Joseph Malzone
22
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
16years between the oldest and youngest billed
38Scott Brady — oldest on the call sheet
22Frankie Avalon — youngest billed
29average age of the credited cast
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