The Big Land poster

Movie · 1957

The Big Land

Released 1 March 1957 More from 1957 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranchers that their stock will bring $10 a head at auction. Instead, ruthless cattle baron Brog (Anthony Caruso) has scared off all competition and offers much less.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Paul Bryar
as First Bartender (uncredited)
47
Charles Watts
as Dick McCullough (uncredited)
44
Alan Ladd
as Chad Morgan
43
Julie Bishop
as Kate Johnson
42
Anthony Caruso
as Brog
40
Virginia Mayo
as Helen Jagger
36
John Doucette
as Hagan (uncredited)
36
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
11years between the oldest and youngest billed
47Paul Bryar — oldest on the call sheet
36John Doucette — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast
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