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Movie · 1968

Assignment to Kill

Released 1 May 1968 More from 1968 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
John Gielgud
as Curt Valayan
64
Fifi D'Orsay
as Mrs. Hennie
64
Kent Smith
as Mr. Eversley
61
Herbert Lom
as Matt Wilson
50
Patrick O'Neal
as Richard Cutting
40
Joan Hackett
as Dominique Laurant
34
Ann Prentiss
as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)
28
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
36years between the oldest and youngest billed
64John Gielgud — oldest on the call sheet
28Ann Prentiss — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast
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