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Movie · 1988

Consuming Passions

Released 6 April 1988 More from 1988 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Thora Hird
as Mrs. Gordon
76
Andrew Sachs
as Jason
57
Prunella Scales
as Ethel
55
Bryan Pringle
53
Timothy West
as Dr. Rees
53
Vanessa Redgrave
as Mrs. Garza
51
William Rushton
50
Jonathan Pryce
as Mr. Farris
40
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
36years between the oldest and youngest billed
76Thora Hird — oldest on the call sheet
40Jonathan Pryce — youngest billed
54average age of the credited cast
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