Movie · 1942
To Be or Not to Be
“The Picture Everyone Wants to See”
Released 6 March 1942 99 min Comedy / War / Romance More from 1942 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
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How old were they?
Maude Eburne
as Anna
Charles Halton
as Producer Dobosh
Halliwell Hobbes
as Gen. Armstrong
Lionel Atwill
as Rawitch
Sig Ruman
as Col. Ehrhardt
Alec Craig
as Scottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
as Polonius in Warsaw (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
as Bronski
Miles Mander
as Major Cunningham
Stanley Ridges
as Professor Alexander Siletsky
Felix Bressart
as Greenberg
Henry Victor
as Capt. Schultz
Jack Benny
as Joseph Tura
Rudolph Anders
as Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Man in Bookstore (uncredited)
George Lynn
as Actor-Adjutant
Carole Lombard
as Maria Tura
John Kellogg
as Polish RAF Flyer (uncredited)
Robert Stack
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
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The numbers
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Maude Eburne — oldest on the call sheet
23Robert Stack — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast