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Movie · 1940

They Came by Night

Released 7 March 1940 More from 1940 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
George Merritt
as Inspector Metcalfe
49
Kathleen Harrison
as Mrs. Lightbody
48
William Hartnell
as Undetermined Role
32
John Glyn-Jones
as Llewellyn Jones
30
Phyllis Calvert
as Sally
25
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
24years between the oldest and youngest billed
49George Merritt — oldest on the call sheet
25Phyllis Calvert — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast
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