Desk Set poster

Movie · 1957

Desk Set

Released 2 August 1957 More from 1957 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Nicholas Joy
as Mr. Azae
73
Jesslyn Fax
as Mrs. Hewitt (uncredited)
64
Spencer Tracy
as Richard Sumner
57
Joan Blondell
as Peg Costello
50
Don Porter
as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
44
Gig Young
as Mike Cutler
43
Neva Patterson
as Miss Warriner
37
Dina Merrill
as Sylvia Blair
33
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Nicholas Joy — oldest on the call sheet
33Dina Merrill — youngest billed
50average age of the credited cast
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