The Sickle or the Cross poster

Movie · 1949

The Sickle or the Cross

Released 1 July 1949 More from 1949 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in his place a spy who is his double, but who is instructed to come out for Communism. The spy is accepted in Burnside's home town, and he reports to local Communist headquarters, where James John, prominent local businessman but in reality a Red agent, has instructions to assist him in all details of his mission. He does a series of personal appearances and radio interviews and talk shows, using an anti-Communist approach.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Gayne Whitman
as Tim Matthews
59
Emmett Vogan
as Walter Deems
55
Kathleen Lockhart
as Martha Deems
54
Stephen Chase
as Detective
47
John Eldredge
as Rev. Dodge
44
Philip Ahn
as Chinese Official
44
Kent Taylor
as Rev. John Burnside
42
David Bruce
as George Hart
33
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
26years between the oldest and youngest billed
59Gayne Whitman — oldest on the call sheet
33David Bruce — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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