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Movie · 1979

Hanging by a Thread

Released 8 May 1979 More from 1979 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Cameron Mitchell
as Lawton
60
Jacquelyn Hyde
as Mrs. Durant
48
Paul Carr
45
Joyce Bulifant
as Anita Minton
41
Oliver Clark
as Eddie Minton
40
Donna Mills
as Ellen Craig
38
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
22years between the oldest and youngest billed
60Cameron Mitchell — oldest on the call sheet
38Donna Mills — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast
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