Mysterious Island poster

Movie · 1951

Mysterious Island

Released 13 September 1951 More from 1951 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Pierre Watkin
as Confederate Officer
61
William Fawcett
as Mr. Jackson
57
Stanley Blystone
as Confederate Officer
57
Tom Tyler
as Union Dispatch Rider
48
Anthony Warde
as Confederate Officer
42
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
19years between the oldest and youngest billed
61Pierre Watkin — oldest on the call sheet
42Anthony Warde — youngest billed
53average age of the credited cast
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