The Black Pearl poster

Movie · 1977

The Black Pearl

Released 1 August 1977 More from 1977 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The young Ramon Salazar, son of a village owner, dreams of becoming a pearl fisherman. His father agrees to let him experience this job. Ramon enters a forbidden cave, den of a giant skate nicknamed the Manta Diablo. He finds an oyster containing a black pearl of unusual size. His father donates it to the Virgin rather than sell it to dishonest traffickers. Shortly after, the flotilla of the village led by Salazar perishes at sea. Ramon must face the Manta Diablo with another fisherman to bring prosperity to the village ..

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How old were they?

Oldest first
José Nieto
as Dealer
75
George Rigaud
as Pearl Expert
71
Barta Barri
as Luis
65
Perla Cristal
as Mrs. Salazar
39
Ricardo Palacios
as Merchant
37
Carl Anderson
as Moro
32
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
75José Nieto — oldest on the call sheet
32Carl Anderson — youngest billed
53average age of the credited cast
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