Merrill's Marauders poster

Movie · 1962

Merrill's Marauders

Released 16 March 1962 More from 1962 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
John Hoyt
as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
56
Jeff Chandler
as Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill
Died aged 42, before release
Andrew Duggan
as Capt. Abraham Lewis Kolodny, MD
38
Ty Hardin
as 2nd Lt. Lee Stockton
32
Will Hutchins
as Chowhound
31
Peter Brown
as Bullseye
26
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
30years between the oldest and youngest billed
56John Hoyt — oldest on the call sheet
26Peter Brown — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast
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