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Movie · 1962

Flashing Spikes

Released 4 October 1962 More from 1962 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the oldtimer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Charles Seel
as Judge
65
Fred Astaire
as Narrator
63
Edgar Buchanan
as Crab Holman
59
Willis Bouchey
as Mayor
55
Larry J. Blake
as 1st Reporter
48
Walter Reed
as 2nd Reporter
46
Patrick Wayne
as Bill Riley
23
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
42years between the oldest and youngest billed
65Charles Seel — oldest on the call sheet
23Patrick Wayne — youngest billed
51average age of the credited cast
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