Boy Friend poster

Movie · 1939

Boy Friend

Released 19 May 1939 More from 1939 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Minor Watson
as Capt. Duffy
49
Harold Goodwin
as Matchie Riggs
36
Warren Hymer
as Greenberg
33
Douglas Fowley
as Ed Boyd
27
Robert Kellard
as Tommy Bradley
24
Jane Withers
as Sally Murphy
13
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
36years between the oldest and youngest billed
49Minor Watson — oldest on the call sheet
13Jane Withers — youngest billed
30average age of the credited cast
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