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Movie · 1953

Houdini

Released 2 July 1953 More from 1953 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Frank Orth
as Mr. Hunter
73
Connie Gilchrist
as Mrs. Shultz
57
Barry Bernard
as Insp. Marlick
53
Torin Thatcher
as Otto
48
Angela Clarke
as Harry's Mother
43
Douglas Spencer
as Simms
43
Stefan Schnabel
as German Prosecuting Attorney
41
Michael Pate
as Dooley
33
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Frank Orth — oldest on the call sheet
33Michael Pate — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast
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