China Girl poster

Movie · 1942

China Girl

Released 9 December 1942 More from 1942 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Victor McLaglen
as Bull Weed
56
Emmett Vogan
49
Lal Chand Mehra
45
Philip Ahn
as Kai Young
37
Kam Tong
35
Alan Baxter
as Flyer Bill Jones
34
Myron McCormick
as Shorty McGuire
34
George Montgomery
as Johnny Williams
26
Gene Tierney
as Haoli Young
22
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
34years between the oldest and youngest billed
56Victor McLaglen — oldest on the call sheet
22Gene Tierney — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast
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