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Movie · 1963

The Ugly American

Released 2 April 1963 More from 1963 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Carl Benton Reid
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing
69
Stefan Schnabel
as Andrei Krupitzyn
51
Judson Pratt
as Joe Bing
46
John Daheim
as Late Arrival at Meeting
46
Jocelyn Brando
as Emma Atkins
43
Eiji Okada
as Deong
42
Reiko Sato
as Rachani, Deong's Wife
31
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
69Carl Benton Reid — oldest on the call sheet
31Reiko Sato — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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