Snafu poster

Movie · 1945

Snafu

Released 22 November 1945 More from 1945 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Robert Benchley
as Ben Stevens
Died aged 56, before release
Enid Markey
as Aunt Emily
51
Byron Foulger
as Phil Ford
47
Marcia Mae Jones
as Martha
21
Conrad Janis
as Ronald Stevens
17
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
39years between the oldest and youngest billed
56Robert Benchley — oldest on the call sheet
17Conrad Janis — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast
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