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Movie · 1942

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

Released 7 May 1942 More from 1942 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Johnny Arthur
as Riley
58
James Burke
as Sgt. Velie
55
Byron Foulger
as Freddy Froelich
43
Margaret Lindsay
as Nikki Porter
31
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
27years between the oldest and youngest billed
58Johnny Arthur — oldest on the call sheet
31Margaret Lindsay — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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