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Movie · 1956

The Black Tent

Released 9 April 1956 More from 1956 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief's daughter. Sometime later, his younger brother, who had believed him to be dead, is informed that he may be alive in Libya - prompting him to set out and search for him.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Ralph Truman
as Major Cross
55
Anthony Bushell
as Ambassador Baring
51
André Morell
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
46
Anton Diffring
as Senior German Officer
39
Donald Sinden
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
32
Michael Craig
as Sheikh Faris
27
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Ralph Truman — oldest on the call sheet
27Michael Craig — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast
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