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Movie · 1935

Barbary Coast

Released 13 October 1935 More from 1935 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Donald Meek
as Sawbuck McTavish
57
Clyde Cook
as Oakie
43
Edward G. Robinson
as Luis Chamalis
41
Hank Worden
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
34
Joel McCrea
as Jim Carmichael
29
David Niven
as Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
25
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
32years between the oldest and youngest billed
57Donald Meek — oldest on the call sheet
25David Niven — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast
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