# Oldest film with a completely living main cast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370 "2010-09-20T04:05:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/21 "2010-09-20T13:49:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Which reminds me… _[Robinson Crusoe on Mars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058530/)_, 1964, only 3 actors listed in IMDB record, all still alive. I remember seeing this film as a kid, and for some odd reason the last line of the film has stuck with me. Another mission is sent to Mars after the failed first one, and the sole survivor of the first makes radio contact. “My stars! A voice from Mars.” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/22 "2010-09-20T13:51:20Z")
The main cast of Star Wars is still with us. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/23 "2010-09-20T13:52:35Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > The main cast of Star Wars is still with us. From earlier in the thread: > [@Simplicio](#): > > Zhivago and Lawrence both had Alec Guiness, who has since become more powerful then we could ever imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/24 "2010-09-20T13:57:53Z")
We ought to be thinking of puppet and marionette movies – they’re immortal. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/25 "2010-09-20T14:06:25Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > The main cast of Star Wars is still with us. Alas, not Peter Cushing. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/26 "2010-09-20T14:09:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m starting to wonder what’s the most recent movie with all principal actors dead. There’s already a thread for that… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/27 "2010-09-20T14:16:35Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > > > The main cast of Star Wars is still with us. > > Alas, not Peter Cushing. Or Alec Guinness. I think one of the Jawas is also dead, but I can’t remember which one. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/28 "2010-09-20T14:46:08Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > We ought to be thinking of puppet and marionette movies – they’re immortal. We need to find a documentary about Tortoises or Sequoias that came out in the 50’s. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/29 "2010-09-20T15:19:43Z")
Nearly all the main actors in **American Grafitti** (1973) are alive (other than Wolfman Jack). ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/30 "2010-09-20T16:12:47Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > > > The main cast of Star Wars is still with us. > > From earlier in the thread: > > > [@Simplicio](#): > > > > Zhivago and Lawrence both had Alec Guiness, who has since become more powerful then we could ever imagine. I’m a doofus. I didn’t even know Sir Alec had died. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/31 "2010-09-20T16:16:32Z")
Whoo hoo! I am still in the lead with _Robinson Crusoe on Mars_ from 1964. 1964, people, that’s what you have to beat. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/32 "2010-09-20T18:47:31Z")
This time last year, the three principals of Dr. No (1962) were alive, but Joseph Wiseman passed away last October. We still have Sean and Ursula, though. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/33 "2010-09-20T18:50:30Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Wouldn’t it be a kids’ movie starring children almost exclusively? But Not 1988’s Sand By Me. Damn you to hell, River Phoenix! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/34 "2010-09-20T19:18:13Z")
_The Man Who Would Be King_ (1975) - Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira Caine, Mohammad Shamsi, and Albert Moses are all still alive. However, Karroom Ben Bouih, who made his sole film appearance in this movie at the age of 103, is not. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/35 "2010-09-20T19:23:56Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Or Alec Guinness. I think one of the Jawas is also dead, but I can’t remember which one. The one on the left. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/36 "2010-09-20T19:36:18Z")
My left or his? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/37 "2010-09-20T20:52:19Z")
“Mr Lucas, we’ve been hearing some rumors about the Jawas.” “Listen, I don’t care what those women are saying-” “No, Mr Lucas, this is a different rumor. People are saying one of the Jawas is dead.” “Oh my God, it’s not Lefty, is it?” “No Sir, Lefty’s fine.” “Is it Slappy or Bobo?” “No, they’re both alive.” “Is it Shorty?” “Which Shorty are you talking about?” “How many Shortys do we have?” “Eleven. But all of them are alive.” “So who’s dead?” “You see that Jawa over there? The one that’s just lying there on the ground. He hasn’t moved in a week. So we’re thinking he’s the dead one.” “Oh no, not Stinky.” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/38 "2010-09-20T22:53:35Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > Which reminds me… _[Robinson Crusoe on Mars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058530/)_, 1964, only 3 actors listed in IMDB record, all still alive. > > I remember seeing this film as a kid, and for some odd reason the last line of the film has stuck with me. Another mission is sent to Mars after the failed first one, and the sole survivor of the first makes radio contact. “My stars! A voice from Mars.” Did anyone else hear the last line in Bug’s Bunny’s hairdresser voice? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/39 "2010-09-20T22:56:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m starting to wonder what’s the most recent movie with all principal actors dead. _Sid and Nancy._ ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370/40 "2010-09-20T22:59:00Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > I remember seeing this film as a kid, and for some odd reason the last line of the film has stuck with me. Another mission is sent to Mars after the failed first one, and the sole survivor of the first makes radio contact. “My stars! A voice from Mars.” > > Did anyone else hear the last line in Bug’s Bunny’s hairdresser voice? I don’t anyone else was listening. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-film-with-a-completely-living-main-cast/554370.md?page=3)