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Movie
Hanging by a Thread
Released: May 8, 1979 (1979)
Runtime: 196 minutes
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Cameron Mitchell as Lawton
Age at release: 60
- Peter Donat as Mr. Durant
Age at release: 51
- Roger Perry as Mitchell
Age at release: 46
- Bert Convy as Alan Durant
Age at release: 45
- Burr DeBenning as Jim Grainger
Age at release: 42
- Joyce Bulifant as Anita Minton
Age at release: 41
- Sam Groom as Paul Craig
Age at release: 40
- Oliver Clark as Eddie Minton
Age at release: 40
- Donna Mills as Ellen Craig
Age at release: 38
- Patty Duke as Sue Grainger
Age at release: 32
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- Paul Fix as Rogers
Age at release: 78
- Lonny Chapman as Charles Minton
Age at release: 58
- Steven Marlo as Turk
Age at release: 51
- Ted Gehring as Jim Croft
Age at release: 50
- Jacquelyn Hyde as Mrs. Durant
Age at release: 48
Age at release: 45
- Elizabeth Rogers as Maggie Porter
Age at release: 44
- James W. Gavin as Les Fielding
Age at release: 44
- Brendon Boone as Marty
Age at release: 41
- Deanna Lund as Mrs. Martin
Age at release: 41
- Doug Llewelyn as Bobby Graham
Age at release: 40
- Ulf Kjell Gür as Man at Tramway (uncredited)
Age at release: 27
- Michael Sharrett as Tommy Craig
Age at release: 13
- Randy Gray as Alan Durant, age 10
Age at release: 13
- Bill Marlowe as Burton
Age at release: Unknown
- Larry Berman as Pierce
Age at release: Unknown