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Ernest as the father of Kirk

posted 19 years ago by Jay_Cee
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A little strange that they used Ernest as the father of Kirk in this movie. Kirk is after all one year older than Ernest.

Kirk Douglas Born: 1916
Ernest Borgnine: Born: 1917

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] DirtyGrainius 19 years ago

That was explained perfectly. Good Show.

"Inside the Dusters there were 3 men... So?... Inside the men there were 3 bullets." - d{^_^}b

[–] liscarkat-2 8 years ago

Douglas was about six and a half weeks older than Borgnine, but their casting was perfect in spite of the age oddity.

[–] rudeboymurray (3279) 5 years ago

Douglas was always seen as a youthful, virile romantic lead whereas Borgnine was a grizzled character actor. The casting only makes no sense on paper - on screen it works out just fine.

[–] TimMC (9143) 5 years ago

Absolutely. Sometimes math is a waste of time. This is one of those times. I always loved EB's characters in movies.