The Godchild 49 years old

Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them knows anything whatsoever about children or babies.

Credits

The Godchild Cast

Name Character
Bill McKinney He was 43, 80 years old when he died as Cpl. Crawley
Jack Warden He was 54, 85 years old when he died as Sgt. Dobbs
Ed Lauter He was 36, 74 years old when he died as Crees
Fionnula Flanagan She was 32, now 82 years old as Virginia
Keith Carradine He was 25, now 75 years old as Lt. Lewis
Jesse Vint He was 22, now 72 years old as Loftus
Kermit Murdock He was 66, 72 years old when he died as Nathaniel Mony
Neil Brooks Cunningham as William
Jack Palance He was 55, 87 years old when he died as Rourke
John Quade He was 36, 71 years old when he died as Denton
Ed Bakey He was 49, 62 years old when he died as Shaw

The Godchild Crew

Name Department
Peter B. Kyne as Novel. He was 94 (77) years old when He died Writing
David Shire as Original Music Composer. He was 37 (now 87) years old Sound
John Badham as Director. He was 35 (now 85) years old Directing
Stevan Larner as Director of Photography. He was 44 (75) years old when He died Camera
Ron Bishop as Writer. He was 31 (45) years old when He died Writing
The Godchild poster
The Godchild (49 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, November 27, 1974
  • Runtime: 78 minutes