fifties. Sidney Blackmer (qv), who had  played the part on Broadway in the original production, was 18 years  older than Lancaster, and Shirley Booth (qv) was 15 years his  senior. The role of Doc was coveted by Humphrey Bogart (qv), who  was the right age, but Bogart lost out to Lancaster due to studio  politics, despite the fact that he had just turned in his  Oscar