

“At last! The masterpiece of America's foremost film genius blazes to the screen!”
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
Directed by Frank Capra
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Released
March 3, 1937
2h 12m
English, Mandarin
Budget → Revenue
$4M → —

Ronald Colman
Robert " Bob " Conway

Jane Wyatt
Sondra Bizet

Edward Everett Horton
Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett

John Howard
George Conway

Thomas Mitchell
Henry Barnard

Margo
Maria

Isabel Jewell
Gloria Stone

H.B. Warner
Chang

Sam Jaffe
High Lama
John Burton
Wynant (uncredited)
Milton Owen
Fenner (uncredited)

John T. Murray
Meeker (uncredited)

Victor Wong
Bandit Leader (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale
Missionary (uncredited)

David Torrence
Prime Minister (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell
Englishman (uncredited)

Richard Loo
Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)

Margaret McWade
Missionary (uncredited)

Willie Fung
Bandit Leader at Fuel Stop-over (uncredited)
George Chan
Chinese Priest (uncredited)