Idiot's Delight
58 %|Jan 27, 1939|Comedy, Drama
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
Featured Crew
Clarence Brown
Director
Robert E. Sherwood
Theatre Play
Robert E. Sherwood
Screenplay
Herbert Stothart
Music
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Adrian
Costume Design
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Cast
Clark Gable
Harry Van
Norma Shearer
Irene Fellara
Edward Arnold
Achille Weber
Charles Coburn
Dr. Hugo Waldersee
Joseph Schildkraut
Capt. Kirvline
Burgess Meredith
Quillary
Laura Hope Crews
Madame Zuleika
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
'Don' Navadel
Peter Willes
Mr. Jimmy Cherry
Pat Paterson
Mrs. Cherry
William Edmunds
Dumptsy
Fritz Feld
Pittatek
Virginia Grey
Shirley Laughlin
Virginia Dale
Francine Merle
Paula Stone
Beulah Tremayne
Bernadene Hayes
Edna Creesh
Joan Marsh
Elaine Messiger
Lorraine Krueger
Bebe Gould
Barbara Bedford
Nurse #1
Gertrude Bennett
Woman with Powders
Margaret Bert
Nurse #2
Clem Bevans
Jimmy Barzek
Hobart Cavanaugh
Frueheim
Jimmy Conlin
Stagehand
Anna Demetrio
Fat Italian Woman on Train
Helen Dickson
Mrs. McCreevy
Bud Geary
Ambulance Passenger
Jack Grey
Townsman
William Irving
Sandro
Charles Judels
Daka
Suzanne Kaaren
Nurse #3
Evalyn Knapp
Nurse #4
Edward LeSaint
The Honorable Thomas McCreevy
Mitchell Lewis
Chief Wahoo
Francis McDonald
Flight Captain
Claire McDowell
Crying Mother
Buddy Messinger
Usher
Robert Middlemass
Hospital Commandant
Adolph Milar
Fellara
Rudolf Myzet
Czech Announcer (voice)
Frank Orth
Benny Zinsser
Garry Owen
Newsstand Vendor
Paul Panzer
Greek Chef
Emory Parnell
Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
Lee Phelps
Train Announcer
Edward Raquello
Chiari
George Sorel
Major
Harry Strang
Sergeant at Ambulance
Bernard Suss
Auguste
Frank M. Thomas
Bert
E. Alyn Warren
Clerk at Royal Grand Hotel
Bonita Weber
Woman with Catsup
Joe Yule
Vaudeville Comic