Lost Horizon (1937)

7.0/10 132 min Adventure Fantasy Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

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 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)

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