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.
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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)
Director
Frank Capra
Screenplay
Sidney Buchman
Tagline
"At last! The masterpiece of America's foremost film genius blazes to the screen!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$4,000,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
John Chard
June 14, 2020
Capra adapts James Hilton's Utopian novel with grace and beauty. It's so nice to be able to see something resembling the original vision Capra had for this story, the wonders of science gives us a cracking restoration to enjoy at our want. Robert Conway is a British diplomat who helps a group of people (one his younger brother) escape from a Chinese revolution in a passenger plane, all doesn...
CinemaSerf
June 15, 2025
Having managed to arrange the evacuation of ninety-odd British civilians from the clutches of the marauding Chinese army, diplomat “Conway” (Ronald Colman) is now on a plane with his brother “George” (John Howard) and a few others heading for the safety of Shanghai. What they don’t realise, though, is that their plane was hijacked on the airfield and is heading in completely the wrong direction. A...
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