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Idiot's Delight
Released: January 27, 1939 (1939)
Runtime: 107 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Charles Coburn as Dr. Hugo Waldersee
Age at release: 61
- Laura Hope Crews as Madame Zuleika
Age at release: 59
- Edward Arnold as Achille Weber
Age at release: 48
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as 'Don' Navadel
Age at release: 47
- Joseph Schildkraut as Capt. Kirvline
Age at release: 42
- Clark Gable as Harry Van
Age at release: 37
- Norma Shearer as Irene Fellara
Age at release: 36
- Burgess Meredith as Quillary
Age at release: 31
- Pat Paterson as Mrs. Cherry
Age at release: 28
- Peter Willes as Mr. Jimmy Cherry
Age at release: 25
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- Clem Bevans as Jimmy Barzek
Age at release: 58
- Jack Grey as Townsman
Age at release: 58
- William Edmunds as Dumptsy
Age at release: 54
- Jimmy Conlin as Stagehand
Age at release: 54
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Frueheim
Age at release: 52
- Eddie Gribbon as Cop
Age at release: 49
- Anna Demetrio as Fat Italian Woman on Train
Age at release: 48
- Helen Dickson as Mrs. McCreevy
Age at release: 46
- Margaret Bert as Nurse #2
Age at release: 42
- Bud Geary as Ambulance Passenger
Age at release: 40
- Fritz Feld as Pittatek
Age at release: 38
- Barbara Bedford as Nurse #1
Age at release: 35
- Frank Faylen as Ed
Age at release: 33
- Paula Stone as Beulah Tremayne
Age at release: 27
- Bernadene Hayes as Edna Creesh
Age at release: 26
- Joan Marsh as Elaine Messiger
Age at release: 24
- Virginia Grey as Shirley Laughlin
Age at release: 21
- Virginia Dale as Francine Merle
Age at release: 21
- Lorraine Krueger as Bebe Gould
Age at release: 20
- Gertrude Bennett as Woman with Powders
Age at release: Unknown