Lost Horizon

1937 PG-13 2h 12m

7.0 /10

238

Genre

Adventure Fantasy Drama Romance

Plot

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.

Director

Frank Capra

Writers

James Hilton Robert Riskin Sidney Buchman

Stars

Ronald Colman Jane Wyatt Edward Everett Horton

Cast & Crew

Ronald Colman

Robert " Bob " Conway

Jane Wyatt

Sondra Bizet

Edward Everett Horton

Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett

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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George Chan

Chinese Priest (uncredited)

Wyrley Birch

Missionary (uncredited)

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Norman Ainsley

Embassy Club Steward (uncredited)

David Clyde

Embassy Club Steward (uncredited)

Noble Johnson

Leader of Porters (uncredited)

15 Jun 2025

Having managed to arrange the evacuation of ninety-odd British civilians from the clutches of the marauding Chinese army, diplomat “Conway” (Ronald Co...

John Chard

14 Jun 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 ...