Idiot's Delight

Status:
Released
Production:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Aired:
1939-01-27
Idiot's Delight
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
Comedy
Drama
Characters

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

Frank Faylen
Ed

Bud Geary
Ambulance Passenger
Jack Grey
Townsman

Eddie Gribbon
Cop

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