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Idiot’s Delight is an American film comedy first released in 1939,
directed by Clarence Brown.
The film stars Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, Charles Coburn and Joseph Schildkraut.
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Credits
- Director: Clarence Brown
- Script: Robert E. Sherwood
- Photo: William H. Daniels
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Cast: Norma Shearer (Irene Fellara), Clark Gable (Harry Van), 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), Harry Van’s Les Blondes (Themselves), 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), Frank Faylen (Ed), Bud Geary (Ambulance passenger), Eddie Gribbon (Cop), William Irving (Sandro), Charles Judels (Daka), Suzanne Kaaren (Nurse #3), Evalyn Knapp (Nurse #4), Edward LeSaint (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), 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)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 107 min; B&W
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