Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight

6.1IMDb Score
Released:1939-01-27
Duration:107 min
Director:Clarence Brown
Actors:Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Edward Arnold, Charles Coburn, Joseph Schildkraut
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

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