Cast & Crew

Directed by

Frank Capra

Writing Credits

Robert Riskin
(screenplay)
James Hilton
(novel)
Sidney Buchman
(contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)

Cast

Ronald Colman
Robert Conway
Jane Wyatt
Sondra
Edward Everett Horton
Lovett
John Howard
George Conway
Thomas Mitchell
Barnard
Margo
Maria
Isabel Jewell
Gloria
H.B. Warner
Chang
Sam Jaffe
High Lama
Norman Ainsley
Embassy Club Steward
Chief John Big Tree
Porter
Wyrley Birch
Missionary
Beatrice Blinn
Passenger
Hugh Buckler
Lord Gainsford
Sonny Bupp
Boy Being Carried to Plane
John Burton
Wynant
Tom Campbell
Porter
Matthew Carlton
Pottery Maker
Eli Casey
Porter
David Cavendish
First Pilot
George Chan
Chinese Priest
Darby Clark
Radio Operator
Corleen Clemons
Minor Role
David Clyde
Embassy Club Steward
Robert Cory
Englishman
Beatrice Curtis
Passenger
Jack Deery
Englishman
Mary Lou Dix
Passenger
Val Duran
Talu - Hijacking Pilot
Neil Fitzgerald
Radio Operator
Willie Fung
Bandit Leader at Fuel Stop-over
Moning Gonzales
Porter
Lawrence Grant
First Man
Antonion Herrera
Porter
Joe Herrera
Candle Maker
Glenn Howard
Porter
Boyd Irwin
Assistant Foreign Secretary
Noble Johnson
Leader of Porters on Return Journey
Manual Kalili
Servant
George Kaluna
Porter
Harold Lishman
Porter
Richard Loo
Shanghai Airport Official
Robert Lugo
Porter
Richard Master
Servant
Margaret McWade
Missionary
John Miltern
Carstairs - Man at Club
Ray Mitchell
Undetermined Role
Joe Molina
Porter
Henry Mowbray
Englishman
Leonard Mudie
Foreign Secretary with Prime Minister
John T. Murray
Meeker
Wedgwood Nowell
Englishman
Milton Owen
Fenner
Arthur Rankin
Passenger
Ruth Robinson
Missionary
Richard Robles
Porter
Alex Shoulder
Servant
Joe Shoulder
Porter
James Smith
Porter
Carl Stockdale
Missionary
John Tettener
Montaigne
Ed Thorpe
Porter
David Torrence
Prime Minister
Eric Wilton
Englishman
Barry Winton
Englishman
Victor Wong
Bandit Leader
Ernesto Zambrano
Servant

Produced by

Frank Capra
producer (uncredited)
Harry Cohn
executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography by

Joseph Walker
(photography)

Editing by

Gene Havlick
Gene Milford

Art Direction by

Stephen Goosson
(as Stephen Goossón)

Set Decoration by

Babs Johnstone
interior decorator (uncredited)

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup artist (uncredited)
Rhoda Donaldson
hairdresser (uncredited)
Charles Huber
makeup artist (uncredited)
Helen Hunt
hair stylist (uncredited)
John Wallace
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Sidney W. Pink
assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Arthur S. Black Jr.
assistant director (uncredited)
Milton Carter
assistant director (uncredited)
Charles C. Coleman
assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Farfan
assistant director (uncredited)
Andrew Marton
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Fay Babcock
set dresser (uncredited)
Lionel Banks
assistant art director (uncredited)
Ted Dickson
set dresser (uncredited)
Paul Murphy
assistant art director (uncredited)
Cary Odell
set sketcher (uncredited)
Jim Pratt
construction foreman (uncredited)
Dillard Clayton Thomason
Scenic artist (uncredited)
Jack Wrenn
property master (uncredited)

Sound Department

Edward Bernds
sound engineer (uncredited)
Irving 'Buster' Libbott
microphone operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Ganahl Carson
special camera effects
Roy Davidson
special camera effects (as E. Roy Davidson)
Harry Redmond Jr.
special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

Buddy Roosevelt
stunt double: Ronald Colman (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Elmer Dyer
aerial photography
Roy Babbitt
assistant camera (uncredited)
Schuyler Crail
still photographer (uncredited)
Henry Freulich
additional photography (uncredited)
George Hager
gaffer (uncredited)
William Jolley
assistant camera (uncredited)
Alfred S. Keller
camera operator (uncredited)
George F. Kelley
camera operator (uncredited)
Irving Klein
assistant camera (uncredited)
Al Layter
best boy (uncredited)
Irving Lippman
still photographer (uncredited)
James Lloyd
key grip (uncredited)
Sam Rosen
assistant camera (uncredited)
Victor Scheurich
camera operator (uncredited)
Rod Tolmie
assistant camera: aerial unit (uncredited)
Alfredo Valente
still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Ernest Dryden
costumes (as Ernst Dryden)
William Bridgehouse
wardrobe (uncredited)
Dan Grossbeck
costume illustrator (uncredited)
Daisy Jefferson
wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Max Steiner
musical director
Robert Russell Bennett
orchestrator (uncredited)
Peter Brunelli
orchestrator (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer
orchestrator (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
choral director (uncredited)
Herman Hand
orchestrator (uncredited)
Howard Jackson
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hall Johnson
choral arranger (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun
orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell
orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish
orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Rabinowitz
music consultant (uncredited)
Max Reese
orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Steiner
conductor (uncredited)
William Grant Still
orchestrator (uncredited)
Morris Stoloff
musical director (uncredited)
John Tettener
music consultant (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Eleanor Hall
script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Hall Johnson Choir
voices
Harry Cohn
president: Columbia Pictures Corp. of Calif. Ltd.
Harrison Forman
technical adviser
Archie Beckingsale
bird trainer (uncredited)
Wayne Cutlip
Horse Trainer (uncredited)
Hyatt Daab
press representative (uncredited)
Charles J. DeSoria
dog trainer (uncredited)
Regis Gubser
engineer: ice house (uncredited)
Al 'Doc' Guyer
first aid (uncredited)
Rennie Renfro
dog trainer (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
double: Ronald Colman (uncredited)
Mary Wiggins
double: Jane Wyatt (uncredited)
Harold Winston
dialogue director (uncredited)

Thanks

Jeanine Basinger
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Frank Capra
special thanks (as Mr. Frank Capra) (1985 restoration)
Irwin Danels
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Dennis Doph
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Joseph G. Empsucha
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Stephen Gong
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Felipe Herba
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Lawrence F. Karr
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Audrey E. Kupferberg
special thanks (1985 restoration)
David Parker
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Robert Rosen
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Irwin Rosenfeld
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Ralph Sargent
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Anne G. Schlosser
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Paul C. Spehr
special thanks (1985 restoration)
Nick Vasu
special thanks (1985 restoration)
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