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Release year: 1973

Storyline

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.

Top credits

Directors

Charles Jarrott

Writers

Cast

Peter Finch — Richard Conway
Liv Ullmann — Catherine
Sally Kellerman — Sally Hughes
George Kennedy — Sam Cornelius

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Did you know

• This movie was the first one Columbia Pictures filmed after it moved onto the Warner Brothers lot in 1972, creating The Burbank Studios, to facilitate both production companies. The castle set from Camelot (1967) was recycled as Shangri-La. The medieval turrets were removed and replaced with Tibetan gables to simulate Himalayan Buddhist monasteries. Most of the castle's lower levels remained intact, and the courtyard was replaced with layered steppes and fountains. The set remained on the studio's backlot for several years before it was torn down to make way for a new office building.

• This movie is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book "The Official Razzie Movie Guide."

• This was producer Ross Hunter's first movie for Columbia Pictures after producing a string of hits for Universal Pictures over twenty years, including Imitation of Life (1959), Madame X (1966), and Airport (1970). After its huge commercial failure, it was his last.