Drama Comedy
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Directed by
James Cruze, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, H. Bruce Humberstone, William A. Seiter, Lothar Mendes, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts
Written by
Ernst Lubitsch, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sidney Buchman, Lawton Mackall, Boyce DeGaw, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Whitney Bolton, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Lester Cole, Isabel Dawn, Robert Sparks, William Slavens McNutt, John Bright, Harvey Gates, Claude Binyon
Fred Kelsey
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Steve Gallagher
Willard Robertson
Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
China Store Customer (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
Phineas V. Lambert
Marc Lawrence
Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Mike - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
George Raft
Eddie Jackson
Lester Dorr
Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns
Private O'Brien
Irving Bacon
China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Charles Ruggles
Henry Peabody
Samuel S. Hinds
Lawyer (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Papadopoulos - Idylwood Cook (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Uniformed Bank Guard (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Gail Patrick
New Secretary at Idylwood (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Jack Oakie
Private Mulligan
Edward LeSaint
Mr. Brown (uncredited)
W.C. Fields
Rollo La Rue
Gene Raymond
John Wallace (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Driver (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Mike - Jackson's Gangster Friend (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield
Zeb - Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Detective (uncredited)
John St. Polis
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
Mrs. Small - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Mr. Monroe - Bank Executive (uncredited)
Frances Dee
Mary Wallace (uncredited)
Grant Mitchell
Prison Priest (uncredited)
May Robson
Mrs. Mary Walker
Alison Skipworth
Emily La Rue
Mary Boland
Mrs. Peabody
Hooper Atchley
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Wynne Gibson
Violet Smith (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Prison Barber (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Lydia Knott
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Second Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
Berton Churchill
Warden (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
Crying Boy with Balloon (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Harry - Jackson's Fence (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Otto K. Bullwinkle (uncredited)
James Bush
Bowen - Teller at Second Bank (uncredited)
Fred Santley
Marvin - Glidden Assistant (uncredited)
Richard Bennett
John Glidden
Russ Powell
Bartender at Violet's Hangout (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
Clara T. Bracy
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Edith Yorke
Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)
Billy Butts
Newsboy in Bank (uncredited)
James Durkin
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Marine Jailer (uncredited)
Ruby Lafayette
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Gertrude Norman
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Scott - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Mai Wells
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Walter Percival
Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited)
Ida Lewis
Mrs. Davis - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Frederick Sullivan
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Margaret Fealy
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Ada Beecher
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
Murphy's Beds Proprietor (uncredited)
Edith Ellison
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Harry Forsman
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Hallene Hill
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Fred Holmes
China Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Mike - Bank Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Frances Moffett
Glidden's Secretary (uncredited)
Barbara Norton
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Mildred Pitts
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Cora Shannon
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Alice H. Smith
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Emma Tansey
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Joy Winthrop
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)

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