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