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