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