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