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