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