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