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