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