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