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