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