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